Posted: 01:49 PM ET, 03/19/07Endless cigars, free-flowing wine, gourmet cuisine and a license to smoke as much as you want, wherever you want. Sound good? That’s how I ended my recent trade show.
The site of this indulgence was the Graycliff Hotel in Nassau, the Bahamas. Read more
Posted: 01:14 PM ET, 03/16/07Time: March 13, 7 p.m.
Location: Back room of Dos Caminos Mexican restaurant and bar specializing in tequila, between 26th and 27th streets on New York’s Park Avenue. Read more
Posted: 12:32 AM ET, 03/16/07 I received an e-mail this morning from a friend who said he was disappointed with the quality of the latest production of Montecristo Edmundo. I was sort of miffed after I sent him two cigars to try, but you know stuff happens that we can’t explain, especially with Cuban cigars. Read more
Posted: 10:15 AM ET, 03/15/07Cigar Aficionado's blog world may have been a long time in coming. But now it is here.
I will be writing about everything from unexpected surprises in our tastings, to a wonderful cigar on the back porch my house in the suburbs, or out on the golf course. Read more
Posted: 08:59 AM ET, 03/14/07I was watching CNBC this morning while I was in Hong Kong and there was a report on how Macau, a tiny administrative region of China, generated more revenues in gambling last year than Las Vegas – $6.87 million compared to $6.7 million. Incredible. Read more
Posted: 04:49 PM ET, 03/13/07I just returned from the Tobacconists of America show in the Bahamas. While I was there, I took a little walk down Bay Street in Nassau. Bay Street is a busy place with endless markets. You can buy just about anything there: diamonds, clothes, liquor, coedeine without a prescription and plenty of Cuban cigars. Read more
Posted: 09:37 AM ET, 03/12/07I’ve recently had an epiphany about a whole class of spirits.
I used to think that flavored vodkas were a scam. At best they were a crutch for people too lazy to squeeze a lemon or an orange into their drink. At worst they were a way to get you to fill your liquor cabinet with a lot of different bottles of essentially the same thing, just different flavors added. Read more
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