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Smuggling Update
January 23, 2009 – 12:29 am | No Comment
Smuggling Update

Douglas Hiner is the Omaha man that was caught smuggling 27,000 Cuban cigars, 30 pounds of coffee, and 42 rum liquor bottles (we initially wrote about the story here) was recently sentenced.
Visiting a federal courtroom …

A. Fuente Short Story
January 22, 2009 – 4:59 am | No Comment
A. Fuente Short Story

Wrapper: Cameroon
Filler: Dominican Republic
Size: Perfecto (4 x 48)
Strength: Medium
According to Carlos Fuente Jr., his grandfather was a big producer of Perfecto shaped cigars as they were “very, very popular during the 1920′s, …

Love Stories
January 21, 2009 – 10:18 am | No Comment
Love Stories

I wanted to start the “Cigar Babes” section with something cool so my friend, and artist, Mr. Mesa provided me with this beautiful drawing.
Mr. Mesa is an Arizona artist that specializes in pencil drawings, watercolor, …

Graycliff “G” Cigars – Scottsdale, AZ
January 20, 2009 – 3:05 am | No Comment
Graycliff “G” Cigars – Scottsdale, AZ

Graycliff Cigars of Scottsdale, Arizona was created on February 14th, but this is one cigar shop that is not getting any love from us at puffingcigars.com.
Were you wondering if this is a luxury cigar lounge …

Colibri Group Closes
January 19, 2009 – 6:26 am | No Comment
Colibri Group Closes

This news story comes from JCKOnline.com by William George Shuster, Senior Editor.

The Colibri Group, one of the best-known U.S. suppliers of independent and chain jewelers, has abruptly shut down and gone into receivership. (A form …

S.T. Dupont Lighters
January 15, 2009 – 2:07 pm | 3 Comments
S.T. Dupont Lighters

Kenji Toma, writer for luxury publication Best Life Magazine, says it best: “There are certain things so well crafted or technically precise that they make you feel smarter just for owning them, others so wonderful …