Club XO2024-03-29T07:10:27Zsonu kumarhttp://clubxo.xocigars.com/profile/sonukumarhttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1485750352?profile=original&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1&xj_user_default=1http://clubxo.xocigars.com/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=0olpxz3qy9oka&feed=yes&xn_auth=noTo dip or not to diptag:clubxo.xocigars.com,2020-02-15:6407210:Topic:939102020-02-15T05:24:53.694Zsonu kumarhttp://clubxo.xocigars.com/profile/sonukumar
<p>I think not. Premium cigars are tasty on their own.</p>
<p>I think not. Premium cigars are tasty on their own.</p> Why Johnny Depp of course..tag:clubxo.xocigars.com,2020-02-15:6407210:Topic:938332020-02-15T05:21:30.748Zsonu kumarhttp://clubxo.xocigars.com/profile/sonukumar
<p>Okay maybe Clint Eastwood</p>
<p>Okay maybe Clint Eastwood</p> Just a nice sailboat (and a boatload o' cash:)tag:clubxo.xocigars.com,2020-02-15:6407210:Topic:937222020-02-15T05:19:12.918Zsonu kumarhttp://clubxo.xocigars.com/profile/sonukumar
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<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3863307685?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3863307685?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></p> Baton Rouge Considering Casino Smoking Bantag:clubxo.xocigars.com,2017-07-05:6407210:Topic:147012017-07-05T13:47:35.530Zsonu kumarhttp://clubxo.xocigars.com/profile/sonukumar
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">Smoking has been outlawed in places such as restaurants, bars and patios at various locations all across the United States. Casinos tend to be one of the few exceptions to those rules nowadays, though even some gaming…</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">Smoking has been outlawed in places such as restaurants, bars and patios at various locations all across the United States. Casinos tend to be one of the few exceptions to those rules nowadays, though even some gaming sites are starting to come around on the idea of banning the harmful habit. Now, the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is considering jumping on the bandwagon.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">Baton Rouge has three riverboat casinos within the city limits: the Hollywood Casino, L’Auberge and Bell of Baton Rouge. All three casinos currently allow some form of smoking on their gambling floors.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">However, Smoke-free East Baton Rouge (EBR) has introduced an ordinance that would ban patrons from being able to light up while inside the casinos. If the committee is able to convince at least even of the 12 Metropolitan Council members to vote in favor of the ordinance, smoking will no longer be permitted inside Baton Rouge casinos.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">Smoke-free EBR spokeswoman Raegan Carter had the following to say about the proposed ordinance:</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">“There are 3,000 bar and casino workers that work in smoke-filled places right now, and so we realize that to prevent illnesses, that those workers deserve to have smoke-free environments. We realize this year that we have a new council and a new mayor that are more aware of the importance of the issue.”</span></p>
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<p><br/><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">A similar measure failed to pass after a 6-6 vote by the Council in 2016.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">Casinos Aren’t Thrilled</span><br/><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">As you would expect, none of the three Baton Rouge area casinos are too pleased with the proposed measure. If you’ve ever been to a casino, you’re surely aware that plenty of customers enjoy a smoke while partaking in casino games.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">Most smokers would tell you that outlawing smoking at casinos would negatively impact their enjoyment, which could potentially harm business for the casinos.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">Baton Rouge passed the Clean Air Act in 2005 that outlawed smoking inside public places. However, exceptions were granted in the law for restaurants and bars that hold alcohol licenses and “any property where gaming operations are conducted.” So, casinos were also exempted from the rule.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">The Louisiana Casino Association issued its statement opposing the fresh anti-smoking measure:</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">“We believe both our customers and employees are educated and therefore able to choose for themselves the environment they wish to enter. Despite the speculative claims … that such bans would actually increase the number of customers visiting casinos, real world experience in Colorado, Illinois, New Orleans, and other locations which have imposed such bans in casinos clearly shows otherwise.”</span></p>
