"A good smoker, like a good lover, always takes his time with a cigar."
- Guillermo Cabrera Infante
The Alec Bradley American Sun Grown is essentially a perfectly executed cigar. Its band is attractive enough to catch your eye and say “Try me, I’m new!”, but unrequited enough to say “Not just a marketing gimmick”.
Most aficionados rate this cigar as one of their favorites to age for at least 10 years. A young cigar will have under developed flavors and a touch of strength. A fully aged cigar will exhibit a refined smoking experience.
The Montecristo No 2 Gran Reserva Cosecha is an exquisitely crafted, 5 year aged beauty, from the finest fields of the Vuelta Abajo region, produced by the most senior rollers at the H. Upmann factory.
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We just received our latest delivery of Cubans complete with Partagas, Hoyo De Monterrey, and two types of Romeo y Julietas. I was able to wait about 3 whole hours before firing one of these new Cubans up on a dark and rainy night in California. I chose the highest rated of the group, the 94 point rated Romeo y Julieta Short Churchill.
The Romeo y Julieta Short Churchill is the highest rated Cuban, beating out the H. Upmann Sir Winston by 1 spot. I now can claim to have smoked all of the top 25 rated cigars of 2008! I completed my yearly task just in time, as the new 2009 list comes out next month. Read More.
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There once was a man named Howard, who drove a big yellow work van and installed Hardwood Floors for a living. One year for Halloween the 350+ pound Howard came over our house dressed in only a diaper, and carried a baby bottle filled with beer. Everyone called him Baby Huey, and the name stuck. From then on he was always known as Baby Huey.
Read The Story of Baby Huey.
The Sancho Panza Brand of Cuban Cigars were founded in 1852, and were obviously named after the faithful squire of Don Quixote. As with the story of the Montecristo Brand being traced back to the Count of Montecristo, which was read to cigar rollers working in the factory, I imagine the Sancho Panza’s name was picked up in similar fashion.
Sancho Panza Belicoso
You know that I am an avid La Gloria Cubana fan. From the original, to the Series R, to the Artesanos de Miami Artesanos de Miami review, to the Obelisco, to the extremely limited Series R Gigantes Serie R Maduro Limitada Gigante.
I am proud to say I have smoked every La Gloria Cubana ever made.
La Gloria Cubana
I was working out of our UK office earlier this summer, when I had an interesting conversation with a co-worker at a pub over a pint. We were discussing the quality of French food, and he, being French, let me in on a little secret. “Every other country in the world exports their best food, but not in France. We keep all the best, and we export the shit!” he said.
I was quite shocked, and a bit amused, but the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. It explains why you can grab a baguette and a $5.00 bottle of wine anywhere in France, and it’s the best bread and wine you have ever had.