Charatan Robusto: Good cigar in great company
The story of Charatan cigars starts back in 1863 and I was able to hear it whilst smoking a Charatan Robusto with members of Cigar CLub LDN and Tor Imports.
The story of Charatan cigars starts back in 1863 and I was able to hear it whilst smoking a Charatan Robusto with members of Cigar CLub LDN and Tor Imports.
What does five generations and 150 years experience in the world of tobacco bring to a cigar? I smoked the Plasencia Reserva Original Toro to try and find out.
The Bobby Burns cocktail is the perfect warming tipple. A delicious combination of whisky, vermouth and Benedictine, this makes the perfect Burns Night cocktail
Since seeing a perfecto, it’s become one of my top vitolas, the Cuaba Divinos being a favourite. Does the Cuaba Tradicionales userp it as my perfect perfecto?
For me, the Gurkha cigar brand has always seemed to be style over substance. I’ll be the first to admit that I haven’t smoked many of them, and those that I have, including the...
Just how good can a New World cigar blended by a Habano Cigar Sommelier be? I smoked the Rolando Soto Midnight Habano cigar from Rebellion Cigars to find out.
It’s the end of the year and time for my Top Nine Best Cigars of 2021. There are some old favourites as well as new discoveries and a couple of heartbreakers.
On a cold winters evening in November James and Rosalie Barber of James Barber’s Tobacconist invited me to their Doscientos event with the Nicaraguan Ambassador
Having recently enjoyed some claro wrapper cigars, I wondered if the Casa Turrent 1880 Series Double Claro, a Mexican puro, would put another tick in this box
Week 46 has been unusually busy for me as I’ve been trying to get ahead so I can take some time off, so I only had three smokes in this working week of cigars.