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<p><br/><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">New Orleans installed a smoking ban inside its lone land-based casino, Harrah’s, in 2015. Caesars, which owns Harrah’s, reported that the smoking ban has effectively cost the venue $69 million in revenue in the two years since.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">Ban May Pass</span><br/><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">During a recent rally in support of the smoking ban, five of the Metropolitan Council members publicly endorsed the new ordinance.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">So, only two of the remaining seven members, all of which are men, would have to vote “yes” in order to get the new bill passed. It is currently unknown when voting will take place. Their next scheduled meeting is June 14.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">Source: Gambling Sites</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">Author: Taylor Smith</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">Date: June 5, 2017 </span></p> The World Championship of Cigar Smoking Finale Held in Splittag:clubxo.xocigars.com,2016-11-18:6407210:Topic:128082016-11-18T09:12:21.796Zsonu kumarhttp://clubxo.xocigars.com/profile/sonukumar
<div class="itemIntroText"><p><span class="font-size-4" id="docs-internal-guid-99a66855-fb8d-7a47-e64e-148beb6db4f3" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000;">In the packed hall of the Radisson Blu Hotel, an award ceremony was held for the 7th Cigar Smoking World Championship. The competition included 89 participants from 25 countries.…</span></p>
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<div class="itemIntroText"><p><span class="font-size-4" id="docs-internal-guid-99a66855-fb8d-7a47-e64e-148beb6db4f3" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000;">In the packed hall of the Radisson Blu Hotel, an award ceremony was held for the 7th Cigar Smoking World Championship. The competition included 89 participants from 25 countries.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000;"><a href="http://www.xocigars.com" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.xocigars.com/" target="_blank"><img width="500" class="align-center" src="http://www.total-croatia-news.com/media/k2/items/cache/38a35cf2043f060b07bb6e6065984865_XL.jpg?width=500"/></a></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000;">After 4 months of qualification rounds, the finale for the world championships of cigar smoking was finally held in Split, Sunday September 4.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000;">The victory was given to Mirko Giotto from Switzerland with a time of 2:32:08, while runner-up was Tomasz Žotadkiewicz from Poland with a time of 2:27:01. Third place was won by one of this year's favorites, Darren Cioffi from the United States - sealing third with a time of 2:26:10. This year's second favorite and current holder of the world record (with a time of 2:47:45) was Oleg Pedan, who dropped out of the competition after just 28 minutes. His girlfriend Anna Plato, on the other hand, won fifth place with a time of 1:51:30 and qualified as the best woman in the competition.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000;"> <a href="http://www.xocigars.com" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.xocigars.com/" target="_blank"><img width="500" class="align-center" src="http://www.irobusto.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cigar-smoking-world-championship-cigars.jpg?width=500"/></a></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000;">The winners, in front of 150 guests, were given handmade plaques made out of Brač stone, and were also given an exclusive bottle of Chivas Regal 25, amongst other gifts.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000;">The festival began last Friday with a glamorous dinner at Hotel Park, and continued through the weekend with cigar rolling and rum tasting workshops. On Sunday, guests even got to enjoy Brač.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000;"><a href="http://www.xocigars.com" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.xocigars.com/" target="_blank"><img width="500" class="align-center" src="https://www.havanahouse.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cigar.close_-1024x683.jpg?width=500"/></a></span></p>
<p dir="ltr"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000;">The festival was attended by numerous dignitaries from around Europe and the world, and the 3-day program was filled with superb Mediterranean cuisine, and Croatian wines from Ilok cellars, Rizman, Matošević and Vukoje.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000;">This festival is rated 4th amongst the most prestigious festivals in the world for cigars, just behind Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #800000;">News Source: Total Croatia News</span></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #800000;">Written By: Daniela Rogulj</span></strong></p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #800000;">Date: 05 Sep 2016, 20:12 PM</span></strong></p>
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</div> Premium Macanudo Cafe & Maduro Ascot Cigar.tag:clubxo.xocigars.com,2016-11-18:6407210:Topic:125932016-11-18T08:43:51.800Zsonu kumarhttp://clubxo.xocigars.com/profile/sonukumar
