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Gordon Mott

Sinking In

Posted: 04:47 PM ET, 12/15/08

It has taken a few days for this news to sink in. I had drinks with a Mexican friend, Max Gutmann, who among his many businesses, owns the Casa del Habano franchise in Mexico. He came to that business honestly; he’s one of the biggest cigar aficionados that I know and has an extraordinary collection of Havana cigars. Read more


David Savona

The Holiday Football Game

Posted: 11:35 AM ET, 12/09/08

Every year around this time, I get together with a bunch of buddies from the neighborhood and we beat the tar out of one another.

It’s a Thanksgiving tradition, a flag football game (which, inevitably, always includes a fair share of tackling) organized by my good friend Mark. Read more


James Suckling

Dancing with the Devil?

Posted: 11:33 AM ET, 12/08/08

I was afraid to smoke. I wasn't sure how I would feel, or if it would leave some lasting effect. But I was sort of edgy when the Partagas Serie D No. 4 was lit up on Saturday after a long dinner with a winemaker and his friends in Tuscany. There were even feelings of guilt. Read more


Jack Bettridge

Drink Up! Prohibition Is (Mostly) Over

Posted: 05:02 PM ET, 12/05/08

Let’s all raise our glasses to the end of Prohibition and a return to good cheer.

Seventy-five years ago today, Prohibition, the so-called Noble Experiment, was ushered out with the 21st Amendment of the Constitution, which repealed the 18th Amendment. Read more


Gordon Mott

Fabulous New Cigar Shop

Posted: 03:02 PM ET, 12/02/08

Wow! That’s all I can say about the new Cigar Inn on Second Avenue, between 53rd and 54th Streets in New York City. Gus and Billy Fakih, who also own the original Cigar Inn on First Avenue between 70th and 71st, cut the ribbon on their second store this morning, December 2. Read more


Jack Bettridge

No Cruise Ship for Cigar Men

Posted: 04:10 PM ET, 12/01/08

Just returned from a Caribbean cruise refreshed, but slightly disappointed. The Solstice, newest addition to the Celebrity cruise ship fleet on which I sailed, was magnificent in all respects but one: it was almost bereft of smoking venues. Read more


Gordon Mott

A Political Moment

Posted: 10:01 AM ET, 11/25/08

I won’t presume anybody’s political leanings here. But I doubt anyone would argue with the statement that the 2008 Presidential election was one of the most important in American history. Regardless of whether your guy won or lost, you will have been present at a moment that will go down in the history books, and be noted 100 years or more from now. Read more


James Suckling

Smoking in Bed

Posted: 11:55 AM ET, 11/24/08

Do you ever dream about smoking cigars? I must admit that I normally don't. I dream about many other things. And I prefer to dream about one thing in particular. But cigars normally don¹t come to mind as I am dozing away at night.

This weekend, though, I dreamed about cigars. Read more


David Savona

The Tarantula Chronicles

Posted: 03:13 PM ET, 11/21/08

I’ve been traveling to cigar country for 13 years. They’re wonderful places, but if you’re visiting a tobacco field or a cigar factory, odds are you won’t be sleeping in a Four Seasons Hotel. There’s even a chance you might have a close encounter with something exotic. Read more


Jack Bettridge

Digging Deep

Posted: 10:08 AM ET, 11/17/08

Almost everyone is feeling the pinch right now, but as the holidays come on it is important to keep in context that having to settle for VSOP instead of going for the XO Cognac isn't really roughing it. One out of eight people in America is struggling with the reality of hunger—and that doesn't mean they skipped lunch—they actually aren't sure where their next meal may come from. Read more


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