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Ernesto Padilla, owner of Padilla Cigars, has made full use of Corojo 2006 tobacco to blend his new Padilla Dominus brand, a cigar that is made solely with this type of Nicaraguan-grown tobacco. The seeds were planted in 2006 in the country’s Jalapa and Estelí regions before the crop’s harvest in early 2007. The final [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Cigar Review: Paul Garmirian Soiree
Posted by Barry on September 28th, 2009
I get around to more cigar shops then some cigar reps do. Among my favorites is a shop I don’t get to as much as I used to. The shop located in Princeton, NJ is called A Little Taste of Cuba and is owned by the founder of Tobacconist U, Jorge Armenteros. The shop has [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews 
Tags: 90+ Rated, Colorado, Paul, Paul Garmirian, Short Robusto, Short Smoke 
No Comments »Sunday Links
Posted by Barry on September 27th, 2009
This past week acigarsmoker.com hosted a party in NYC at Rick’s Cabaret that was well attended. Under the the shadow of the Empire State Building we enjoyed a nice comfortable night at the futuristic looking rooftop smoking lounge on top of Rick’s Caberet. Each person in attendance was given either a Dunhill Signed Range or [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: Cigar Smoking, Girls, Place to Smoke NYC, Rick's Cabaret, Rooftop Lounge No Comments »Cigar Review: Cain F
Posted by Barry on September 25th, 2009
The Cain F which stands for Fuerte is a special edition in the Cain series. These sticks are 82% ligero compared to the 77% ligero in the maduro line. These 5 packs were available to retailers who took advantage of a special purchase order from Oliva cigars. In turn Oliva provided shops with these 5 [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: 90+ Rated, Cain, Cain F, Cain Fuerte, Sam Leccia, Stong Cigar 1 Comment »Cigar Review: Room 101 Cigars
Posted by Barry on September 23rd, 2009
I heard good things about these smokes from those who went to the convention and I was dying to try them. Unfortunately they haven’t really begun to show up at shops around the country but I was lucky enough to have a few sent by request. So I thank the good people of Camacho cigars [...]
Cigar Review: Padron Family Reserve
Posted by Barry on September 21st, 2009
The Padron Family Reserve has begin to hit the shelves of tobacconists around the world. The cigar is meant to celebrate the company being in business for 45 years and is nicknamed “The Hammer”. The Padron Family Reserve comes in both the natural and maduro wrapper and are in boxes of 10 cigars. My local [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: 90+ Rated, Cigar Of The Year 2009, Family Reserve, limited edition, Natural, padron, The Hammer 10 Comments »An Invite For Friends…
Posted by Barry on September 19th, 2009
Some of you might remember a while back when I was invited to Rick’s Cabaret in NYC. I wrote a review about this stellar gentleman’s club and since then they have invited me to throw a rooftop smoking event this Monday, 9/21. This event is open to everyone, once you get in the door [...]
Cigar Review:Padilla Cazadores
Posted by Barry on September 18th, 2009
This past week the new director of sales for Padilla cigars reached out to me to place an order for a cigar shop in the Bronx, NY that I consult for. During our course of conversation I mentioned how I feel that Padilla cigars are one of the best newer companies out there. I brought [...]
Cigar Review: Avo 80th Anniversary LE
Posted by Barry on September 16th, 2009
I find myself digging deep into my humidor lately as I wait for some new releases to make it to my local B&Ms. Buried at the bottom of my humidor was the Avo 80th Anniversary Limited Edition belicoso. The Avo website has this generic description about its limited edition smokes, “AVO Limited Cigars are limited [...]
Posted in Cigar Reviews Tags: 80th, 90+ Rated, avo, Famous Smoke Shop, limited edition, Sun Grown Wrapper No Comments »Fume Cigar Shop & Lounge Review
Posted by Barry on September 14th, 2009
I spend a lot of time in New Jersey. In fact I am in New Jersey more hours per week then I am in New York. After the daily grind of my job I like a good meal, a nice drink, and a place to smoke a cigar while watching the game. Well thanks to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: cigar lounge, Cigar Shop, Fume Cigar Shop & Lounge, Montclair NJ, Tobacconist 3 Comments »
