Gary's Cigars Blog October 2007 Archive

Available now through December 15, 2007, Cigars International is offering eight premium cigars plus a small humidor for only $15. Just click on the link in our cigar forum ... Read More

The U.S. House is meeting on October 25 to vote again on a slightly revised SCHIP bill, in an attempt to gain enough votes to make the legislation veto proof. ... Read More

CAO Cigars just announced that they will be releasing 200 CAO Humidors each containing 105 CAO Gold Maduro cigars obtained from the CAO Escaparate, a climate-controlled, walk-in humidor-in-the-round that houses over ... Read More

Depending on the blend, the wrapper leaf of a cigar accounts for about 50% of a cigar's flavor. Therefore, a cigar that uses two wrapper leaves should derive almost ... Read More

The U.S. House did not garner enough votes on October 18 (273-156) to override the President's veto of legislation to expand/reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program, which would have ... Read More

If you read a cigar review on this website about a cigar that is described as being mild-to-medium flavored, this means that the natural tobacco taste is mild-to-medium in flavor, ... Read More

November is a very popular month for some major cigar events. On November 9-11, Cigar Aficionado is having their Big Smoke in Las Vegas Weekend. On November 17, ... Read More

There is always news coming from CAO Cigars. Their new "America" cigar was rated 90 in the October 9 edition of Cigar Insider, the bi-monthly newsletter published by Cigar ... Read More

The Sancho Panza brand of cigars is manufactured by the General Cigar Company in Honduras. The Double Maduro Quixote cigar uses a blend of Honduran, Nicaraguan and Dominican ... Read More

A special on Montecristo Platinum cigars that we previously reported has already expired, but if you missed that one, our Cigar Bargain Hunter has located a new offer on three ... Read More

On Monday, October 8, we celebrate Columbus Day. Old Chris is very important to us cigar smokers, since he discovered more than America back in the late 15th century. ... Read More

Congress wants to raise the federal excise tax rate on cigars to 52.988%, with a $3 cap on each cigar. Therefore, cigars having a current price of $5.66 (and ... Read More

It's now official, on Wednesday (October 3), President Bush vetoed the bill to expand the Children's Health Insurance Program, which would have increased the federal excise tax on cigars to ... Read More

Major Mitch Fadem is working hard to keep our Cigars For Troops Program active. With the help of TSgt Pedro Santos and others, an efficient system of facilitating and ... Read More