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Redux: My Father El Picador

Almost exactly two years ago, I reviewed on of My Father’s smallest vitolas, the El Picador, a custom size and blend made for Empire Cigars in North Carolina. The owner of the store, Hal Rubin, asked José “Don Pepín” García to roll him a limited number of cigars in the Cheroot vitola for his store alone, [...]

Review: J. Fuego Origen Originals (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… Around April of this year, J. Fuego started releasing a new cigar onto the market in very small quantities, called the “Origen Original”, a new vitola in the Origen line…The idea behind this vitola was quite different then his other cigars, (and truth be told, quite different then [...]

Review: My Father El Picador

For those of you that don’t know. About two weeks ago, I heard through various sources that a new Don “Pepín” Garcia cigar had been released at Empire Cigars in Raleigh, NC (one of the best shops in the country, as far as I am concerned, and one that I buy from quite a bit). [...]