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Costa Rica

Don Benigno Robusto Natural Cigar Review

Considering I make my fiancé watch everything Marvel and most things DC, once a week I need to let her hold the remote control. That night is Sunday, and while watching the Shahs of Sunset I couldn’t help but notice how much Reza looks like Don Benigno. The doppelgänger effect led me to reaching up for today’s review. According to the Two Guys Smoke Shop website which sells the Don Benigno brand, “The story starts […]

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Bandolero Picaro Cigar Review

The Bandolero comes to us from Nelson Alfonso’s Selected Tobacco. At times I feel like the Bandolero is the red-headed stepchild of the company often not getting the love of his other brands Atabey and Byron and today’s Bandolero…. The name Bandolero is historical in nature and according to the website the story goes likes this… Cigar history has followed a difficult path between crime and pleasure. Demonized on arrival to Europe, in which latter tobacco trade was […]

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Gran Habano La Conquista Cigar Review

While the La Conquista from Gran Habano would not be eligible to be grandfathered in, the company should be in great shape with many of its core lines coming out before 2007. The La Conquista comes as a sample from Gran Habano and will be available in three sizes at this years IPCPR in Las Vegas with an MSRP of $8 to $9. The cigar name translates to  The Conquest, and while the cigar was […]

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22N / 83W Corona Extra Cigar Review

Today I had no idea what to put up for review, so I asked my co-worker to pick me out a cigar. The only requirement was that it had to be a corona or smaller. The result is today’s 22N / 83W review. The numbers on the cigar are coordinates for Cuba, specifically Hacienda el Corojo, a plantation that once (1930 – 1990) grew arguably the best tobacco in the world. Today, having low yield and […]

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Gran Habano – IPCPR 2015

My former domino partner from the DC Tweet Up tells us a little bit about his new releases at this years trade show in New Orleans. The first cigar is the Gran Reserva #5 2011 which features a wrapper 2002 Nicaragua Corojo Sun Grown Wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder while the filler is 2005 Corojo from Costa Rica.  The cigar is available in 5 sizes and has a MSRP of $7.50 to $10.00. The second […]

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Cigar Review | Atabey Divinos

Some days you just wake up and want to smoke the very best and when that happens I reach for Atabey. The only cigar on The Cigar Authority to be awarded a perfect 100 score on the Brujos size. Today’s I have to be in Salem for a taping of The Cigar Authority radio show so my time was pressed and I reached for the smaller size of the Divinos. From Selected Tobacco and Nelson […]

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Cigar Review: Cuba Rica Limitada

Cuba Rica isn’t exactly a household name, but the company has only been around since 2011. According to their website the company is based in Southern California and was founded by Stephen Adib and Raffi Sepetjian. In 2012 the company launched the Via Havana line followed by Spirit of Art and Barabbas in 2014. Today we review the first true limited edition cigar from the company. Available in two sizes L5 (5.5 x 54) and L6 (6.5 […]

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Cigar Review | Don Benigno Exigente

With today being Festivus, I figured I would smoke the cigar features the likeness of Don Benigno on the band. However, at a quick glance he also looks like the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld. I’ll admit it’s a reach but driving in to work this morning, the correlation between the parties involved popped into my head and here we are. The brand Don Benigno was created 17 years ago in Costa Rica but the man […]

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News : Nat Sherman Panamericana

The Nat Sherman Panamericana is the newest cigar to join the ranks of Nat Sherman’s Premium Cigar Portfolio, and is made exclusively for the company’s flagship Townhouse store in Manhattan. The Nat Sherman Panamericana is a full-bodied blend of aged tobaccos from Costa Rica and Nicaragua, with a stunning Ecuador Sumatra wrapper. “This new expression of Nat Sherman is sensationally complex in flavor, achieving great balance by tempering the Costa Rican tobacco’s unique attributes with three […]

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Media: Don Benigno Rolling

I will be the first person to admit that I never heard of Don Benigno before I moved to New Hampshire, and I suspect I many not be alone. Don Benigno cigars was created 17 years ago in Costa Rica, but the story of Don Benigno and this family’s history in tobacco began generations ago. Don Benigno Arronte was born in the 1950 in Pinar Del Rio which is right in the middle of the […]

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