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December 20th, 2011

12 Corona Gordas for the 12 days of Christmas - Starting Christmas Day

It has now become a tradition to smoke and review one cigar a day during the Christmas holidays. In 2009 when it all started,  I smoked 13 Robustos, while last year I went through 20 Lonsdales. This year I am going to smoke 12 cigars all from the same size, which happens to be my [...]

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November 19th, 2011

Cohiba 1966 2011 Edicion Limitada

I am going to take a break from the review series of the 2012 to smoke a cigar I have been waiting for since last February; the Cohiba 1966 2011 Edicion Limitada. In 1966 the cigars that had become Fidel’s favourites and were only given as diplomatic gifts to heads of states were given a [...]

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October 3rd, 2011

In Our Memory Of: 2012 Deletions

As I mentioned in a previous post, Habanos’ deletion list for 2012 is long and ugly… Classic cigars such as the Bolivar Corona Extra and the Hoyo Churchill, a well as some great cigars like  Trinidad Robusto T, Robusto Extra and the La Gloria Cubana Tainos will no longer be with us from next year. [...]

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June 14th, 2011

Short Stories

One of the cigars that were launched last February in the Habanos Festival is the Partagas Serie D no.5, a 4.3 inches “short” petit robusto, with a ring gauge of 50. It was launched on the opening night along with the larger Serie E no.2, which got all the spotlight. But this is not the [...]

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April 22nd, 2011

Partagas Serie E No.2

One of the highly anticipated cigars that were released in the Habanos Festival back in February was the Partagas Serie E No.2. The E No.2 is the latest addition to the “Big & Fat” cigars that Habanos has been bringing to us over the last few years. It is a Robusto Extra, with a ring [...]

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February 16th, 2011

XIII Habanos Festival, February 21st - 25th 2011

The 13th Habanos Festival is only days away. Like every February, Havana will be the stage of the world’s largest gathering of Cuban cigar lovers. The festival will begin on Monday February 21st with the opening night and will commence on Friday February 25th with the Gala Dinner. The festival will give the participants a [...]

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December 20th, 2010

The Lonsdales of Christmas - Starting Dec 24th

It is Christmas again, and a great time to take out those special cigars from the bottom of the humidor. Last year we went through a robusto for each one of the 12 days of Christmas. It was great fun so I decided to to it again this year, only with a different size. The [...]

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September 28th, 2010

Mini Piramides

As we have said before, the trend of Habanos is to release cigars that are either long and thick, or short and thick. Thick cigars sells well, and we barely see anything new with a ring gauge smaller than 50. 2009 saw the arrival of another short and thick cigar, this time in a pyramid [...]

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July 15th, 2010

The girls from El Laguito

If there is a cigar size that I could relate to a beautiful woman, that is without a doubt the Laguito No.1. Tall and slender, with a beautiful coiffure (I would rather not use the word pigtail in this comparison), the Laguito No.1 is a cigar that requires maximum craftsmanship. Unfortunately, this size is not [...]

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May 25th, 2010

Cohiba Siglo VI Gran Reserva vs. Cohiba Siglo VI 2003

In the 11th Habanos festival, the latest addition of the Reserva line was launced; the Cohiba Siglo VI Gran Reserva. The Siglo VI Gran Reserva was rolled with aged tobacco that was harvested in 2003. The cigar was first seen and smoked during the Gala dinner, where every attendant was gifted two cigars in a [...]

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