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March 10 - March 16, 2010



Vegueros
Especiales No.1 & Especiales No.2

Country: Cuba
Factory Name: Long Panatela / Panatela
Length: 6  - 7 1/8
Gauge: 38
 Strength:  Full

It is a tradition in the Vuelta Abajo region for the vegueros (farmers) to make their own cigars. Visitors to this part of Pinar del Rio province often want to try these cigars made in the land where the best tobacco in the world is grown.

As a result, in 1996, the brand called Vegueros was introduced to the market as a tribute to the countless generations that have cultivated tobacco in Pinar del Rio. It has a special intensity in its blend that reflects the tastes of the local people.

It is made at the “Francisco Donatien” factory in a sturdy building located in the centre of Pinar del Rio city that was built in 1868 and converted into a cigar factory in 1961.

All sizes are "totalmente a mano, tripa larga" - totally hand made, long filler.

Flavour Ranking: Full.





Alec Bradley MAXX
The Vice 6T2

Wrapper: Natural
Country: Honduras
Gauge: 62
Length: 6˝
Taste: Full bodied


Alec Bradley's Maxx Vice cigars are classified as Toros, though with their 62 ring,
they could just as easily be called Beasts. Clouds of thick, creamy smoke ooze from the head,
producing flavor and aroma as big and bold as the stick itself. More than a cigar,
the Vice is a box-pressed statement.



"Eating and sleeping are the only activities that should be allowed
 to interrupt a man's enjoyment of his cigar." - Mark Twain