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[…]
It has been a long hard winter again, especially for those in the Northeast of the US not mention that the cold and snow even made it down to many of the southern states too with record lows in Florida and Key West. So now spring has arrived and there are two things I love Read more about Bill Bromley OG – Cigar Review[…]
When you think of royalty what comes to mind? Castles, Coats of Arms, Knights, Kings and Queens? Regal character comes to mind or demonstrating a splendid appearance or exceptional beauty. That is what the Kings Cigars Baron is all about. It is a splendid and quite beautiful cigar. From the line of Kings Cigars we chose Read more about Kings Cigars Baron Robusto – Cigar Review[…]
You may have seen on our best ash photos a crazy ash being carried on a short petite cigar known as the Underground from Sosa Cigars and distributed by their Antillian Cigar Corporation. We recently did a cigar chat article with Arby Sosa in the March issue of Stogie Press and Arby was kind enough Read more about Sosa Underground Delphic Connecticut – Cigar Review[…]
Well it has been a while since I got the La Jugada Nunchuck back in July of 2014. Of course I got one of side of the connected sticks, but hey, that’s ok, I let it rest a long time and now I get to smokeand review it. Don’t worry Moya Ruiz guys I haven’t Read more about La Jugada Nunchuck – Cigar Review[…]