European Cigar Cult Journal

Hurricane Gustav Punishes Pinar del Rio

September 2, 2008

Colin Ganley’s site, Cigar Research, has been keeping up with Gustav and its aftermath on the Pinar del Rio region of Cuba. Colin’s Article on Hurricane Gustav: Pinar del Rio’s most important crop, tobacco was not yet planted but the crop from last year was drying in barns. While some 500,000 bags of premium tobacco [...]

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Is Cuban Cigar Quality Slipping?

August 4, 2008

I was reading the latest issue of European Cigar Cult Journal and they did reviews of several different Robustos. I didn’t agree with all the ratings, but found them overall to be pretty much aligned to my tastes. I don’t think they really factor in the value aspect when they do a rating. Anyway I [...]

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