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Matt Booth Talks About Life and Such

Matt Booth Talks About Life and Such
I was recently asked to deliver a paragraph or two of gibberish to the Cigars.com founders. Routinely, I make it a practice to afford all that approach me for this and that's of life with complete and utter non-compliance across the board. I find it helps to keep the flow of my universe in balance…
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Wine & Cigar Pairings

Wine & Cigar Pairings
If you have checked out Buzzfeed in the past few years, you can see there has been a noticeable increase in wine drinking, particularly with young professionals. Now being Italian, I have been involved in the wine culture since I learned how to walk, which is around the same time I learned how long to…
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Mike Rosales Manufacturer Spotlight

Mike Rosales Manufacturer Spotlight
In the past 5 years, it’s hard to imagine any cigar company has had as big of an impact as RoMa Craft Tobac. They are among the most sought after and highest rated cigars on the market today, due to the ingenuity and craftsmanship of its founders. From the beginning as a simple boutique brick…
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Steven Bailey Manufacturer Spotlight

Steven Bailey Manufacturer Spotlight
Steven Bailey is one of the most interesting men in the cigar business today. Like many other manufacturers, he has a long history in the tobacco industry, yet not exactly what many might think. Steven is part of a long legacy of American tobacco growers with a rich history that stretches back over 150 years.…
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Erik Espinosa Manufacturer Spotlight

Erik Espinosa Manufacturer Spotlight
Over the past 5 years, the Nicaragua tobacco industry has exploded. Following in the footsteps of Drew Estate, Padron, and Joya de Nicaragua, several high profile manufacturers have been making their name by using the volcanic rich tobacco of Nicaragua. One of the greatest among these is Erik Espinosa, owner of the La Zona factory…
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Cocktail & Cigar Pairings

Cocktail & Cigar Pairings
Usually I keep my liquor tastes simple. Straight bourbon or scotch, a nice craft beer, or a classic glass of Italian red wine, at least three years old. However, on occasion I do enjoy a nice cocktail with my cigar. So, yet again the team and I decided to do some investigative research to find…
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The Willett Distillery

The Willett Distillery
Recently, I decided to take a spontaneous trip to the great city of Nashville Tennessee. My plan was two fold: vist my friends at The Crowned Heads, and check out the Jack Daniels Distillery. Crowned Heads Founder John Huber then told me of a cigar-pairing event he had coming up at Willett Distillery in Bardstown,…
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Robert Caldwell Manufacturer Spotlight

Robert Caldwell Manufacturer Spotlight
When Robert Caldwell walks into a room, your first impression is not that he is one of the leading cigar manufacturers in the country. First off, his height is quite intimidating. He is one of the few people I have ever met that I have to look up to talk to. He is dressed impeccably,…
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Best Bourbon & Cigar Pairings

Best Bourbon & Cigar Pairings
It has been said that we here at Cigars.com like the occasional beverage. Well, I'm not gonna lie, these pairing articles are some of my favorite worktime activities. So far we've done whisky, craft beer, and coffee. So we decided, when we were bored one Friday afternoon, to do an article specifically for bourban cigar…
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Steve Bailey Of Cornelius & Anthony

Steve Bailey Of Cornelius & Anthony
Sometimes the road to a great cigar is the path less traveled. From the beautiful rolling farm fields of Virginia, the Bailey family is one of the oldest names in tobacco ancestry and has emerged as part of America's tobacco heritage. My family has been growing tobacco within our region of southern Virginia since the…
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