Should I Buy Name Brand Cigars?
January 15, 2010 by GodFadr · Leave a Comment
There is a lot of talk of whether you need to find a popular label to get a good smoke. Well, here is my take…
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Tax Increase On Cigars!
Get ready to pay a bit more for your favorite smoke. On February 4th, 2009 President Obama signed into law the expansion of the State Children’s Insurance Health Program (SCHIP). This program provides health and dental insurance to children and pregnant mothers who do not qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford health insurance. Read more
Buy the Godfather a Cigar (or a cup of coffee)!Create Your Own Flavored Cigar
November 4, 2008 by GodFadr · 9 Comments
Did you know you can easily create your own flavored cigars? Just take a few mild smokes (no maduro’s) and put them in a tight sealing container (no need for a humidor for this one). A tupperware bin works great.
Buy the Godfather a Cigar (or a cup of coffee)!Who Invented the Cigar Band?
October 27, 2008 by Tommy · Leave a Comment
Sit back, light up your favorite smoke and consider, perhaps for the first time, the lowly band that encircles your cigar. A simple paper ring of no consequence to you… something to be discarded without thought. Yet for some it is an object of great debate, its origin shrouded in mystery and romance. Read more
Buy the Godfather a Cigar (or a cup of coffee)!Cigar Do’s and Don’ts
October 1, 2008 by GodFadr · Leave a Comment
The sum and total of cigar knowledge, lore, etiquette and practical advice could fill dozens and dozens of books. True cigar aficionados aren’t born; they’re bred with a body of knowledge that is the product of their experience.
But if you had to extract the essentials, it would look something like this: Read more
Buy the Godfather a Cigar (or a cup of coffee)!Misunderstood Opus X
October 1, 2008 by Tommy · Leave a Comment
Most times when I am in a cigar store I hear people complaining about Opus X and I have to educate them on it. Read more
Big News: Cigar Trade Show in Vegas
Although the economy is at a stand still and challenges loom for the next president, raising of the cigar tax was not the big news coming out of Vegas. Read more
Cigar Store Etiquette
July 6, 2008 by GodFadr · Leave a Comment
Let’s be honest – when you walk into a well-stocked humidor, it may feel a little bit like Tennyson’s “Charge of the Light Brigade’ – cigars to the left of you, cigars to the right of you. Dozens of brands Read more
The Origins of Rocky Vintage
June 29, 2008 by Tommy · 5 Comments
Many of the younger cigar smokers won`t remember this but back in 90`s it was called the “Cigar Boom.” At the time, there was a certain cigar based out of Connecticut; Read more
Cigar Talk…Zino Davidoff
June 29, 2008 by GodFadr · Leave a Comment
Rumor is…Zino Davidoff was best friends with Rothschild family, they both traded wine for cigars every year. Zino named his cigars after the 5 best first growth wines and later named a cigar after Dom Perignon champagne. Davidoff was allowed to raid Rothschilds personnel cellar for cigars, which after 1992 were never made in Cuban again. Read more
