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Editorial: Why Do Manufacturers Intentionally Mislabel Cigar Vitolas?

There has a been a disturbing trend in cigar advertising lately, where newer releases are being mislabeled as specific “classic” vitolas, despite the fact that the cigars in question are nowhere CLOSE to the sizes they supposedly represent… For your reading pleasure, here is a list of the “Classic” cigar vitolas, some of which are [...]

Editorial: The Future of the IPCPR Show & A Lot of Other People

A couple of disclaimers: This was my first IPCPR. I’ve been immersed in the “industry” for only a couple of months, but it’s been a heavy immersion. My background is a decent amount of time in the tech world and so my views come primarily from there although trying to adapt them to a vastly [...]

Editorial: The Congressional Cigar Association

The ever-popular liberal-leaning Huffington Post (“HuffPo”) published a story a week ago titled “Congressional Cigar Association is Front for Lobbyists.” It was rather long, and for those that don’t read the HuffPo, Politico or The National Review, or don’t know what those publications are, it wasn’t the easiest of reads.  In addition, there have been [...]

Editorial: Why All the Hate?

There has been a disturbing trend lately, a trend that started a few years ago, but has seemed to increase in ferocity recently… I am talking, of course, about Haters. Specifically, I am talking about cigar smokers who hate specific brands of cigars, for doing nothing more than (GASP!) marketing their products. The hatred seems [...]

Editorial: The Assault on Small Ring Gauge Cigars

Looking at the list of 2009 Cuban ER and EL releases, and  quite a few of the newer releases in the NC community, I started noticing a disturbing trend, the trend against a smaller ring gauge vitola… Now, I am not saying that manufacturers are not producing smaller RGs anymore (the influx of Lanceros is [...]