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 moreToday, I’m back with Part 2 of my interview with Ernesto Padilla of Padilla Cigars. In this part of the interview, Ernesto finishes answering my questions and actually breaks some interesting news about the future plans for his website, online retailing, and more. After the interview, Ernesto explains the tobaccos that he uses...
read moreA few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to interview Ernesto Padilla of Padilla Cigars at his cigar shop and factory in Little Havana, Miami. Ernesto has a beautiful cigar shop set up there on Calle Ocho, and I was very impressed with the care that went into the design and construction of the shop. The shop will also serve as a small...
read moreThis week, we have another guest cigar review from our friend Ryan Collman. He’s reviewing the Illusione Epernay Le Elegance, a cigar from Illusione’s fairly new Epernay line. This is the first review of an Illusione Epernay cigar on The Weekly Cigar, so I hope you enjoy his review. Size: 5 3/4 x 40 Binder:...
read moreThis week, I have my first joint cigar review. I’m reviewing the Tatuaje Verocu No. 9 with my friend Aaron. This 4.5″ x 49 ring gauge cigar from Holts.com was on sale last weekend, and Aaron decided to pick up a box. He was nice enough to send me a few, and we decided to review one. I hope you enjoy the...
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