Year in Review 2023

It has been a great year for my review site, so many thanks to all my readers worldwide. Thankfully this year I didn’t have to sit outdoors during the cold winter months to do my reviews thanks to the local cigar club finding a location for the lounge. In the beginning it was very barebone … Continue reading Year in Review 2023

824. Laura Chavin La Tentation Mini

Bought from Germany. Location: This review was made indoors in a cigar lounge. Information:Wrapper: Dominican Republic Connecticut ShadeBinder: Mexico Filler: Dominican Republic Origin: Dominican Republic Factory: Tabacalera Altagracia (Dominican Republic)Box: Sold in 4 count boxes. Release: 2008Availability: Regular Production Size: 2.5×23, Mini Cigar. Wrapper: Light milk chocolate brown, smooth texture with small veins. Construction: Fairly … Continue reading 824. Laura Chavin La Tentation Mini

Year in Review 2022

What a year it’s been, feels like it’s flown by far to fast even though at times it have felt like an eternity. The year of reviews started in February due to the cold weather and that I had far to much in University. In March I managed to find a local lounge that I … Continue reading Year in Review 2022

My Top 25 Cigars of the Year 2022 Full List

This list is composed of my top 25 ranked cigars based on scores given in the 52 reviews I did this year (2022). But as you’ll notice many have similar scores, so they were ranked based on the level of enjoyment I got out of the bunch. I hope this list will bring some interest … Continue reading My Top 25 Cigars of the Year 2022 Full List

InterTabac 2022 Recap

So it was my 4th time at the trade fair, but it felt so good to be back after a 3 year hiatus due to the pandemic. And I shared that same feeling with everyone there that returning back to a normal was needed for the cigar industry, but may we not forget we still … Continue reading InterTabac 2022 Recap

My Journey With: Maya Selva

My Journey with Maya Selva Cigars, started back in 2014 when the cigar shop (Mellgrens Fine Tobacco) that I worked at introduced the three brands in their portfolio. Cumpay, Flor de Selva & Villa Zamorano. Maya Selva started in the industry back in 1995 and have their roots in Honduras where they have their main … Continue reading My Journey With: Maya Selva

Fun Stats

ALL COUNTRIES & NATIONS READERS (178 NATIONS) CONTINENTS (COUNTRIES) TOTAL COUNTRIES TOTAL VIEWS AFRICA (58) 35 1045 ANTARTICA (5) 0 0 ASIA (51) 45 14028 EUROPE (54) 50 91896 NORTH AMERICA & CARIBBEAN (41) 28 40938 OCEANIA (28) 7 3196 SOUTH AMERICA (15) 14 1312 Updated 2023-09-01

Year in Review 2021

This past year has been filled with positive and negative happenings, luckily I’ve managed to stay healthy and haven’t got the corona, which so many of my friends all over the world sadly got. I hope everyone stays healthy for the year to come and R.I.P to all friends who sadly have passed away, you … Continue reading Year in Review 2021

My Journey With: Cavalier Genève

The year is 2016, during the summer (5th of June) I decided to start doing reviews of cigars, at this time I had been smoking cigars for 2.5 years on a regular basis. I felt fairly confident in my understanding of cigars and how to distinguish flavours and aromas. By the end of september I … Continue reading My Journey With: Cavalier Genève

My Journey with: HENK

For this one we need to roll the tape back to March of 2017, I’ve just been officially introduced as a member of Cigar Journal Tasting Panel (unofficially joined in september 2016) and I’m going on my first tasting trip to meet my fellow tasting panel colleagues. I fly down to Florence, Italy, my first … Continue reading My Journey with: HENK

My Journey With: Casdagli

This story begins on the 15th of december 2014, I was working at Mellgrens Fine Tobacco and we were preparing for the event we where hosting that evening in our cigar lounge. We where going to host Jeremy Casdagli owner of Bespoke Cigars, a new cigar brand to the Swedish Market. I was still young … Continue reading My Journey With: Casdagli

Year in Review 2020

I want to start off by thanking each and everyone who has supported my reviews this past year. It’s been an interesting and hard year for sure. But thankfully I’ve managed to stay healthy and hard at work. I’ve connected with a lot off you via social media or zooms and had a great time … Continue reading Year in Review 2020

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Year in Review 2019

I want to start of by thanking everyone who have supported my reviews this past year, it’s been a fun ride and I’m going to continue stronger than ever this year to come. During 2019 we had readers in 107 different nations, 14.808 views from 5.665 people. With 178 reviews, that’s ruffly 3,4 reviews a … Continue reading Year in Review 2019

Year in Review 2018 & Updates for 2019

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2019! I have heard your positive and negative feedback on my reviews. So this year I’m going to make some changes to my reviews and what I post on here. Firstly I’m going to add some short information about each cigar, I’ve done so on some cigars before when … Continue reading Year in Review 2018 & Updates for 2019

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