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With cigars, and likewise with pipes, it's easy to be accustomed to short smokes. Life is constantly in motion, and so the time and attention commitment required for a Group 6's worth of St James Flake or a full-bodied Churchill is typically in short supply. However, there are those occasions when you find yourself ... Read More

Ahead of our AJ Fernandez 'The Last Call' event this Wednesday (7/26), Chip and I discuss the joint effort of father-and-son team Ismael and Abdel Fernandez — the Enclave.

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Join myself and Ashton Cigar's Tim Vanderpool to talk about San Cristobal's Quintessence. A medium to full blend with notes of doughy sweetness and plenty of pepper.

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Barry and I talk Brick House and El Baton's Perla Del Mar Maduro release, the maduro wrapped follow-up to the highly rated Perla Del Mar. ... Read More

Shane and I take on Drew Estate's Undercrown Corona Viva, a medium-to-full bodied stick featuring a bit more strength while maintaining the same cocoa sweetness that's become a hallmark of the Undercrown lineup.

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At a first glance, a cigar smoker could be excused for thinking, "This is by far the ugliest looking cigar I have ever seen," but in this case, initial appearances are misleading. Leaf by Oscar - the cigar presented in a wrapping of natural leaf, and not the usual cellophane wrapper most of us are accustomed to seeing on a stick in our tobacconist's humidor. ... Read More

I love smoking a pipe. It's comforting, soothing, and just generally pretty darned fun. However, here at Smokingpipes.com, we're kept fairly busy. As I'm sure most of you could appreciate, smoking while typing at your computer is one thing, but here we're constantly on the move, and if its not entering in new pipes ... Read More

With summertime and BBQ season in full swing, many of you might be thinking about smoking some cigars. They're great companions for grilling out and warm summer days. But which should you choose? Well, much like our Top 10 Trending Bulk Tobaccos, we've compiled a list of our current, best-selling stogies. ... Read More

While I was working in the humidor this morning, a customer asked me why the Padron 6000 maduro singles were different shades. There were two distinctly different shades of cigars in the open box. I thought it was a great question with an interesting answer worth sharing to our other customers. ... Read More

Before the Cuban embargo was relaxed, we heard that question every now and then. Now we hear it at least once a week. The short answer is, "No, we do not." The more lengthy answer is, "Not yet, and not in the near future." ... Read More