Avo continues to reinvent itself with the addition of Classic Covers Volume 4. This time the blend is based on the Avo Domaine in a familiar size, 6 x 50/54 which is the same as the Domaine 50. The cigar utilizes a Ecuador Habano 2000 wrapper over Ecuador Sumatra binder and four different fillers including tobacco from Yamasa. Additionally, the company is expanding on its Avo Syncro Nicaragua with the addition of Fogata. The Cigar […]
Last night I came across an article about Manny Yarlborough passing away at the age of 51. Manny was an American Sumo wrestler, and one of the original UFC fighters. He was widely considered the worlds largest athlete. I use to spend some time smoking with him in Union, NJ at my friends cigar shop. While I don’t recall the cigars we smoked together I do remember it was around the time that I was […]
When I first took up cigar smoking like many I picked up a Macanudo. It was a nice entry into cigar smoking back in 1998, but thankfully I quickly switched brands. After spending close a year smoking nothing but Padron 2000 naturals, I began venturing out. I’ve always been a creature of habit, and when I find something I like I tend to stick with it. For a long time it was the Domaine by Avo, […]
AVO Cigars, the globally renowned cigar brand ventures into a new era. AVO Cigars is being relaunched in early 2015 behind contemporary packaging, new communication and a streamlined range that focuses on core lines. Avo Cigars started when the brand’s founder; Avo Uvezian; a legendary jazz and cigar composer of global fame met the cigar master blender Hendrik Kelner in 1982 in the Dominican Republic. A fruitful cooperation between cigar pianist and cigar composer began to develop which resulted in […]