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The Joy of Finishing Last
I could still taste the tangerine the next morning. Eighteen hours had passed since I’d first tasted Bowmore Gold and the last tasting note was...more
Posted: October 27, 2009 By Jack Bettridge
Breaking through Customs in Havana
Cuban customs really gets to me. It’s not that the agents at Jose Martí Airport in La Habana are particularly unpleasant, or even aggressive, but...more
Posted: October 22, 2009
Spice of Life in Cuban Cigars
Sometimes I get the idea that people think Cubans are not very savvy with their marketing and product development and that they spend most of their...more
Posted: October 16, 2009
Not My New York
What happened to New York? When I was a kid growing up in Connecticut, New York City was always the big, mysterious place with a little Wild West...more
Posted: October 15, 2009 By David Savona
The Fact of the Matter
People in the Cuban cigar industry were not pleased with recent reports in the foreign press on the reduction of this year’s tobacco plantings....more
Posted: October 14, 2009
Back in the Smoke in Cuba
It’s good to be back in Havana. It’s been too long. I haven’t been back since early March, but I am right back into the smoke. I had an...more
Posted: October 12, 2009
Smoking with the Most Interesting Man in the World
I met the most interesting man in the world the other day. No, I'm not talking about Jack Bettridge—it was Jonathan Goldsmith, the actor who...more
Posted: October 7, 2009 By David Savona
The Legend Lives
I smoked one of the greatest cigars ever produced on earth last night: the Dunhill Cabinetta. The robusto was produced in 1989 and was one of the...more
Posted: September 28, 2009
The Killer Cigar
I have a drippy sinus this morning and my head doesn't fell all that well. I am a bit clammy and I can't breathe perfectly well. If I was passing...more
Posted: September 22, 2009
Glenmorangie and More
I had the pleasure of attending a luncheon yesterday that paired a selection of Glenmorangie single-malt Scotches, as well as the Ardbeg Uigeadail,...more
Posted: September 16, 2009 By Jack Bettridge
Historical Document
I cleaned out some filing cabinets right after Labor Day, an ongoing personal effort to get up to speed on an organization system called Getting...more
Posted: September 11, 2009 By Gordon Mott
Good Signs and Bad Signs
Every cigar smoker has experienced the feeling of not being welcome. You walk up to a bar, cigar in hand, and encounter a sign. Perhaps it says NO...more
Posted: September 3, 2009 By David Savona
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