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">Macanudo- one of the top-selling brands in the cigar world today. The quality and craftsmanship are one of the best.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">The Macanudo line of premium cigars have a very unusual twist that can satisfy everyone -…</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">Macanudo- one of the top-selling brands in the cigar world today. The quality and craftsmanship are one of the best.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">The Macanudo line of premium cigars have a very unusual twist that can satisfy everyone - they are flavor-packed. Whether a novice smoker or a seasoned veteren, the subtle body will certain please.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br/> <span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">The success of Macanudo Café line brought the introduction of the Macanudo Maduro. Their mild, flavorful maduro cigar, is unparalleled on the market. The consistently high ratings from some of the most well-known cigar publications is certainly a credit.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;">Handcrafted in the Dominican Republic with a masterfully crafted Connecticut Broad leaf wrapper gives not only a very rich look to the Macanudo maduro, but it is one of the most intriguing maduros available. Macanudo's Maduro offers a very smooth, easy draw, a mild intensity, and a short pleasant finish.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span class="font-size-4"><a href="https://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/?keyword=Macanudo+Cafe&search=true&view=category&option=com_virtuemart&virtuemart_category_id=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img width="400" class="align-center" src="http://www.xocigars.com/images/stories/virtuemart/product/macanudo.jpg?width=400"/></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3"><strong><span><a href="https://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/?keyword=Macanudo+Cafe&search=true&view=category&option=com_virtuemart&virtuemart_category_id=0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Figure 1: Macanudo Cafe & Maduro Ascot</a></span></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"></p> As Cuba Opens for Tourism, Dallas' Cigar Retailers Brace for the Possibility of a Lifted Embargo.tag:clubxo.xocigars.com,2016-11-18:6407210:Topic:126932016-11-18T03:20:20.108Zsonu kumarhttp://clubxo.xocigars.com/profile/sonukumar
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;"><a href="http://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/search?keyword=Cohiba&limitstart=0&option=com_virtuemart&view=category&virtuemart_category_id=0&Itemid=638" target="_blank"></a></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="font-size-3" style="text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;"><span style="color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;">Figure 1: "Cohiba Black" Cigars</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 14pt;">Cuba was a forbidden fruit for nearly 50 years - closed to tourism and trade, the collective American imagination relied on photos of 1960s models Volkswagen beetles and hot rods, and people sitting on porches fanning themselves while puffing on Cuban cigars and listening to old transistor radios.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Now, people can satisfy their fascination for the nostalgia of Cuba after President Obama announced in late 2014 that he would open the borders to tourism, and as recently as October, the U.S. government announced that it was lifting the limits on how many cigars Americans could bring back with them from their travels.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">The guidelines are $100 worth per person per month; anything over that requires a 40-cent excise tax per cigar and additional controls for customs. It’s the same policy as with importing cigars from any other country.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">While importation for personal use is now legal, importing for resale purposes is still banned in this country, which has led to some misunderstandings in the retail sphere. Marco Cavazos, who owns Cigar Art in Oak Cliff, says he has nearly 10 people every day asking to buy Cuban cigars.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">“I think there’s sort of a Renaissance in cigar interest. People who aren't interested in cigars want to try Cuban cigars,” he says.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">But the uptick in demand is mostly novelty. "It's about the prohibition; you couldn't have it so you wanted it," says Willie Martinez, who owns House of Cigars. Martinez says he welcomes the lifting of the ban because “the myth behind the Cuban cigar will finally be over to the American market. They're going to realize that there's really nothing special about the cigar, there are equal-to or better smokes on the market.”</span></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/shop/hand-rolled/hr-singles?Itemid=637" target="_blank"><img width="300" class="align-center" src="https://www.xocigars.com/images/stories/virtuemart/product/resized/40000305_300x300.jpg?width=300"/></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;"><span class="font-size-3"><a href="https://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/shop/hand-rolled/hr-singles?Itemid=637" target="_blank">Figure 2: Single Cigars (*at no extra cost!)