Pinar Del Rio Cigars had two new releases at the 2013 IPCPR in Las Vegas. The first was the new AF – 75, the second the A Flores 1975 Gran Reserva. As with the AF – 75, the A Flores 1975 Gran Reserva is being limited to 500 boxes of each available size, and features [...]
Everyone in the cigar industry knows the Alec Bradley name. For many years, the AB crown logo has stood proud among fine cigar manufacturers, producing only the highest quality smokes available. Alan Rubin, the founder of Alec Bradley, has seen to make sure that every line of cigars produced is as expertly crafted as possible, [...]
Welcome to the Cigar Almanac! The Cigar Almanac is post we do each Saturday at A Cigar Smoker’s Journal which catalogues the reviews we have done on this week in past years. The Almanac will give you a look at how our website has evolved over the years, and maybe highlight a review of a [...]
Welcome to the Cigar Almanac! The Cigar Almanac is post we do each Saturday at A Cigar Smoker’s Journal which catalogues the reviews we have done on this week in past years. The Almanac will give you a look at how our website has evolved over the years, and maybe highlight a review of a [...]
These days, small American companies are priding themselves on creating beautiful products with only the finest quality materials. The same seems to be true for cigar manufacturers as well. Nestled away in the balmy sun of Miami, Florida, founder Eduardo Fernandez and cousin Paul Palmer-Fernandez are producing truly magnificent cigars. Introduced in 2013, the Casa [...]
A.J. Fernandez produces the San Lotano brand of cigars that includes Connecticut, Habano, and Maduro lines as well as the Oval Series in Habano and Maduro. Late in 2013, they released the Mayimbe that we reviewed here. The Bull is the new release for 2014 from A. J. Fernandez in the San Lotano Family of [...]
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Ladies & Gentlemen, I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year and best wishes for 2014! I have been so crazy this holiday season and am ready for a quiet January! Well, on to the contest. I got so far behind in making the results post last week that I am combining [...]
Welcome to the weekend and some football! Because few things say MEN like Football and Cigars, we here at A Cigar Smoker’s Journal are combining them! Take your best shot at picking the Sunday NFL games by entering our A Cigar Smoker NFL Sunday Challenge each week during the 2013-2014 Season! Well, today is the [...]
Welcome to the Cigar Almanac! The Cigar Almanac is post we do each Saturday at A Cigar Smoker’s Journal which catalogues the reviews we have done on this week in past years. The Almanac will give you a look at how our website has evolved over the years, and maybe highlight a review of a [...]
Welcome to the weekend and some football! Because few things say MEN like Football and Cigars, we here at A Cigar Smoker’s Journal are combining them! Take your best shot at picking the Sunday NFL games by entering our A Cigar Smoker NFL Sunday Challenge each week during the 2013-2014 Season! So how do you [...]
Welcome to the Cigar Almanac! The Cigar Almanac is post we do each Saturday at A Cigar Smoker’s Journal which catalogues the reviews we have done on this week in past years. The Almanac will give you a look at how our website has evolved over the years, and maybe highlight a review of a [...]
The results of this week’s challenge have been tallied and the winner is Randal Simon with 11 correct picks and closest to the Monday tiebreaker score! Congratulations, Randal will receive a sealed 2012 Studio Tobac Sampler! Make sure to get your picks in for this week’s contest when we post the games later this week!
Welcome to the weekend and some football! Because few things say MEN like Football and Cigars, we here at A Cigar Smoker’s Journal are combining them! Take your best shot at picking the Sunday NFL games by entering our A Cigar Smoker NFL Sunday Challenge each week during the 2013-2014 Season! So how do you [...]
Welcome to the Cigar Almanac! The Cigar Almanac is post we do each Saturday at A Cigar Smoker’s Journal which catalogues the reviews we have done on this week in past years. The Almanac will give you a look at how our website has evolved over the years, and maybe highlight a review of a [...]
We had some heavy competition this week for the Sunday picks with 5 entries who had 12 correct picks. However, we send out a huge congratulations to Matty Blaze for a spectacular score of 13 out of 14 Sunday games! He wins a Partagas 4-pk sampler of cigars! Hey, Matt, too bad Seattle couldn’t pull [...]
Welcome to the weekend and some football! Because few things say MEN like Football and Cigars, we here at A Cigar Smoker’s Journal are combining them! Take your best shot at picking the Sunday NFL games by entering our A Cigar Smoker NFL Sunday Challenge each week during the 2013-2014 Season! We announced here that [...]
Happy Sunday, everyone. Sorry for the late results. What a week it has been with the holidays upon us and Big Smoke NYC this week! I made it to the Big Smoke with a dozen Brothers of the Leaf and it took all week to coordinate our bus trip. Well, after tallying the games from [...]
Welcome to the Cigar Almanac! The Cigar Almanac is post we do each Saturday at A Cigar Smoker’s Journal which catalogues the reviews we have done on this week in past years. The Almanac will give you a look at how our website has evolved over the years, and maybe highlight a review of a [...]
Benjamin Menendez, 77, will be retiring from General Cigar Company at the end of the year. Benji’s tenure in the cigar industry spans seven decades. He celebrated his 61st year in the premium cigar industry this past summer. Most notable is the fact that Benji is the longest tenured man currently in the premium cigar [...]
