Monthly Archive: January 2014

Cigar Review: F55 Quattro by Aging Room

Aging Room Cigars is one of those “enigma” companies in the cigar industry. You hear about them, you might see them in magazines, but finding a retailer who carries them can be a challenge. Certain bloggers rave about them, but when you check the stores they bought from, they are sold out. So they almost exist just on a sort of “underground word-of-mouth.”

Cigar Review: Achilles by Curivari

Curivari, though, is a company that seems to relish its boutique status. You can hardly find them in any shop. When you do find a shop that carries them, it’s almost impossible to find the blend or the vitola you really want. Orders are filled when they are filled and batches are numbered in the 10s of thousands, not millions.

Wine Review – Cigar Box Reserve

When the first vintage of this wine was made, our winemaker noticed subtle hints of “Cigar Box” on the nose…the name stuck! Sourced from a single vineyard, the grapes for this wine are bunch selected and hand harvested. This Malbec displays aromas of ripe plum and violets along with subtle hints of vanilla.

Cigar Review: Viaje Christmas Tree

There isn’t much to see of this stubby little cigar since it is almost completely covered with wrapping paper. What I can see is a nice reddish brown wrapper with some oils and medium sized veins to it. After removing the paper I’m able to get a much better look at the cigar.

Cigar Review: Smoking Jacket Short Robusto

Last month, I reviewed a new cigar called Smoking Jacket, made by the Kelner Boutique Factory and blended by Hendrick Kelner, Jr., son of the famed master blender for Davidoff. I discovered during the research phase of the cigar, that there were 4 different sizes of Smoking Jacket, each with its own specific blend.

Does Foundry Cigars’ H2O Equal Water?

Today we will be examining one of the more unusual releases in the CEM program: H2O…or as some refer to it, “Water.” H2O has 3 distinct blends, all in the same vitola, all contained within the same box…and all sharing the same SKU…so we’ll never know for sure what the most popular is.

Cigar Review: Rocky Patel Private Cellar

My family has finally wisened up for Christmas time gift-giving. Instead of the phrase “What do you want for Christmas?”, I get “You want cigars and scotch for Christmas right?”. Needless to say that the past two years of Christmas have treated me, my bar and my humidor very well.

Cigar Review: San Cristobal Revelation by Ashton

San Cristobal Revelation features a lovely milk chocolate-hued Ecuador Sumatra wrapper along with a rich, vibrant blend of aged Nicaraguan tobaccos. Medium to full-bodied, these cigars offer a rich, earthy flavor-bouquet extenuated by decadent notes of leather, cedar, nuts and spice.