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RTDA Blog: Day Two
It’s still a rather thin crowd here at the RTDA show. "It’s under populated," said one industry veteran, starting out at the aisles. It seems as...more
Posted: August 6, 2007 By David Savona
RTDA Blog: Day One
I was taking my first walk around the show floor here at the 75th Retail Tobacco Dealers of America trade show in Houston, and there it was: a full...more
Posted: August 5, 2007 By David Savona
Heading to Houston
This weekend I’m flying to Houston to hang out with most of the U.S. cigar industry at the Retail Tobacco Dealers of America trade show. It’s the...more
Posted: August 3, 2007 By David Savona
A Matter of Taste
Taste preferences are a funny thing, even with cigars. Last week, I had two instances when some buddy’s ideas about a cigar were completely the...more
Posted: August 2, 2007
The Cigar and Cognac Conundrum
Sometimes this antismoking dementia gets in the way of my doing my job. The other night I was invited to a dinner hosted by Remy Martin. The point...more
Posted: July 31, 2007 By Jack Bettridge
My Greatest Cigars
My recent vacation in the Canadian Rockies reminded me of another of the greatest cigars I have ever smoked. It was in 2000, and I was at Lake O'Hara...more
Posted: July 27, 2007 By Gordon Mott
A Preview of Ashton's New San Cristobal
Today Sathya Levin and Manny Ferrero of Ashton Cigars came by the office for a few smokes and some lunch. They were giving me a first taste of their...more
Posted: July 25, 2007 By David Savona
A Summer Night Saved
Dinner was raucous, a gathering of friends on a terrace overlooking the 18th green at Sleepy Hollow Country Club. We were all enjoying a great buffet...more
Posted: July 24, 2007 By Gordon Mott
Perfume to Politics
I was at a big dinner on the Tuscan coast in honor of the American Ambassador for Italy over the weekend. About 40 or us were fêting the friendly...more
Posted: July 23, 2007
A Smoke After A Smoky Meal
Normally, the news that my livery car is running 15 minutes late doesn’t make me happy, but last night was an exception. Savona and I had just left...more
Posted: July 20, 2007 By Jack Bettridge
Fight For Your Cigar
It’s time to pick up the phone and to fight for your right to have a cigar at a price you can afford. News broke this week—in Cigar Insider , on...more
Posted: July 18, 2007 By David Savona
Just Last Night
I smoked a La Gloria Cubana Medaille D’Or No. 2 last night. It was the first of a box I had laying around in my cellar for the last 10 years. And...more
Posted: July 17, 2007
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