OK...since Colibri is bankrupt...it may not be your best choice. Zippo blu is not even carried by the Zippo wholesaler here....he says too many problems. Xikar makes good lighters with lifetime warranties. Same for their cutters. If you can find a Montecristo cutter ( bout the same price as...

Dean if you are still around we'll probably have a herf the 23 or 24th...once I am back from Pro Cigar.

Crap...I won't be in town will be coming back from the DR on the 22nd late.

Damn was just up there yesterday for the Altadis event.

Dean are you still in town?

I haven't been to T&C for a while but it always was a nice place.

I spoke to Ernesto yesterday and the conversation is here: http://cigarweekly.com

GR Specials Red label...usually 2 bucks or less.

There also is Tobacco Gallery on Kate at Northwest Highway. Kent has another store Cigar Shop and More in Garland too. Lots of stores around. UIS has a really nice lounge in their uptown store.

If Up In Smoke is close to you...why not. Over your lifetime you will make up the 80 bucks. Personally I find their prices a bit high, but then again they are in high priced centers usually.

Frankie I think you are correct. The real point is whether you like the cigar or not. Who really cares if the cigar is aged X years or is a vintage? The question is do you LIKE it? Otherwise you are smoking PR not the cigar. In blind tastings you have no clue as to the farm, vintage or...

Doc...you may want to talk to a few cigar makers who HAVE had their blends ripped off. But unless you know WHICH field the crop is coming from you still don't know squat. In the DR fields just a few hundred meters from each other can yield totally different tobacco. So knowing the tobacco...

Gee you will get this soon enough if the FDA bill passes Congress. Seriously, why on earth would any manufacturer want to give up his blend just so someone can copy it? Doc you are out in California-- land where there are fake Padrons. Why help the counterfeiters? Also it is pretty difficult...

What has been said before is correct. On a cruise, heck you have paid for it. Buy a stick if there is something decent and not at a huge ripoff price...the sales do indicate to the ship they should keep it and not turn it into another casino. As for land based cigar bars, today with the new...

General does not have much mass market.....when was the last time you SAW a White Owl. Ernesto sold basically because at the time in 99 his kids did not want any part of the business. That has changed. They now want to be a part of it. That is why he is going out on his own. He is still...

For our end of month herf we're back at Stafford and Jones on the NE corner of Plano and Campbell Roads in Richardson on Monday January 26. We'll start around 5pm and go until..... See yall there.

Wow just saw it. Awful. THe guys at Club Stogie are not gonna like that at all. Cigar Live hasn't migrated yet. How many boards did he buy wand which ones? Brace yourself for an onslaught here. And thanks Rod for keeping us away from the puffer fish.

Don't know if it ever made it to a lawsuit...but years ago when CAO came out with their Anniversario, Padron threatened them with a lawsuit and CAO changed the name to L'Anniversaire. THis would have been in 1999 or 2000.

We're back on a Monday for our early month herf and back at the Dallasite at 4822 Bryan St. ( at the intersection of Fitzhugh and Bryan across from Jimmies). We'll start around 5pm and go until.... Maybe we'll find out what Rhonda has planned about the upcoming smoking ban. See yall there.

Our last official herf for the year will be on Tuesday December 16 up at Stafford and Jones in Richardson. We'll be in their lounge and we'll be participating in their Christmas party, so there will be specials and prizes that night. S&J is on the North Eastern corner of Plano and Campbell...