August 2011

Brewery using cigar box wood, Cuban espresso to make a beer that tastes like Tampa heritage – The Washington Post

August 26, 2011

When a friend gave Joey Redner a taste of a beer that had been aged with Spanish cedar — the wood used to wrap and box cigars — he knew it was an idea worth stealing. The aroma and flavor instantly reminded the then avid home brewer of his hometown’s historic Ybor City and the [...]

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Fire Destroys Two Arturo Fuente Tobacco Warehouses | News & Features | Cigar Aficionado

August 26, 2011

An early Tuesday morning fire burned down two large tobacco warehouses of Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia., the manufacturer of Fuente Fuente Opus X and Arturo Fuente cigars. The fire in Villa Gonzalez, near the company’s main offices in Santiago, Dominican Republic, completely destroyed large inventories of aged tobacco and possibly caused smoke damage to [...]

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Cigar retailers are hurting – Times Union

August 26, 2011

I find it comical to see on Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Website how he encourages people to start up a new business in New York, yet he won’t help those who are in business already. New York cigar retailers face a whopping 75 percent tax on the wholesale cost of cigars. As a retailer, I will pay [...]

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A Quiet Celebration

August 25, 2011

Nothing like sitting back with a great drink and cigar to reward yourself for working hard and getting something you wanted. My private victory celebration is a bottle of Wild Scotsman Black Label a couple of choice cigars. I chose the Fausto by Tatuaje and a Casa Fernandez Arsenio. While I enjoyed celebrating with my [...]

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Kenton County Smoking Ban Appeal?

August 21, 2011

From Cincinnati.com Four months after Kenton County became the first Northern Kentucky county to ban smoking inside most public establishments, the initial furor has died down, but neither side is satisfied. Enforcement issues, exemptions and the lack of uniform rules with neighboring communities raise the question of whether a community can effectively ban smoking on [...]

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Former Chairman of Villazon passes.

August 21, 2011

Full details at NorthJersey.com Daniel Blumenthal, a generous donor to The Valley Hospital for more than three decades and namesake of the Daniel and Gloria Blumenthal Cancer Center in Paramus, died Thursday. The Saddle River resident was 94. The center, part of the three-story, 128,000-square-foot satellite facility of The Valley Hospital at Valley Health Plaza, [...]

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Prometheus Releases Angelenos Robusto Gordo JM

August 21, 2011

Read the full article here. In the spring of 2006, I had a lunch with Joe Mantegna at his wife’s restaurant, Taste Chicago (www.tastechicago.biz) in Burbank. During the lunch, I spoke to him about the God of Fire Charity Dinner for Children in Need. Knowing that the event would help children who are poor, underprivileged [...]

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Help Me Pick My New Job Celebration Cigar and Beverage

August 19, 2011

Well I just got a call that I got a new job. So I plan on getting something special to celebrate and would like some suggestions. I’m looking for a box of cigars under $200 and a nice beverage to pair with it. Cigars I prefer on the fuller side and I’m fond of rums [...]

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Now Where Was I?

August 15, 2011

Well for those of you that still read this site, and for the few you that give a damn I thought I’d mention that I’m still alive. So what happened? Unfortunately the site had to be put on hold for a number of reasons. I was stretching myself too thin and had to concentrate on [...]

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