March 2006
Fri 31 Mar 2006
How would you like to attend a cigar dinner sponsored by Cigar Aficionado’s Marvin Shanken? Well, as I listened to this year’s co-host, Rush Limbaugh, give his account of this year’s 14th annual dinner benefiting prostate cancer, I couldn’t help but let my imagination run wild. The dinner was held at New York’s Four Seasons […]
Wed 29 Mar 2006
Well, I did it. If you’ve been following my “Best of France” series of articles, then you will recognize the Cumpay Short as Nicaragua’s 2005 winner for Best Cigar. Not being one to ever be able to take someone else’s word for it, I acquired some of these and laid them down to stabilize. Not […]
Mon 27 Mar 2006
You happen to be traveling across continents for either business or pleasure. On the way back, you make sure you get to the airport three hours early so you have enough time to stop at the duty free shop to take a look at the cigars and spirits section. As you wander about you spot […]
Fri 24 Mar 2006
Alright, what the heck… Why not go ahead and see which habanos received the best of 2005 trophy in France? I mean, tobacco shops stock just about every Cuban cigar available and smokers smoke Cuban cigars almost exclusively here, so which ones do the Cuban cigar experts prefer? Here we go:
In second place, with four […]
Wed 22 Mar 2006
Inspect the thick wrapper on this bad boy, and you’ll get a good idea of what lies ahead. The smoking experience of the Partagas serie P No.2 starts here. Look at the veins and the oily copper colored toothy surface of this cigar and you know it’s going to be a winner, a go to […]
Mon 20 Mar 2006
“Mill on the Hill” is the meaning of the Gaelic word that gives this aromatic single malt its name, since the distillery sits beside the mill on the banks of Allt a Choire, a tributary of the great river Livet, in Scotland. Far from being a powerhouse scotch whisky the Tamnavulin 12 Year is rather […]
Fri 17 Mar 2006
Now the third and final installment of my exploration into the European attitude for non-Cuban cigars: France’s Best Cigars of 2005 (part III): Honduras. I must say that I have personally enjoyed this little research, originally spurred by a general observation of an important lack of non-Cuban cigars in even the best European tobacconist shops.
So, […]
Wed 15 Mar 2006
Cuban Trinidad cigars have to be one of the world’s most mystifying brands. Long famed to be the Cuban government’s preferred gift to foreign state visitors and emissaries, the brand has since gone commercial and offers three main formats: The Fundadores, the Coloniales and the Reyes. A more recent addition, the Robusto Extra is the […]
Mon 13 Mar 2006
Well, a rather recent discovery of mine is how magnificently well a cigar can be accompanied by medium-bodied aged rum. It’s not the first thing that comes into mind when looking for a “cigar” drink, since most aficionados talk of cognac or whisky, yet I was very surprised by how diverse rums can be; […]
Fri 10 Mar 2006
Alright folks, if you are a big Nicaraguan cigar fan try to keep your composure as you read Part II of France’s Best Cigars of 2005. Personally I am a big fan of Nicaraguan tobacco. It seems that when it comes to non-Cuban cigars I have a tendency to go for the Nicaraguan variety again […]
Wed 8 Mar 2006
A while back I picked up an habano sampler while waiting around at the airport. Among the cigars inside was this Romeo y Julieta Hermoso No.4. Having tried other formats of the R&J to my satisfaction I decided to give this one a try.
A quick look and feel reveals a nice firm cigar with a […]
Mon 6 Mar 2006
Here’s a perfect example of how a good wine need not be an expensive wine: On a recent trip to my local grocer I came across a display of a new “house” wine composed of a single grape variety called “Grenache”. This 2004 wine from a local distributor comes from a southern region of France […]
Fri 3 Mar 2006
While still curious about the European attitude for non-Cuban cigars I decided to look around and find out which non-Cubans, if any, receive high marks by serous French cigar clubs. I did my homework and found a number of cigars that were crowned in as the best of non-Habanos for 2005.
In what I am calling […]
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