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Review: Second Growth

On May 26, 2010, a new cigar blended by TABADOM’s Hendrik Kelner for alcohol importer Eric Hanson debuted at Club Macanudo in New York City. Second Growth is a 7 7/8 inch x 54 cigar that uses a blend that was originally intended for use in a cigar to commemorate Hendrik Jr.’s 36th birthday. It [...]

Review: Paul Garmirian PG Corona Grande (1995)

For those of you that don’t know… Today is the first non-Cuban cigar that will qualify as “vintage” as per our standards and it comes from Dr. Paul Garmirian. Paul Garmirian has been around the cigar business for a while and may well be one of the most interesting cigar brands you have never heard [...]

Redux: Paul Garmirian Reserva Exclusiva Gran Panatela

Today is the first review of our Monday morning tradition at halfwheel, redux reviews. For more info about redux reviews and all of other review types, click here. Today’s redux review is of a cigar that was part of Lancero50 and was the series’ largest surprise, the Paul Garmirian Reserva Exclusiva Gran Panatela. I wrote this [...]

Review: Paul Garmirian Reserva Exclusiva Gran Panatela

Perhaps the least talked about cigar out of the TABADOM stables? Yet, it seems that was some of the intention, or at least from what I can tell. Unlike AVO, another cigar made for a cigar connoisseur by TABADOM, Paul Garmirian functions independent of Davidoff, the main staple of Henke Kenler’s operations in the Dominican [...]