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Monday and Tuesday I'll be at Mohegan Sun herfing and dreaming of the big win (LOL). Wednesday I'll be at a Fuente Toast Across America at my local B&M. Thursday and Friday I'll be at the "Big E" Eastern States Exposition, where I hope to find a smoking venue amid the attractions. Saturday and...

Oh Yeah! The new sungrown wrapper on this stick is just the kick I needed to really, really like this line. It's exactly what Cabaiguan needed!

Top Shelf Cigar Company 3 Hale St. Dover, NH 03820 603-74-CIGAR There is a nice lounge with comfortable seating, big-screen TV and video games.

The US Senate is preparing to move a bill out of committe that would compel the FDA to regulate cigarettes and, by extension, cigars. I say 'compel' because published reports indicate that the FDA does not want to be put in the position of deciding what would make a cigarette 'safe'. The only...

...sitting on a table at my B&M this morning. All lit up in white plastic boxes. Priced at appx $10. to $16. The owner (a friend of mine) said "Go ahead and buy them up so I can take the (insert non-PC slur here) box home." His minimum order to CAO was $800. to get that facing. In a few months...

A link contained in the recent emailed Famous Smoke Shop Cigar Advisor newsletter: END OF THE DISCOUNTS???? BY RPB67 This discussion at www.ClubStogie.com about the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision picks up where our feature article leaves off. Read what other cigar smokers like you think...

There are several vitolas in this line, which is scheduled to go into general release after the RTDA. I chose the figurado, which is a 6x60 stick that tapers gently to the head. It has the perfecto nipple on the foot, which I generally snip before lighting, but this time I did not. The cigar...

My B&M is one of a handful that was selected by Oliva to introduce the Series V Ligero Especial before the official launch after the RTDA. I was able to pick up the figurado vitola, a very hefty stick that looks like it could be a two-hour smoke. I hope to burn this later today and can't wait to...

Cool thing about getting on the air with The General is that he sends you free cigars. I only had to wait about an hour and a half for him to take my call, too LOL. He was pushing Altadis stuff, so I talked about the Jose Seijas Signature line. It's replayed today on Sirius 144. I was the last...

Two weeks ago, at a Tatuaje event at my local B&M, I bought a box of RC184 "Limited Edition" Tatuajes. There was discounted pricing and a gift with purchase, so I was feeling great about having a box of a special cigar that I always wanted but never tried. I put them in the coolerdor to settle...

One of the most complex cigars I've tasted! Jose Seijas is the master blender for Altadis, and he wanted to make his version of the perfect cigar. This 6.1 x 52 Toro starts out with pronounced cocoa notes in the first third; progressing to subtle floral and then earthy notes. I also noticed that...

I was just catching on to the concept of Nanners and Ring Gauge. The Bucs and Points, etc. are way too advanced for me.

I've been reading about the high cigar tax rates in some states and the difficulties in shipment when some carriers won't deliver tobacco products to certain places, so I may be able to help. New Hampshire has no income or sales tax, but more importantly to this issue has no tobacco tax on...

We have all seen lower-priced cigars described as being "a good smoke for the money." I've come to understand that this comment puts more weight on price and less on quality. It's taken me too long to figure out that, in the cigar biz, price is not a consistant indication of the quality of the...

Saw the posting from Famous Cigar about these, on sale as a one-day special. Several years ago I smoked this line in a different vitola (a larger figurado, can't remember the appelation) and thought that it had potential...but at >$10.00 per stick, there were other deals more deserving of my...

I wasn't sure how I'd react to this cigar because of the ad copy touting the 'sweetness' of the hybrid wrapper, but after trying two in the past two days, I can say I'm a fan. These are not the Miami Padillas, but a variety rolled in the DomRep with a wrapper unique to thier farms. The cigar...

After a long search and the depletion of all my discretionary funds, I've managed to put away some primo smokes that I've always wanted. I've had (or have) singles of all of these, and now I have boxes that I don't intend to open untill next summer, at least. Ashton VSG Corona & Tres Mystique...

...but all the Anejos went to that damn store in Las Vegas. My mall store got in three boxes: One each of the Reserva D'Chateau ($14.00), Perfexion 5 (9.00) and Perfexion X (13.00). So he's only 1.50 over MSRP. Abner's World is selling boxes of Perfexion 5 for $420, which is about 100.00 over...

I haven't found an answer to this question, so I'm bringing it up to the astute primates of CS: Is there a key to determining the box date or age of Aurora 100 Anos from the box or individual cigar serial numbers? I've just received box number 10711 (haven't opened it to see the individual #s)...

The astute weather forecasters at our local TV outlet are breathlessly telling us that it's raining now and the rain may continue all weekend. I've confimed this pronouncement by the highly scientific process of looking out the window. Now this dreary day means that I'm not going to be able to...