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Review: Casa Fuente Double Robusto

This will be sixth cigar we’ve reviewed that is exclusive to the legendary Casa Fuente, yet it’s only the third Casa Fuente release. Despite being the first cigar ever reviewed on SmokingStogie and being reviewed on TheCigarFeed, we seem to be missing a definitive history on the Casa Fuente line. Casa Fuente is a cigar [...]

Review: La Aurora Preferidos Cameroon Lancero

What? You didn’t see this coming. Every other La Aurora Lancero has had its chance, so it was only right that the Cameroon wrapped Lancero had its turn. It’s one of the cigars that has been important in the development as me as a smoker, as this line was one of the first that I [...]

Review: Arturo Fuente Don Carlos Lancero

Much like the Oliva Serie V Lancero, this should be a cigar that is going to be an absolute winner for yours truly. Cameroon + Fuente + Lancero = magic, or at least it did with the Casa Fuente Lancero. The Don Carlos Lancero is a bit more mysterious than perhaps even more than the [...]

Review: Casa Fuente Lancero

There are three retail stores that the Fuente family is associated with: Tampa Sweetheart’s in Ybor City; Holt’s in Philadelphia and Casa Fuente located in the Forum Shops at Caesars in Las Vegas. Each of the three stores have their own exclusive cigars made at Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia, albeit the (two) formermost’s exclusives [...]

Review: Graycliff Espresso Elegante

For those of you that don’t know… In late 2003, the Graycliff cigar company introduced the “Espresso” line of cigars, which is the fullest-bodied blend in the Graycliff line. The Espresso line are produced in a factory in Nassau, Bahamas, and they were originally blended by Cuban expatriate Avelino Lara (who just happens to be [...]

Review: Arturo Fuente Añejo No.77 “Sand Shark”

For those of you that don’t know… The Fuente “Shark” vitola of cigars is one of the most recognizable sizes of cigars on the planet…It is a Round to Square shape, with the cap being a more normal rounded cap, but as the cigar progresses to the foot, the shape gradually squares up until it [...]

Review: Stanford’s 90th Diamond Crown MAXIMUS

For those of you that don’t know. In 2006, the J.C. Newman Company introduced the Stanford’s 90th Diamond Crown Maximus cigar to pay tribute to Stanford Newman, the firm’s reigning icon, who turned 90 in June 2006, making him the oldest living cigar professional in the business at the time, and who is one of [...]

Review: Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story

For those of you that don’t know… The Arturo Fuente Short Story is one of those cigars that everyone should try at least once. One of the smallest cigars that Fuente makes, it is packed with flavor, and is a favorite of many BOTL out of the Arturo Fuente line (and considering how many different [...]

Review: Casa Fuente Pyramid #2

After keeping these Casa Fuente’s under lock and key in the Vinotemp for about a year and a half, I decided to bust one out for one of my Easter Weekend smokes. I chose the Pyramid #2 (yes, yes, I KNOW the Corona Gorda is the best, now SHUT UP ABOUT IT!) because I wanted [...]