601 Habano Robusto by Don Pepin
With so many cigars out there, both old and new, it sometimes boggles my mind as to how manufacturers expect to differentiate new cigars with any success in such an already crowded market. I recently...
View ArticleBordeaux: A Wine Pilgrimage
If you are a wine enthusiast like me, there is one trip that comes just about as close to a religious pilgrimage for us as can be. That is a trip to the Bordeaux province, and more importantly, to the...
View ArticleRocky Patel Edge Toro
I remember getting this stick a while and thinking, hmm… this bad boy looks like it will need some age. So I put it away, forgot about it and it wasn’t until now that it began calling me from the...
View ArticleCamacho Coyolar Puro Rothschild
By the laws of plain economics, raising taxes or imposing tariffs on companies that sell or produce a particular commodity, like cigar manufacturers, immediately results in a price hike of that...
View ArticleFinders Keepers? London Mayor under Investigation Over Cigar Case
I saw this story today and wouldn’t believe it if I hadn’t seen it on over five major news sites. Apparently, the mayor of London has come under police investigation for nothing less than owning a...
View ArticleGraycliff Château Grand Cru
Having had a good experience with its Vintage 1999 line, I pulled the Graycliff Château Grand Cru from the humidor with good expectations. Being in Europe, it’s hard for me to gauge how popular these...
View ArticleLotus T3 Table Lighter
Alright, I want to show off my new acquisition from LightersDirect. It’s a table top lighter; meaning that it’s not something you’ll want to take in your shirt pocket, but which should be found among...
View ArticleConnemara 12 Year Old Peated Irish Whiskey
I picked up a bottle of Connemara 12 on a recent trip and decided to give it a try right away. In case you haven’t had this before, it is traditional Irish whiskey. What makes it so traditional, you...
View ArticleLa Aroma de Cuba Monarch
As much as it has ever been, a visit from the stork is still a moment properly celebrated with a good smoke and a glass of the finest cognac. No, I’m not talking about myself, but a good friend of mine...
View ArticleSan Cristobal de la Habana, la Fuerza (Cuba)
Looking at a San Cristobal de la Habana, La Fuerza, it strikes as a superbly constructed cigar. For people like me, who have often mourned the trend away from genuine quality in favor of sheer...
View ArticleOn smoking my first pipe — just when I thought I couldn’t spend any more!
I suppose it was only a matter of time before someone convinced me to put down my cigar long enough to give pipe tobacco an honest shot. Well, that time came recently during Monday night football. I...
View ArticleMy New Wine Cellar Is Here
There are some definite advantages to living in a Parisian apartment. Unfortunately for me, having a built-in wine cellar isn’t one of them. Those like me, who passionately believe that drinking young...
View ArticleE-cigarette
Having enjoyed my fair share of cigars and pipe tobacco over the last few years, I certainly had many reservations about e-cigarettes. Well, I held out as much as I could, expecting as times that the...
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