After smoking through the Junior Varsity (JV) blends of cigars from the Caldwell Cigar Company, I finally found the full-blown blends at Jungle Jim’s near Cincinnati, OH. if you ever have a chance to get to Ohio, you have to check out Jungle Jim’s, it is the most amazing store I have been in. Besides the fact that it Read more about Caldwell Cigars – Long Live the King – Cigar Review[…]
The other week I met up with a good friend of mine, Jack Smink, at Paradise Cigarz in Rockledge, Florida. For those that don’t know Jack, he was the first to do an Elvis tribute show. Yes Jack is in the house. So what does Elvis have to do with cigars? Simple, Jack is now Read more about La Hoja Edicion Clasica 1962 Toro – Cigar Review[…]
When I was visiting Sweden this month, I stopped into Mellgren’s Fine Tobacco in Gothenburg Sweden. I noticed that they carried Royal Danish cigars and I mentioned to the manager that I met Jen Vistisen the owner of Royal Danish when he was visiting the States last month. Later in the week, while relaxing in Read more about Royal Danish Sangre Azul (Blue Blood) Grand Cru – Box Press – Cigar Review[…]
Today we take a road down time and authenticity both of which are consistent. We are talking about the Veritas Cigar company. A young company based out of Delaware with roots that go deep into the Pittsburgh.PA area. Last year we did an interview with Chris Weber from Veritas Cigars, which you can read here. Read more about Veritas – Cigar Review[…]
We gave the original Fernandez y Quiroga (FQ) Cigars Phenom an Honorable Mention in the Stogie Press top 25 of 2014. Now Mathew Hunt and FQ has expanded the Phenom line to include the “Phenom 1”. This time they go with an Ecuador grown Connecticut wrapper and combine aged filler tobaccos from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. The Fernandez Read more about Fernandez y Quiroga Phenom 1 Churchill[…]
I recently purchased some of the new Dram Cigars at my local Brick and Mortar – Jimmy’s Cigar Lounge – in Melbourne, FL. The Dram is a new cigar line that is the brainchild of C&C cigars based out of Boca Raton, FL. These cigars have been crafted specifically to enjoy with select whiskeys as can Read more about Dram Cigars Cask #2 – 7×50 Double Corojo – Cigar Review[…]
It’s a beautiful Sunday morning here in Florida as I sit out on the patio firing up a Villiger Cuellar Connecticut Krēmē to enjoy with my morning coffee. I just got back from Detroit Friday night and off I go again today, but for this solitude hour, I relax with my stogie, coffee, and dog Read more about Villiger Cuellar Connecticut Kreme – Cigar Review[…]
Tonight we review the second in blend from Ohana Cigars – The Friends and Family Line which features 7 year aged tobacco with a light Habano Rosado Oscuro wrapper encasing all Nicaraguan binder and filler. Like the “First Generation” Line, the Friends and Family is a limited production cigar. Ohana produced only 3000 of these Read more about Ohana Cigars Friends and Family – Cigar Review[…]
Every now and then I come across a cigar that deserves a special shout out. Today, that is the Blanco Cigars Liga Exclusiva Family Reserva. The Liga Exclusiva is a beauty of a stick, from the velvet smooth Connecticut wrapper, the sweet tobacco aroma on the foot, to the fresh and vibrant band that adorns Read more about Blanco Cigars – Liga Exclusiva – Cigar Review[…]
This is the third in a series of 5 reviews of the Kings Cigars blends. Today we will discuss the Conde, an absolutely delightful smoke. The Conde is the newest blend from Kings Cigars released in 2015. The Conde is a true Prince to the overall Kings Cigars line, bold and new in flavors. It Read more about Kings Cigars Conde – Cigar Review[…]
This past weekend Stogie Press visited our friends from Kings Cigars down at Xaviers’ Cigar lounge in Hallandale Beach FL. It was as excellent event of cigars and Art in the Park, While talking to Harris Safra, the owner of Xavier’s I was introduced to Jan von Vistisen the man behind Royal Danish Cigars out of Denmark. Jan was kind Read more about Royal Danish Regal Blend Queens #1 – Cigar Review[…]
As we discussed in our Oldies but Goodies article, we spent some time sampling some of the older brands that our readers may or may not be familiar with. Here we provide some short cigar reviews of the following classic cigars: Don Tomas Clasico Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur Saint Luis Rey Arturo Fuente – Curly Read more about Classic Cigar Reviews[…]
Well April has arrived and that means two things in the Stogie Press Lounge, Taxes and Baseball. I prefer baseball of course. So tonight it was the season debut of the Yankees and my beloved Red Sox and their first game of many this season. For this debut I figured I would take Juliet out Read more about Romeo y Julieta House of Capulet – Cigar Review[…]
The Baron from Kings cigars set the bar of expectation for their blends. Today we review the Kings blend, which is new for 2015. Anwar Mithavayani and his Kings Cigars crew have taken the bar and raised it high with this cigar, which is wrapped in cedar, covering a dark brown maduro Arapiraca wrapper from Read more about Kings Cigars Kings Corona – Cigar Review[…]