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Do Tasting Notes Help?
A cigar book hit my desk the other day. I flipped through it, then stopped at a sidebar that caught my eye. “I have never tasted cinnamon in a...more
Posted: April 10, 2007 By David Savona
Lovely Lonsdale
I am smoking a 1998 Partagas Lonsdale from a cedar cabinet of 50 cigars and it is lovely. It is balanced with lots of cedar, dried flower and...more
Posted: April 9, 2007
My Dream Car
“Beautiful is more difficult than different.” If you think about that for a second, it’s a pretty profound statement. And it came from an...more
Posted: April 9, 2007 By Gordon Mott
Three Matches
When we launched the Cigar Cinema videos in March, there were a lot of comments on CigarAficionado.com about cigar lighting techniques. Both James...more
Posted: April 5, 2007 By Gordon Mott
Happy Birthday, Cinzano
Normally, a picture of the hapless bicyclist going ass over teakettle off the road in the movie “Breaking Away” pops to mind when I think of...more
Posted: April 5, 2007 By Jack Bettridge
Can A Cigar Be Too Strong?
Can a cigar be too strong to enjoy? That’s the gist of a recent thread in our Cuba and Cuban Cigars forum. A reader picked up a box of Bolivar...more
Posted: April 4, 2007 By David Savona
Taking a Break from Barrels
I just lit up a Montecristo Petit Edmundo, and the spicy and tobacco character in the smoke is seducing me like a lost girlfriend who wants me back,...more
Posted: April 3, 2007
The Long Winter
I’m not naturally disposed to feel sorry for cigarette smokers. But for the last three months in the midst of winter’s deep freeze in New York,...more
Posted: April 2, 2007 By Gordon Mott
Mixing on a New Level
It was bound to happen. The new cocktail culture has been driven by improving ingredients: better spirits, freshly squeezed fruit juices, etc. Now...more
Posted: March 30, 2007 By Jack Bettridge
Reflecting on a Cohiba
I recently fired up a Cohiba Siglo I with a good friend. I love those little cigars. After a few rich puffs we got to talking, and before long I was...more
Posted: March 30, 2007 By David Savona
How "The Sopranos" Begins
The cigar appears quickly. First, there’s the pulsing beat of “Woke Up This Morning,” the Alabama 3 song that will forever be known as the...more
Posted: March 29, 2007 By Gordon Mott
Springtime, When a Young Man's Thoughts Turn to Beer
We were so pleased that Michelob was reverting to something like its classic teardrop bottle that Savona, Mike Marsh and I decided that a taste test...more
Posted: March 28, 2007 By Jack Bettridge
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