This is a pretty great idea. It's both a cutter and a lighter for a cigar. Keeps you from having to separate things in your pocket when you go out. Here's the details from the site:
The top brass of windproof cigar lighters, The Don has a Quantum torch flame ignition. The Don maintains a compact frame with its built-in guillotine cutter that can dissect up to a 50-ring cigar.
It comes in four different versions, and there's a few other models on the site to choose from. Also a number of regular lighters.
The one pictured here goes for $58, which is a little much, but if you're interested you can get one HERE.
I'd love to grab one of these, but at $29-ish a cigar, I'll probably hold off for a bit, and then miss out. These are a limited time only thing, so if you're interested, you better hurry. Here's the details, pulled from the Cigar.com site:
Rolled with a Dominican wrapper grown in only one vintage harvest year, this special edition OpusX is available in only a handful of sizes with only 500 boxes shipped per year.
Fuente OpusX is one of the rarest cigars in the world. It is elusive to almost every enthusiast because of its limited production. Prior to 1990, the Dominican Republic was well know for its filler and binder tobacco. Growing wrapper tobacco on the island proved impossible due to the topography of the land and the wind. The wrapper is a vital component of any cigar as it contributes to most of the flavor. Carlos Fuente Jr. set out on a mission to be the first cigar maker in the Dominican Republic to successfully grow wrapper tobacco. With the help of cheesecloths to protect the tobacco from the elements, the first successful crop was turned out in 1992. This wrapper is matched with unparalleled vintage tobaccos for its filler and binder and was the first Dominican puro (it only contains tobaccos grown in the Dominican Republic) on the market.
Lost City remains full-bodied from head to foot with a toasty character thoughout. Perfectly blended, you will find each and every Lost City smokes, burns and tastes the same from box to box as they expel earthy nuances with hints of spice. Packed full of Dominican long leaves, all limited and rare, OpusX Lost City is one of the rarest blends ever released to date.
You can check them out, or grab one, you can hit the Cigar.com site HERE.
This is a little on the expensive side at $60, but you get five very nice cigars. That comes to $12 a cigar, which isn't outrageous or anything, and the site says that the price is 42% off the regular. You can also pick up a cigar travel case for $45. Here are the details:
We leveraged our close relationships with the industry's top cigar makers to bring you their most exclusive cigars including Man O' War Armada, Ashton ESG, Tatuaje Black, Oliva Serie 'V' Maduro and Liga Privada Dirty Rat. Some of these selections are so rare that you could search every retail humidor in the country and come up empty-handed as supplies are typically available by strict allocation only to top retailers and private collectors. We have made a Christmas miracle happen by amassing these rare gems for this special sampler – not to mention a 42% discount. With two options to choose from – one with a 5-capacity Herf-a-Dor travel case – this rare selection makes the perfect gift this Holiday season.
Includes:
1 x Liga Privada Dirty Rat
1 x Oliva Serie 'V' Maduro
1 x Tatuaje Black
1 x Man O' War Armada
1 x Ashton ESG
Optional:
1 x Herf-a-Dor Travel Case
These are over at Cigar.com, and there's a chance they might go fast. You can grab one HERE.
This is one of the pack of cigars that I got from from Famous Smoke, and I was really surprised. Out of the eight pack, I had picked the CAO cigar to try first, and while it was good, I really wasn't all that excited (you can read about that HERE). I grabbed the Don Thomas randomly out of the humidor the other evening, and I was really surprised. The Don Thomas Special Edition is one of the better cigars I've had in a while.
Here's what Famous Smoke has about it:
Don Tomas Special Edition Connecticut cigars are distinguished by their silky, smooth-smoking U.S.-grown Connecticut Shade wrappers. Inside is a rich blend of Dominican, Mexican and Nicaraguan long-filler tobaccos for a creamy, toasty, mild to medium-bodied flavor with a marvelous aroma. This bestselling blend is a great way to introduce yourself to the Don Tomás family of fine cigars.
I would agree with most of that, except that I thought it had a medium or better flavor. This is one of those cigars that you really look forward to, and until I get some more, I'll be saving the other one for a special evening. Speaking of getting more, you can pick up a five pack of these for only $14, which is a fantastic price, over at the Famous Smoke site here: Don Tomas Special Edition
I had one of these this evening, and I enjoyed it. I've always been a CAO fan and I've come to expect a lot from their cigars. This one didn't wow me, but it was a nice solid smoke. Good taste, nice slow burn, and solid all the way around. If you were looking for a good cigar that just about everyone would like, this would be a great choice. For me it held a middle ground in just about everything I look for in a cigar.
