Featured Cigars - December 2013

This month we’re very excited to bring our members an exclusive smoke you won’t find anywhere else. This special, limited-edition Man O’ War Virtue “Sixty”, with it’s massive 60 ring gauge, was rolled especially for members of The Premium Cigar of the Month Club! The Virtue contains just enough Nicaraguan ligero to give it a light punch, thus keeping all you full-bodied Man O' War fans satisfied. But AJ Fernandez softens the punch by utilizing Nicaraguan seco and viso...

Montecristo stands for quality, flavor, and consistency among both cigar aficionados and the top manufacturers in the world. Not surprisingly, it has become one of the most recognized brands worldwide. From its humble beginnings in the early 20th century through today, the brand has exploded into a variety of line extensions in both Cuba and the Dominican Republic. "Noche" means "night" in Spanish and Media Noche, one of the more recent...

CAO International, Inc. was founded in 1973 by Cano A. Ozgener (hence the CAO in their name) and produces of one of the country's top lines of premium cigars and cigar accessories. Their famous Meerschaum pipes are smoked by presidents, senators and other dignitaries. While the cast might not be considered "dignitaries", CAO's cigars were featured in the third season of HBO's "The Sopranos" (spawning a separate line of cigars by the...

La Perla Habana is one of the most coveted brands produced today. Two of the industry's most respected entrepreneurs took it upon themselves to recreate this well-known Cuban brand in the Dominican Republic. Sergio Cuevas and Doug Wood have created a cigar in which commitment, quality, and flavor are the sole concerns. Using closely guarded techniques to age and blend the tobaccos, these men have produced a cigar that is worthy of the...

The process of planting Cuban seeds in the Dominican Republic was developed decades ago but the result was one the first of the hybrid tobaccos to be widely used and became one of the remarkable innovations in the cigar industry. Due to its success, many people in the industry started other types of experimental efforts that led to many of the interesting and delicious blends we know and love today. The Piloto Cubano Torpedo not surprisingly...