</a></span></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">The ubiquitous Cuban cigar company, Habanos, has had a veritable monopoly on the market. It’s the only Cuban cigar manufacturer — owned 50 percent by the Cuban government and 50 percent by a Spanish company, Altadis is the supplier of choice for many European countries even though Cavazos and Martinez say the company’s product is inferior as compared to cigars from Central America.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">“In Europe where Habanos is king, the biggest complaint is if you buy a box, four or five in a box of 25 will be no good. They accept that as part of the handmade cigar process,” says Cavazos. “But in the United States you have to be much more competitive. The cigars coming out of Nicaragua, Honduras, Dominican republic, you seldom have quality control issues, it's more like one in 500 cigars will have a problem.”</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Despite the fact that selling Cuban cigars isn’t yet legal in the U.S., Habanos has been buying up retail shops around the country in anticipation of the commercial ban being lifted.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">“There's a lot of anxiety in the industry right now,” says Cavazos. “If the embargo is lifted entirely, the big fear … is that existing cigar stores will still not be able to buy and sell Cuban cigars because [Habanos] will have a monopoly on distribution, selling it through their own retail outlets.”</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">There’s another hiccup in the plan for Cuban cigars to be sold here legally. The FDA is now involved in the regulation of cigars after the Family Smoking Prevention Act was passed in 2009.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">“They're trying to roll it back to only cigars that were on the market in the U.S. prior to 2007 [can be sold],” says Eliot Suied who owns Cigar Warehouse in Dallas and Plano. “Since no Cuban cigars were sold in the U.S. in 2007, the likelihood of Cuban cigars being available to U.S. consumers is nil under those new gaming rules unless they grant an exemption to Cuba.”</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Suied says granting an exemption to Cuba would cause a host of other problems — “It would open up the floodgates for all the other manufacturing countries … that weren't on the market at that time either.”</span></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/shop/hand-rolled/boxes?Itemid=637" target="_blank"><img width="300" class="align-center" src="https://www.xocigars.com/images/stories/virtuemart/product/resized/40000242_300x300.jpg?width=300"/></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #800000;"><span class="font-size-3"><a href="https://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/shop/hand-rolled/boxes?Itemid=637" target="_blank">Figure 3: Premium Cigars (Boxes)</a></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">The other way to sell legally without an exemption or grandfathering would be to meet the FDA's new rule that requires costly inspection and testing for all cigars entering the market after 2007. Yet consumers bringing them in for personal use aren’t subject to FDA screening.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">“If you have no limits [for personal use], that means I could go to Cuba and buy $50,000 worth of cigars,” says Martinez, who, along with Cavazos, suspects that it will lead to an increase in the black market, which would also put cigar shops at a deficit.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">“The black market is going to be significantly bigger because now anybody can go and buy Cuban cigars abroad and resell them. There's no legal way to compete,” says Cavazos.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">The flip side of black market Cuban cigars is an increase in the knock-offs claiming to be Cuban cigars, preying on people's lack of knowledge of the situation.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">“It's the most counterfeited product in the world,” adds Martinez. While this fact isn’t verifiable, it’s still worth noting that it’s highly counterfeited and both say that if someone is selling a Cuban cigar in the U.S., it’s probably not real.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">“The counterfeit market is going to explode. The perception now is that Cuban cigars are going to be easy to get, so I think you're going to have a lot of people taking advantage of that,” says Cavazos.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">“As a cautionary thing I would be careful about buying anything claiming to be Cuban cigars in the States before the embargoes are lifted," he adds. "With any counterfeit product, you have to be leery about what's actually in it.”</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-2" style="color: #800000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">News Source: Dallas Observer.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-2" style="color: #800000; font-family: 'times new roman', times;">Written BY: ALAENA HOSTETTER</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4"><font face="book antiqua, palatino">The Versailles humidor is a very nice piece. High quality and heavy construction. The Spanish cedar lined interior is flawless. This Contemporary Glass-top Display Humidor contains both a glass top and front glass for expanded viewing.