Cigar Links Edition 9: Illusione Cigars
Saturday, March 8th, 2008Illusione Cigars are produced in small batches to retain their high quality. This can make them a frustrating cigar to locate but when you do they are worth it. Another factor contributing to the fun finding this cigar is being listed number 7 in Cigar Aficionado’s Top 25 Cigars of 2007.
Cigar Links Edition 8: CAO Vision
Saturday, March 1st, 2008This week Daniel reviewed the CAO Vision and this is one cigar that has generated a ton of discussion in the cigar community. Many people think it is a great cigar, others aren’t real impressed with it. What really generates the controversy though is the packaging. The CAO Vision comes in a pricey box that [...]
Cigar Links Edition 7: AVO 787
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008Avo Cigars are some of the first cigars I tried when I first started trying different cigars. I enjoyed them, but I think I would have appreciated them more if I knew the story behind them.
The cigars are blended for Avo Uvezian by Hendrik Kelner. Avo is a legendary jazz musician and cigar aficionado, while [...]
Cigar Links Edition 6: CAO America
Saturday, February 16th, 2008The CAO America is probably one of the most talked about cigars this past year. The cigar was hyped as CAO’s fullest bodied cigar yet and featured a Connecticut Shade Wrapper and Connecticut Broadleaf Wrapper. The dual wrappers give this cigar its unique pin stripe appearance.
I first got a chance to try it while at [...]
Cigar Links Edition 5: Oliva Serie V
Saturday, February 9th, 2008The Oliva Serie V is one of the best cigars we saw come out in 2007. I remember the first time I tried these at a pre-release event. I stopped by The Party Source for the weekly tasting, found out it was moved down the road. Since I was already there I thought I might as well pick up a few cigars and grabbed the Oliva Serie V Figuardos and headed down to the Beer Sellar. Turns out the cigar being featured was the Oliva Serie V. Jose Oliva and Sam Leccia were on hand for the event.
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