Whenever I restock my liquor cabinet, aside from picking up my old favorites, I can never resist the temptation of trying something new, which I guess means that my collection is always expanding.
I am particularly delighted with my latest pick: The Balvenie Double Wood 12 Year single malt. This stuff is actually matured in two […]

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This week I moved on to a full-bodied cigar that has graced my humidor from the early days of my endless cigar search. I don’t always feel like smoking a power house, but when I do, the Cuban Punch Punch is a popular choice.
I pulled this from the humidor and was pleasantly surprised by the […]

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As you could’ve guessed there’s no way I was about to leave the Hennessy distillery without bringing something special home. We eventually made it to the tasting counter where we were about to sample four different cognacs and I was excited like they were about to give out money!
We had some stuff which they normally […]

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Who can deny that the general quality of Cuban cigars has steadily declined over the years? At the same time, the American market driven non-Cuban brands have done the exact opposite. I maintain that it is entirely possible for a seasoned smoker of quality Nicaraguan, Dominican, or Honduran cigars to find their first experience with […]

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I want to switch gears quickly here if I may and go from southern Spain to the town of Cognac in central France. A recent business trip took me nearby and I couldn’t resist the urge to spend a day there, and tour the Hennessy cognac distillery located at the heart of the tiny town […]

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Going around from tobacco shop to tobacco shop, during my vacation in southern Spain, I finally managed, on the last day of our trip, to find an offering of Cuban leaf in down town Sevilla. Interestingly, they only had Romeo y Julieta No. 2 Tubos. Of course, I jumped at my first sighting of a […]

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