</font></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4"><font face="book antiqua, palatino">The Versailles humidor is a very nice piece. High quality and heavy construction. The Spanish cedar lined interior is flawless. This Contemporary Glass-top Display Humidor contains both a glass top and front glass for expanded viewing.</font></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; color: #800000;" class="font-size-4"><a href="https://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/?keyword=Humidor&search=true&view=category&option=com_virtuemart&virtuemart_category_id=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;">Figure 1: Versailles Humidor</span></a></span></strong></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; color: #000000;"> - Tempered Beveled Glass Top and Front <br/> - 1 Large Rectangle Humidifier in Spanish cedar holder <br/> - 1 Front Mounted Glass Hygrometer with Brass Frame <br/> - Recessed Brass Carry Handles <br/> - SureSeal Technology Insures Proper Lid Seal on Closure <br/> - 1 Spanish Cedar Tray with Divider <br/> - 1 Divider at Bottom <br/> - Lined with Premium Kiln Dried Spanish Cedar <br/> - Gold Plated Lock & Key with Tassel and Hidden Quadrant & Piano </span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; color: #000000;">Hinges <br/> - Engraveable Brass Nameplate <br/> - Scratch Resistant Felt Lined Bottom <br/> - Rich High Gloss Cherry Finish <br/></span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-4" style="font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino; color: #000000;">Capacity: 100 Cigars <br/> Dimensions (Outside): 14.5"W x 9.5"D x 7"H </span></p>
<p></p> 5 Nicaraguan Cigars You Should Be Smokingtag:clubxo.xocigars.com,2016-11-18:6407210:Topic:125862016-11-18T02:05:57.579Zsonu kumarhttp://clubxo.xocigars.com/profile/sonukumar
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #800000; font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';"><strong><a href="http://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/shop/country-of-origin/nicaragua" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;">Nicaraguan Cigars</span></a></strong></span> are typically very appealing in…</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #800000; font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';"><strong><a href="http://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/shop/country-of-origin/nicaragua" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;">Nicaraguan Cigars</span></a></strong></span> are typically very appealing in their own right, however, please check out this review of the "5 Nicaraguan Cigars You Should Be Smoking".</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">1. <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; color: #800000;"><strong><a href="https://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/shop/wrapper/habano/70000867-detail?Itemid=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;">Carlos Torano Noventa:</span></a></strong></span> Noventa is a Nicaraguan puro utilizing a nearly flawless habano wrapper, a habano binder, and a complex blend of fillers from Jalapa, Esteli, Condega and Pueblo Nuevo. A smooth, creamy smoke with hints of wood and cedary spice.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;"><a href="http://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/shop/hand-rolled/20164540-detail?Itemid=0" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/shop/wrapper/habano/70000867-detail?Itemid=0" target="_blank"><img width="400" class="align-center" src="http://www.xocigars.com/images/stories/virtuemart/product/toranonoventa.jpg?width=400"/></a></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">2. <span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; color: #800000;"><strong><a href="https://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/shop/wrapper/brazilian/70000571-detail?Itemid=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;">CAO Gold:</span></a></strong></span> Don't be fooled by CAO Gold's gorgeous, blonde Ecuadoran Connecticut seed wrapper? This cigar packs plenty of flavor. It has earned many devoted disciples, including some of the industry's top publications, which have given it multiple 90 ratings and recognized CAO Gold as one of the best cigars in the world.</span></p>
<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;"><a href="http://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/shop/hand-rolled/20164520-detail?Itemid=0" target="_blank"></a><a href="https://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/shop/wrapper/brazilian/70000571-detail?Itemid=0" target="_blank"><img width="400" class="align-center" src="http://www.xocigars.com/images/stories/virtuemart/product/CAOgold.jpg?width=400"/></a></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">3. <span style="color: #800000;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde';"><strong><a href="https://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/shop/wrapper/nicaraguan/70000149-detail?Itemid=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;">Dunhill Signed Range:</span></a></strong></span> </span>Although the Dunhill Selección Suprema originated in Cuba in 1935, Castro’s takeover of the tobacco industry resulted in the brand subsequently moving to the Dominican Republic. But the revitalized <strong>Dunhill Signed Range</strong> is now made in Nicaragua. As such, it has recaptured some of its historical meaty characteristics, thanks to a Nicaragua Jalapa shade wrapper, a hearty Connecticut Broadleaf binder, and Estelí , Jalapa, and Brazilian Matafino tobaccos in the filler. Only one size is produced, a 6 × 50 toro, and is limited to just 2,500 boxes, each containing eight cigars. This is a cigar worthy of an accompanying snifter of Blanton’s Original Single Barrel Bourbon.