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Texas Businessman Sets His Sights On Cigars

By STANLEY GORDON 10 October 2017Cigars, Home Banner, India Cigar Club, News

In an uncertain era when many cigarmakers are proceeding cautiously , a bold new cigar company has entered the playing field with guns blazing—Micallef Cigars. The Texas-based company launched seven cigar lines…

Are the shine and texture of wrappers a sign of quality?

By STANLEY GORDON 23 May 2017Cigars, India Cigar Club, Learnings, Luxury Ampersand Frolics

The first impression is decisive, and because the wrapper is the calling-card of every cigar, it is of particular importance. Many feel that the shinier the wrapper, the better its…

The Case Is Clear: The Rebellion 540 Magnum Tourbillon Sapphire Is Awesome

By STANLEY GORDON 28 December 2016Editorial

Dissatisfaction with the status quo is often the seed of change. Nurture a seed long enough with rigid authority and and the seed is likely to sprout into a tree…

The Cigar Review: Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 2

By STANLEY GORDON 24 November 2016Cigars, Cuban, Culture, India Cigar Club, Luxury, News

If there is a quintessential Cuban robusto, the Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 2 probably holds that title. The size has been around for decades and is a favourite among…

Q&A: Nestor Andrés Plasencia of Plasencia Tobacco

By STANLEY GORDON 22 November 2016Cigars, Home Banner, India Cigar Club, Nicaragua

Tobacco scion Nestor Andrés Plasencia is a fifth generation grower and cigar manufacturer whose family has been in the business for more than 100 years. After decades of providing tobacco…

My Father Le Bijou 1922 Limited Edition 2016

By STANLEY GORDON 19 November 2016Cigars, Editorial, India Cigar Club, Nicaragua

Back in June, My Father Cigars, Inc. released another toro in its Limited Edition lineup, this time using the Le Bijou 1922 blend Previously, different blends and packaging have all…

Moving Mountains

By STANLEY GORDON 28 September 2016Cigars, Home Banner, India Cigar Club, News, Nicaragua

Most people avoid driving the Pan-American Highway at night, especially in the mountainous region of northern Nicaragua where the Estelí valley becomes mired by a very particular kind of darkness,…

The Cigar Review: Padrón Serie 1926 No. 90

By STANLEY GORDON 24 April 2016Cigars, Culture, India Cigar Club, Luxury, Nicaragua, Review

Whether it be an anniversary or an important benchmark, it seems that the Padrón family is always celebrating something. And when they do, smokers end up with a great new…

The Cigar Review: La Flor Dominicana Andalusian Bull

By STANLEY GORDON 24 April 2016Cigars, Dominican, India Cigar Club, Luxury, Review

Here is an unusual, perhaps unfamiliar cigar that gleams with distinction but doesn't have much market history, as it only came out last summer. The wrapper is a striking hue…

The Cigar Review: Fuente Fuente OpusX PerfecXion X

By STANLEY GORDON 23 April 2016Cigars, Dominican, India Cigar Club

When Carlos Fuente Jr. was told he merely assembled cigars, rather than making them, he was insulted. When he was told it was impossible to grow fine wrappers in the…