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VITOLA 101 - ROBUSTO
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GIFT GUIDE
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BLENDED TO PERFECTION
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DESTINATION OKC
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EYE OF THE STORM
The robusto is one of the all-time most popular cigar sizes and in spite of industry trends leaning towards bigger and fatter cigars, brick and mortar cigar store registers still ring the 5 by 50 more often than most.
The holiday season is bearing down on you and with the clock ticking, we’re here to help take the guesswork out of great gift-giving. We’ve spent the last couple of months testing bourbons, glassware, lighters, cutters, and even our own Cigar Snob gear in the name of science. You’re welcome.
When you’re a 750-year-old independent cognac producer in the Grande Champagne region of France, you can pretty much do whatever you want in the cognac world. And what did they do with this freedom? They created a cognac perfectly blended for cigars!
We sent our intrepid travel team to the heart of tornado country, not because we wanted them to take a ride on a spinning house a la Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz. We wanted to know if the cigar scene was as good as we’d been hearing.
The Central American heart of the premium cigar world was ravaged by back to back major hurricanes in November leaving many families with nothing but the clothes on their back. So the cigar industry did what it always does, stepped up with an outpouring of aid and support for those in need.
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features NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2020
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LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER
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FEEDBACK
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WHAT’S BURNIN’
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BRAND BREAKDOWN
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SMOKING HOT CIGAR SNOB
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RATINGS
DIESEL ESTELI PURO
HOTEL CALIFORNIA
TWITTER SCOREBOARD INSTAGRAM SCOREBOARD EVENTS 92 SHORE THING CIGARS WHITE PARTY WITH DAVIDOFF 96 INDUSTRIAL CIGAR HALLOWEEN PARTY 98 ASHES CIGAR LOUNGE 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION 99 CAVA CIGARS AND DAVIDOFF DOMINO TOURNAMENT
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GIFT GUIDE
CIGAR SNOB HAT – GLACIER cigarsnobmag.com SNOB T-SHIRT - BLUE cigarsnobmag.com
$24.99
$18.00 Our fellow gym rats are envious of these shirts, which are stretchy without being clingy, full without being beefy. The front of the shirt is the Snob logo, with a smaller version on the back. Parade your snobbery and be proud.
For the links, a run, or a sweats-clad trip to Publix, the Cigar Snob hat classes up the joint. Adjustable Velcro closure, flat embroidered logo on the front, cigarsnob.com on the back in a soothing, cool shade of glacier.
SNOB SINGLE JET LIGHTER cigarsnobmag.com
$7.99 A new addition to the Cigar Snob swag collection, the refillable single jet lighter is compact at 2.5 inches high, lightweight and reliable. It comes in a matte gray and with the traditional pull back cap, conjures an old school feel.
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CIGAR SNOB ABS-TRACT COASTER cigarsnobmag.com
$5.00 (4-Pack) The Cigar Snob coaster set is functional as well as a conversation piece, skillfully adapting the cover art from last year’s Pool Party issue. These full color, 4-inch coasters are cut from high-quality coaster board and come in a package of four.
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Bricktown-Downtown OKC
By Steve Miller
TEN 2 7 MINU T H E C H O I C TES QUIC PERF E S K SM ECT OKE
THE DRE 4 X WE 3 DR 2 S E W CO E S LLE TATE T A T CT E . C ION OM
PICK THE CIGAR THAT SUITS YOUR SPEED
ACID KRUSH CLASSICS, AMBROSIA CLOVE TIKIS, DEADWOOD SWEET JANE, ISLA DEL SOL, KENTUCKY FIRE CURED, LA VIEJA HABANA, LARUTAN DIRTIES, LIGA PRIVADA CORONETS, TABAK ESPECIAL CAFECITAS, UNDERCROWN CORONETS.
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Eye of the Storm Relief efforts are under way after Honduras and Nicaragua are ravaged by back to back major hurricanes.
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featuring
48 CIGARS LIGHTER: Zino Graphic Leaf Collection Torch (davidoff.com) GLASSWARE: Ethan + Ashe Rocks Glass (ethanashe.com)
EVENTS SHORE THING CIGARS WHITE PARTY Watersound, Fla.
Shore Thing Cigars, with Davidoff Cigars, held an exclusive event to honor its top tier customers, the second annual White Party, in which invitees dress in all white – never too late in the season for that in the balmy Florida Panhandle. The private gathering was free for the 15 customers who were honored this year. For their devoted patronage, the attendees received a swag bag as well as a camo patterned, leather cigar holder and some of the featured cigars, which included the Luke Bryan Exclusive – the country star is co-owner of Shore Thing.
Paul Copeland, Stacey Sparks and Tiffany Ashley
Lana Fraser and Tiffany Ashley
Steve Lehman, Griffin Eure and Garrett DaMore
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Shiah Goldberg
Dylan Austin
PHOTO CREDIT: RennaVation Studios
EVENTS CAVA CIGARS DOMINO TOURNAMENT WITH DAVIDOFF CIGARS Miami
Cava Cigars hosted a domino tournament with Davidoff Cigars, and while it took all day, the first prize winners, out of 32 teams, scored two boxes of cigars, an ashtray, a cigar cutter, an AVO leather carrying case, a T-shirt, a trophy and a day of competitive fellowship. And this is no afterthought: There was also free food and beer. Giselle Rosales, Carlos Escalona and Yenly Castillo
Carlos Escalona and Bobby Singer
Moises Espinosa, Carlos Escalona and Erik Espinosa
Ariel Núñez, Adrian Fish, Rick Vargas, Alex and Eugene Castañeda
Victor Barroso and Andy Chirino
1st Place Winners: Mauro Caballero and Marcos Olaniel
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