</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">4. <span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #800000;"><strong><a href="https://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/shop/wrapper/ecuador-connecticut/70000583-detail?Itemid=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;">Carlos Torano Dominico:</span></a></strong></span> <span>Claro smooth, but not oily wrapper. Draw is slightly tight, but only at the start. Throughout this is a very consistent mild-medium smoke; nutty and slightly spicy flavours from start to finish. The first two thirds have a pleasant citrusy note which disappears in the finish to give way to some leather and grassy aromas and extra spice, without getting harsh. The Burn may be slightly irregular, but it corrects itself nicely. The ash will stay on for about an inch before dropping a this well-crafted cigar is quite firm indeed.</span></span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000;">5. <span style="font-family: 'arial black', 'avant garde'; color: #800000;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="https://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/shop/wrapper/brazilian/70000645-detail?Itemid=0" target="_blank"><span style="color: #800000; text-decoration: underline;">Gurkha Evil:</span></a></span></span></strong></span> A rare and exclusive shade-grown, Brazilian Mata Fina Wrapper, accompanied by a perfect Dominican Binder and exquisite Nicaraguan filler makes this a spicy and full-bodied cigar. Rated 90.</span></p>
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<p></p> Are the Best Cigars Really Cuban?tag:clubxo.xocigars.com,2016-11-16:6407210:Topic:126882016-11-16T12:00:37.927Zsonu kumarhttp://clubxo.xocigars.com/profile/sonukumar
<p><span style="color: #000000;">The allure of the Cuban cigar is so great that President John F. Kennedy had his press secretary buy him 1,200 just before enacting the Cuban embargo in 1962.…</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;">The allure of the Cuban cigar is so great that President John F. Kennedy had his press secretary buy him 1,200 just before enacting the Cuban embargo in 1962.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><a href="http://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/search/Cuban/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1274297762?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-center"/></span></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;"><strong><span class="font-size-4"><a href="http://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/search/Cuban/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;">Figure 1: Cuban Cigars</span></a></span></strong></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><span class="font-size-4"><br/></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">After this week’s thaw, you will be able to legally bring back from Havana maybe a dozen — up to $100 worth — of high-end native cigars for personal use.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">But it may be a case of too little, too late, for many cigar chompers.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">In the view of some experts, the appeal of Cuban cigar tobacco has been overtaken in recent years by stogies from Nicaragua, as well as the Dominican Republic and Honduras, many made by Cuban exiles.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><a href="http://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/search/Cuban/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1274299821?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-center"/></span></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #008000;"><strong><span class="font-size-4"><a href="http://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/search/Cuban/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #008000; text-decoration: underline;">Figure 2: Cuban Cigars</span></a></span></strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">In fact, the best cigar of 2014, revealed on Thursday by Cigar Aficionado magazine, is Nicaraguan, the Oliva Serie V Melanio Figurado.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Some speculate that losing the “forbidden fruit” luster may tamp down the appeal of Cuban cigars further.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">But much of that hard-to-get attraction will remain: Legalizing the sale of Cuban cigars on American soil outright is still a ways off.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;"><a href="http://www.xocigars.com/index.php/component/virtuemart/search/Cuban/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/1274301046?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-center"/></span></a></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000000;">News Source: The New York Times</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">News By: VICTORIA SHANNON</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Date: DEC. 19, 2014</span></p>