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Casa Magna Colorado
January 28, 2009 – 9:11 am | 4 Comments
Casa Magna Colorado

Wrapper: Nicaragua (Colorado)
Filler: Nicaragua
Size: Robusto (5.5 x 52)
Strength: Medium-Full
Casa Magna Colorado was chosen as Cigar Aficionado’s cigar of the year for 2008. The choice might have come as a surprise to …

General Cigar Departure
January 26, 2009 – 10:24 am | No Comment
General Cigar Departure

Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, the original maker and owner of La Gloria Cubana cigars, is leaving General Cigar Co.
General Cigar Co., owned by Swedish Match, purchased El Credito Cigars from Perez-Carrillo in 1999 for an undisclosed sum …

Puffing President
January 23, 2009 – 8:00 am | 3 Comments
Puffing President

An interesting read called The puffing president by Neil Clark of New Statesman was published on January 22, 2009. The original story can be found here.
Last Tuesday was a momentous day in American political history. …

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, …