Some people argue that a good cigar blog can drive sales on a cigar. In fact, one manufacturer mentioned on twitter that there are a few sites that can destroy the sales of a cigar with bad reviews. Being a blogger, I don’t know if we have the power to destroy a cigar, but I do know sitting in a cigar shop many people have come up to me and said they are trying a cigar because I reviewed it.

Personally, sometimes I like to listen to the retailer and let them recommend something to me. That is the case with today’s cigar as in the past I have not been a big fan of Oliveros. But knowing the retailer had similar interests in cigars and their profiles as my own I decided to take a gamble with the Small Bactch M356. The story has that these smokes were originally made for the Swag line, but due to tobacco limitations there was not enough for a regular release.