As promised, the video of Tinus Vinke rolling a pipe

New to me in the past few weeks, a new player has emerged in the UK Cigar scene. Regius Cigars have seen some success and positive feed back from some well known places in London. Akhil contacted me from Nicaragua where he complained about the weather and we chatted about cigars. He even wrote about [...]

No matter what i am told to do, this cigar is the Habano not the Sun Grown. I am not an idiot enough to think this cigar is Cuba. One quick whiff and you instantly know its Nicaraguan. But with that said now to the cigar. I have smoked the Habano a few times, i [...]

I was given this by a good friend of mine, we do a few cigar swaps here and there. I have been choosing my time to smoke this, i nearly delved in a few weeks ago. So this morning in a little hurry i grabbed the D’Oro. Not long after i got to work, i [...]

I have smoked a SD before, a good 4-5 years ago. I remember them being smooth and creamy with a slight sweet edge. So after a day of trying to pick something out either new or something i havn’t smoked before. After repeatedly standing in the humidor, looking at the stock. I grabbed a Tubulares [...]

Sunday was supposed to be a great day. Hot, BBQ and watching England erm…hammer Germany again. All topped off with a cigar to finish the day off afterwards. It all was all going to plan…..The sun was shining, my BBQ was loaded up ready for a loose flying match, i had been smoking Rattrays Bagpipers [...]

Now i know a 4 1/2″ x 50 is a Robusto, but this isnt a 50 gauge. It maybe was one day before it was box pressed, under the same pressures found in the heart of a black hole. I can remember before i saw them, i printed a label for the shop and stated [...]

Its all been De Olifant in the last couple of days, well in my head at least. Today i was given one of the coronas along with a Dominican Romeo y Julieta Maduro. Now i have been wanting to try some of the non Cuban, Cuban brands for a while. It had made its way [...]

  Smoking is banned in all public places, that are classed as in doors. This includes hospital ground, when at hospital we have to stand outside the gates. Smoking is now longer allowed in TV & Film. No one can advertise tobacco. Now even a British History Museum has gone and airbrushed a cigar from [...]

When i first tried the Oliva V I was a very disappointed, i had read so much positive feedback all over. The cigar smoked badly, the flavours where a little flat and the lingering acid taste at the back my throat wouldn’t go. I really didn’t see what all the fuss is about. So after [...]