Archive for January, 2012

The Casa Magna Domus Magnus Limitada isn't a cigar that you can easily find. Luckily, one of my favorite cigar shops on 11th Avenue in Portland (11th Avenue

I love a lot of things about Gurkha cigars. Their boxes are some of the most innovative in the industry, and most of their cigar bands are opulently

Having a wife who respects and supports your cigar passions is a definite blessing, especially if said wife buys you a bunch of great cigars as an anniversary

It's really hard to find a coffee shop around the Beaverton area that welcomes cigar smokers. Thankfully, there's Ava Roasteria -- a wonderful little coffee shop on the

Well, this is interesting. When we posted the 33 Cigars Tasting Notebook a few days ago, we didn't know that we'd have such a great response both here

While I've smoked my fair share of CAO cigars in the past, I can't argue that Gotolell knows more about CAO than me. In fact, he knows more

When a cigar brand dubs one of its cigar lines as fuerte (Spanish for strong), I'm usually expecting a really good cigar in terms of flavor and strength.

Today's been a bit of a busy day so I decided to relax by spending some time with this Arturo Fuente Chateau Fuente Queen B. Construction You can tell from

Before my cigar smoking days, Montecristo and Cohiba were the first brands that came to mind every time someone mentioned the word "cigar." These brands were ubiquitous and