Cigar Reviews

by Tim Rolins I am not a fan of hot weather and the last few days have been miserable. Temperatures in the 100 degree range mean I stay indoors and keep the A/C company, but this also means a lack of things to get into! I decided to take an old antique cuckoo clock down […]

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by Tim Rollins The Ashton VSG Spellbound cigars were born in 1985 when Robert Levin sought the creation of a marque cigar to revitalize his family’s Philadelphia-based company. Combining a Dominican filler with the finest Connecticut leaf wrapper, Levin unveiled a masterpiece renowned for its consistently high quality and aromatic excellence. Continuous improvement and innovation

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by Tim Rollins Guillermo Leon is the owner of La Aurora cigars and now has his own cigar named for him. Guillermo Leon cigars sport dark brown Ecuadorian Habano wrappers, double binders of Corojo for strength and Cameroon for sweetness, and longfillers from the Dominican Republic, Peru, Nicaragua and Brazil. Says La Aurora vice president

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by Tim Rollins The Dona Flor CC Bahia blend is the only cigar that uses tobacco from outside of Brazil. This cigar utilizes a Connecticut shade wrapper imported from Connecticut in the USA. The binder is Mata Fina and the filler is Mata Fina and Mata Norte. The cigar is quite light, as you would

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by Tim Rollins Nestor Miranda Art Deco cigars boast a full-flavored team effort by Nestor Miranda & José Pepin Garcia. The blend consists of 60% Nicaraguan Corojo 99 and 40% Dominican San Vicente, plus Dominican Criollo ’98 & Nicaraguan Habano 2000 binders rolled and triple-capped in dark, shimmering Nicaraguan Corojo ’06 wrappers. The cigar is

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