Cigar Talk

Contest: I Want New Cigar Swag! – NOW CLOSED!

January 13, 2010

Alright as much as I love some of the cool humidors, ashtrays, cutters, hats and t-shirts given out by the different cigar companies I have enough. I’d love to see something different. So time to spout off! What kind of Cigar Swag would you like to see? Let’s get creative and give the cigar companies [...]

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Cigarchat #4 announcement, along with sponsor: Tesa Cigars

January 4, 2010

During our last #cigarchat event, we reviewed the Partagas Benji Menendez. It was mostly done via Twitter, but I gathered a small group of Chicagoans in my new favorite Chicago cigar shop, Tesa Cigars. In addition, I recently reviewed the Tesa Cabinet 312. With these in mind, it made sense to ask them to sponsor [...]

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What will you be smoking on Christmas?

December 21, 2009

Even though I’m Jewish, I think Christmas is one of the single best days to enjoy a stogie all year; you’re relaxing with your family, you’re watching football and you’re eating a ton of food. Cigar smoking just makes sense on Christmas. With that said, what are you planning to smoke on Christmas? Do you [...]

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Customer Appreciation Holiday Cigar Event 12/15/09

December 16, 2009

I meant to get these posted earlier today, but been feeling a bit under the weather. If you are in Cincinnati and haven’t attended one of these events you are missing out. The cigars on hand for sale were Anejo’s, Opus X, and God of Fire. The guys at The Party Source put on one [...]

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New pickup times for Benji Menendez Chicago Social

December 7, 2009

You spoke, they listened. Partagas, our sponsor for tonight’s #cigarchat, announced the addition of more shuttle buses to take Chicagoans to tomorrow’s Benji Menendez Social at the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Ind. Here’s a list of departure times and locations: 3:50 pm, 5:50 pm Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, 2233 S. Martin Luther King Drive 4:10 [...]

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Trial and Error Cigar Pairings

December 4, 2009

I’m going to do some more detailed posts and maybe videos discussing pairing up cigars with different things, below are a few that I’ve stumbled upon that have either gone very well or very badly. Cigars with Rum: Well this is the default partner to cigars I’m sure we’ve all tried. I’ve tried a few [...]

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What will you be smoking on Thanksgiving Day?

November 24, 2009

I’ll probably be lighting up either an Oliva Serie V or a Torano Exoduo 50 Years. Looks like the weather is going to be a bit chilly out here at my parents. What will you be smoking? Well I was trying to embed a Twitter Stream in here, but having some problems. So just add [...]

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Questions for Jonathan Drew

November 15, 2009

We’ll be interviewing Jonathan Drew of Drew Estate Cigars in the next couple of days. Recently, we wrote what turned out to be a popular post about cigar branding and marketing, so questions you have could be about that, about his groundbreaking ACID line — or anything else you’d like. Please leave any questions you [...]

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A simple lesson in cigar branding from Drew Estate

October 22, 2009

Over the last several years, cigar brands have started to get more involved in the digital space. Some start and are regularly involved in social networks. Many companies have hopped on the Twitter bandwagon. For the most part, it’s been a desperate game of catch-up in the digital space for what have always been very [...]

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Another #cigarchat?

August 19, 2009

Apparently the first one went so well, some of you have wondered when the next #cigarchat will be. Why not this Thursday? Same bat time, same bat channel. Thursday, 7-9 pm CST. See you all there!

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