CAO CX2 cigars (Cameroon times two) present a rich-tasting, medium-bodied cigar brimming with velvety-smooth flavor and a seductive aroma. Now made expressly for Famous Smoke Shop, these cigars have a perfectly-balanced blend of robust Nicaraguan and Colombian longfiller tobaccos surrounded by TWO rare, Grade-1 African Cameroon binder and wrapper leaves. The smoke is laden with earthy-woody flavors underscored by sweet tobacco notes. One of CAO's BEST cigars.
You can grab one for $5.70, which I think is a solid price for this cigar, or a 5-pack for $26, over at the site here: CAO CX2
The Big Smoke in Las Vegas this year is November 12th and 13th later this year. There are two parts to the Big Smoke, the Big Smoke evenings, and the Seminars. Here's the details about the evenings:
Friday and Saturday evenings, from 6:30-9:30 p.m., are our traditional, fun-filled, "Big Smoke" evenings. At the "Big Smoke" evening you can join your fellow cigar lovers in an atmosphere of good cigars, good drinks, good food and great companionship.
As at every "Big Smoke" around the country, you have the opportunity to walk around and sample cigars from the more than 25 premium cigar producers that will be there. Your ticket price includes a cigar from each of the cigar exhibitors. Cigars will be listed on CigarAficionado.com on September 15.
Included in your ticket price are premium liquors, wines, beer, and other fine spirits from the extensive array of drink exhibitors and delicious dishes prepared for your pleasure by leading Las Vegas restaurants.
Also on display are luxury cars, motorcycles, golf equipment and many more items that appeal to an aficionado.
They also point out that you can smoke at the events. There's a large number of seminars such as cigar tastings, tobacco lands, and how to roll your own cigar. Tickets for the events always sounds expensive, but you have to remember that most of it is an all inclusive type of thing with free cigars and alcohol. Tickets for each of the evening events is $240, and $550 if you want to hit the seminar and evening event.
You can grab some tickets at the Cigar Aficionado site HERE.
I can't say that I'm overly excited about the watch in this combo. It's nice looking, and I'm sure its made well, but it just doesn't grab me at all.
The combo is pretty cool, and I'd like to see a lot more of this kind of thing. You get a humidor, the cigars (maybe) and the your choice of a steel or rose gold plated watch. There will be 188 of each watch type made, and they're only available in the U.S., though I'm not sure where you'll be able to actually grab one.
The steel watch set costs $1,650, and the rose gold at $1,750.
You can read more about the set, and get a close up view of the watch, over at the Perpetuelle site HERE.
I was lucky enough to get a box of these myself, AND one to give away to one lucky winner. Here's the details on the cigars:
With days getting longer and temperatures starting to rise, two of the biggest names in smoke are leading the way into summer. Punch® cigars and Char-Broil® are teaming up to encourage consumers to break out the cigars and fire up the grill to kick off the barbecue season with Punch’s King of the Deck.
The King of the Deck program features Punch-branded steel smoker boxes filled with Punch Magnum, Punch Gran Puro Rancho, Punch Rare Corojo Magnum and the new Punch Upper Cut Robusto cigars and a coupon that can be redeemed online atwww.charbroil.comfor $100 off the purchase of a new Char-Broil grill. Also featured is a mobile extension of the promotion’s website (www.punchgrilling.com) to give consumers customized grilled meat and Punch cigar pairings. In addition, a series of brief videos featuring grilling tips and Punch cigar pairings from Barry “CB” Martin, Char-Broil’s lead blogger and grilling expert, will be released throughout the promotion online and will also be available for download.
To Enter, all you have to do is leave a comment to this post, with a valid email address so I can get a hold of you, and your in. Don't worry if your comment doesn't pop up right away. I have have to approve all comments, so it might be a little bit before it shows up on the site. I'll try to stay on top of it, so you don't have to wait too long.
On Friday June 25th, I'll randomly pick a name from all of the comments, and that person will win the steel box with the coupon and the four Punch cigars.
Normally I stick with Vegas vacation giveaways, but this one jumped out at me so I thought I would post it. There's a nice big write up on the site, so I'm just going to post it below:
Everyone who registers at the web site of GolfOrlando between December 1, 2009 and March 31, 2010 will be entered and eligible to win.
