OpusX Love Affair (2009)
During every Christmas season for as long as I can remember, the Fuente family has released their Holiday Releases, which are mostly cigars that are only available,…
Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial (Prerelease)
The Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial is a new cigar blended entirely by Jaime García, son of cigar legend José “Don Pepín” García, and was debuted…
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…
H. Upmann Belvedere (1954)
I was quite happy when I was able to procure these H. Upmann Belvederes from 1954, as I had been looking for some pre-embargo sticks…
Dunhill Mojito
One of the most interesting brands in cigar history has always been Dunhill, and the Dunhill Mojito is one of the most sought after vitolas that…
Angelenos Lonsdale
Now, Fuente seems to have surprised a few people with the number of newer cigars it will be introducing this month including some vitolas in…
Winners: Christmas (2009)
As promised, I printed out every name that entered the Christmas Contest (all 101 of them!) and had a friend draw two names out of…
A Visit to Casa Fuente, Las Vegas
I was sitting at Casa Fuente in Las Vegas on Wednesday smoking with a couple of Great BOTLs (which is the reason the blog was…
Drew Estate “Dirty Rat” (Preproduction)
Along with the Liga Privada No. 9, Drew Estate President Steve Saka has been working on a new blend, the result is the so called…
Contest: Christmas Contest (2009)
So, as I look around the web, I see a bunch of sites posting Christmas contests, and they are all offering boxes of cigars, or…
Farach Farachitos (Pre-Embargo)
As part of my Annual Thanksgiving “Smoke your Rare Smoke” weekend, one of the sticks I decided to smoke was a Farach Farachitos Pre Embargo Cuban…
