Boutique Wednesday Cigar Review: Di Fazio Maduro

Posted by on May 5, 2010 in Reviews | 3 comments

Size: 5×50, Robust Wrapper: Nicaraguan Binder: Honduran and Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Strength: Medium Price: Box of 24, $141 (Purchase) Grade: 8.1 Birthed in 2008, Di Fazio honors the memory of a family name and currently offers three blends: Connecticut (Black), Picoso (Red), and Maduro (White). Presented in four sizes, a Robust, Double Robust,...

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Boutique Wednesday Cigar Review: 262 Paradigm

Posted by on Feb 17, 2010 in Reviews | 16 comments

Size: 6 x54, Toro (Box Press) Wrapper: Brazilian Binder: Honduran Filler: Cubito, Columbian, and Nicaraguan (Seco/Ligero from Esteli and Jalapa) Strength: Medium-Full Price: Box of 20, $158.00 Grade: 8.9 Revolution 262 was started by 3 cigar enthusiasts in 2009 and they spent most of last year designing the brand and working on their first release, the...

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Luis Tiant of El Tiante Cigars

Posted by on Jan 28, 2010 in Interviews | 7 comments

Today Luis Tiant joins us for a talk. Luis is the founder of El Tiante Cigars, the producer of the 23  Series line and the La Leyenda. Luis is a former Major League Baseball pitcher known for his unique pitching delivery, comeback ability, and for always having a lit cigar in the clubhouse. He spent most of his career with the Red Sox, but also played for the...

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Cigar Review: Nestor Miranda Special Selection

Posted by on Jan 22, 2010 in Reviews | 14 comments

Size: 4.5×50, Rothschild (Coffee Break) Wrapper: Nicaraguan Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Honduran, Nicaraguan and Dominican Price: Box 0f 20, $109.99 Strength: Medium Grade: 9.2 Add another cigar to Pepin’s credentials! The Special Selection from Nestor Miranda, of Miami Cigar & Company, recently landed in CA’s Top 25 Cigars of 2009 (or the first...

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Cigar Review: Carlos Torano Casa Torano

Posted by on Jan 4, 2010 in Reviews | 9 comments

Size: 7×48, Churchill Wrapper: Ecuadorian Connecticut Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan, Honduran, and “Family Blend” of Central & South American Strength: Mild Price: Box of 25, $104.95 Grade: 9.2 The Torano family’s tobacco story began in 1916, with Don Santiago Torano. When emigrating from Spain to Cuba, Don fell in love with the tobacco...

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