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So you’ve got a hold of your favorite standby stick. Or maybe somebody just gifted you a Padron, Opus, or Liga and you’re sitting there smacking your lips. However it came to you, are you going to get the […]
Villiger Talanga Double Robusto (5.5×54) W: Honduran Connecticut B: Nicaraguan Habano F: Nicaraguan Factory: Plasencia Cigars S.A., Nicaraguan It’s easy to overlook Villiger’s relatively young line-up of premium handmade cigars, which came to fruition only a few, short years ago. Since 1888, they’ve been mostly associated with machine mades. That’s exactly why I decided to light one up and see what they’re […]
Of all the steps in the making of a cigar, aging the tobacco is one of the most important ones. Here, Alejandro Turrent of Casa Turrent Cigars shares a tip on how to tell if you’re smoking a cigar with a well-aged wrapper. Transcript: The fermentation, the aging of the tobacco leaf, not the cigar, […]
Right around the year 1840 cigar makers switched over from shipping cigars in large crates to smaller boxes of 20-50 cigars. And just as swiftly as that change was made, the amateur luthiers set to work making guitars from these resonant, little boxes of tobacco. Fast forward to present day and your house is littered with them. […]
Originally a limited release cigar, the PDR Small Batch Reserve Habano is back with a new look and slightly modified blend, and is now part of Abe Flores & crew’s stable of regular production smokes. The new version combines extensively aged Cuban-seed Dominican and Nicaraguan Corojo filler leaves with a