The grand prize isn’t just a vacation, it’s a mancation, where you and three of your friends will stay at one of Orlando’s finest resorts, play Orlando’s best courses, dine at one of Orlando’s top steakhouses and enjoy an evening out at a cigar & wine bar.
You’ll stay in deluxe guestrooms at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress where you’ll enjoy an unparalleled vacation experience. Located in the Lake Buena Vista area of Orlando, this property is the centerpiece of the magnificent 1,500-acre Grand Cypress Resort. From the 18-story atrium lobby to the lush tropical setting, this world-class award-winning hotel is a vacation paradise. The resort features an 800,000-gallon lagoon swimming pool with 12 tumbling waterfalls, spa services, health club, fitness trails, 12 tennis courts and more.
You’ll play four rounds of golf on some of Orlando’s most phenomenal golf courses including Celebration, Eagle Creek, Mystic Dunes, and Shingle Creek; so you’d better bring your "A" game. GolfOrlando travelers who have played these courses have rated all five as 4 stars or better so you can be assured you’re in for a real treat. The accolades received by all five courses will impress! Celebration was rated 4.5 stars in Golf Digest’s 2007 "Places to Play." Eagle Creek was chosen as the host site for the 2007 Florida PubLinks Championship and the 2006 Florida Open. Mystic Dunes was selected in 2006 by Golfweek as one of the "Best Top 100 Resort Golf Courses." Shingle Creek holds the honor of being selected as on of Golfweek’s "Top 40 New Courses."
The Grand Prize Winner will receive:
Three Nights of Accommodations
Four Rounds of Golf
Dinner at One of Orlando’s Finest Steakhouses
Night Out at a Cigar & Wine Bar
Rental Car
To round out your mancation we’ll also include a dinner at one of Orlando’s finest steakhouses. After dinner your foursome will enjoy a night out at a cigar & wine bar. And to make sure you travel in style we'll also include a Lincoln Town Car from Budget Rent a Car.
The Contest runs until March 31, 2010, and you can enter it HERE.
I'm going to have to get a few of these to try. Not only are they the top selling cigar over at Cigar.com, but they have a great name. Here's the details:
Another fantastic blend from the award winning 5 Vegas line, Triple-A combines tobaccos from Nicaragua's top growing regions with an oily broadleaf maduro wrapper to create a full-bodied array of complex flavors guaranteed to stimulate your palate for hours of enjoyment.
Aficionados and enthusiasts across the globe have come to love 5 Vegas. The brand is simply perfect: there is a blend suitable for every palate, the cigars are consistent in flavor and construction time and time again, the price points are simply stunning and they've even earned ratings as high as '90' by Cigar Aficionado. With those types of characteristics, there is no surprise that 5 Vegas is the "go-to" brand for cigar enthusiasts from all walks of life.
If you want to play poker online and you can't get to Atlantic City or Las Vegas, why not play try playing at FullTilt.
Online poker rooms such as fulltilt and PokerStars.net offer free poker as well as real money poker. You won't go wrong with either room, but PokerStars is generally considered to be the best.
This is a pretty great idea. It's both a cutter and a lighter for a cigar. Keeps you from having to separate things in your pocket when you go out. Here's the details from the site:.jpg)
I'd love to grab one of these, but at $29-ish a cigar, I'll probably hold off for a bit, and then miss out. These are a limited time only thing, so if you're interested, you better hurry. Here's the details, pulled from the Cigar.com site:
I had one of these this evening, and I enjoyed it. I've always been a CAO fan and I've come to expect a lot from their cigars. This one didn't wow me, but it was a nice solid smoke. Good taste, nice slow burn, and solid all the way around. If you were looking for a good cigar that just about everyone would like, this would be a great choice. For me it held a middle ground in just about everything I look for in a cigar. 
The Big Smoke in Las Vegas this year is November 12th and 13th later this year. There are two parts to the Big Smoke, the Big Smoke evenings, and the Seminars. Here's the details about the evenings:
I can't say that I'm overly excited about the watch in this combo. It's nice looking, and I'm sure its made well, but it just doesn't grab me at all.
I was lucky enough to get a box of these myself, AND one to give away to one lucky winner. Here's the details on the cigars:
Normally I stick with Vegas vacation giveaways, but this one jumped out at me so I thought I would post it. There's a nice big write up on the site, so I'm just going to post it below:
I'm going to have to get a few of these to try. Not only are they the top selling cigar over at Cigar.com, but they have a great name. Here's the details: