Last week, I had the opportunity to sit down with Paul Palmer of Casa Fernandez Cigars. Paul’s first cousin, Eduardo Fernandez, owns Casa Fernandez and Aganorsa (an agricultural conglomerate), and Paul essentially heads up the tobacco division of Aganorsa, as well as Casa Fernandez. Aganorsa supplies tobacco for some of the...
read moreThis week, Aaron and I are back for another joint cigar review. We’re reviewing the Padron Family Reserve No. 45 Natural cigar, a super premium, very limited new cigar from Padron Cigars. Below is the story from Padron’s website about the origins of the Family Reserve. The Little Hammer A Story In 1962, I arrived in...
read moreThis week, we have another guest review from our friend Daniel. Daniel is a new guest reviewer to The Weekly Cigar. He’s reviewing the Oliva Connecticut Reserve Toro, a 6 inch by 50 ring gauge cigar from Oliva Cigars. Below, you will a little more information about Daniel and his reviewing style. My style of reviewing does...
read moreThis week, we have another guest review from our friend Danny. He’s reviewing the Tatuaje El Triunfador Lancero, a cigar I sent him to try. The Tatuaje El Triunfador Lancero is one of my favorites. One negative Danny mentions is the price tag, but I was able to find a box of these Tatuaje El Triunfador Lanceros on sale (which...
read moreA few months ago, my friend Gary Arzt introduced me to a friend of his, Berta Bravo. Berta is known throughout Miami as “The Guayabera Lady”, and for good reason. She makes beautiful guayaberas, and agreed to make two guayaberas for The Weekly Cigar with custom embroidery. I told her in exchange for doing such a great...
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