ironmeden | April 8, 2012
CAO – La Traviata Maduro Wrapper: Connecticut Broadleaf Binder: Cameroon Filler: Nicaraguan and Dominican Republic CAO Cigars has released a new size of the popular La Traviata Maduro. The Luminoso in the traditional Rothschild size of 4.5 x 50 has a very dark Maduro wrapper. There are a few light veins, otherwise the wrapper is [...]
ironmeden | February 26, 2012
Well its time to experiment with cigars. I’ve been seeing a few websites lately showing off the talents of of people who are wrapper swapping cigars. What they are doing for example, removing the wrapper from a Oliva Connecticut and Perdomo Habano Connecticut. I’ve seen stranger swaps, but i’m using these two brands as an [...]
ironmeden | February 15, 2012
With this review I’d like to introduce a new sponsor to The Velvet Cigar family. A few months ago I was looking for the Alec Bradley Black Market. I needed a couple boxes for an event and I came across a online store i’ve not been to before, the site BnB Tobacco. Located in Virginia, they [...]
ironmeden | December 22, 2011
So over the weekend i’m at a local cigar shop and they have a special running on select Colibri lights. The deal was 40% off the retail price. I can tell these lighters have been there a while because the white packaging inside is quite yellow. So it must be a clearance on older models. [...]
ironmeden | December 15, 2011
Press Release: Cuban-American and third-generation tabaqcalero Ares Contreras brought the rowdy Old West border towns to life this summer, with Pride Bandolero, his company’s latest boutique premium cigar. Contreras is the president of Pride Cigars, who manufactures his own cigars in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Contreras states, “Bandolero also features a Dominican binder and triple-fermented Dominican/Nicaraguan filler. [...]
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