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Hi Di, Have a GREAT birthday and... DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO, it's ONLY ONCE A YEAR !!!!! Amicalement, Guy

Hi all, You've got to be kidding!!!!!!! Is this guy for real????????? Guy

Hi all, I'm a beer lover and above all, a Belgium beer drinker, I love everything about their beers. With my cigars, I love a fresh one. WESTMALLE -TRAPPIST or an ORVAL beer, they go very well together. Amicalement, Guy

Hi all, As I've said before, STARBUCKS is not coffee for us coffee lovers, it's a CANDY SHOP IN A SO CALLED COFFEE SHOP. Let's not mix the both. Coffee is coffee, anything else is sugar and candy for a so called coffee. Amicalement, Guy

I would say that "The Gipper " is right, the (heyday) for habano cigars was even before 1998/1999, I'd say before the COROJO tobacco period, each brand and each cigar had their own taste and their own " IDENTITY ". Since 1999 and up to now (not counting the bad period of 2000 to 2002), you can't say that all the habanos have their own different identities for their brand like before 1998 or earlier. But cigars also have their own evolutions and in some cases, it's not for the worst. As I said before, some brands were impossible to smoke today, either too strong or too unbearable. Today the change may have it's up and downs (their price), but it's hard to say that it's (heyday) for cigars today. And with the diminishing models of cigars, YES, I regret the "heydays" of yesterday. Amicalement, Guy

Hi all Hermanos out there, Thank you all for the great moments you give us and please accept a sincere hug from us all to you. Amicalement, Guy

Gil, I would also like to have your thoughts on their smokes " LEAF by OSCAR- TORO " because i find the brand very interesting. Thanks in advance Gil. Amicalement, Guy

Hi all, Here is my go to bourbon, it's very reasonable in price in the U.S.A., but thanks to a good friend in the U.S. who sends me some. Its price is very good (about $40). For that price, I'd recommend you to try it, you'll love it !!!! Thank you for hearing me out. Amicalement, Guy

Dear Gil, They look FANTASTIC, Thank you bro. It's good to know. Guy

Hi all, Here is a review made a few years ago from "HALFWHEEL" when I sent off a NAVARRE cigar to BROOKS WHITTINGTON on the French cigar at the time. Amicalement, Guy April 8, 2010 Navarre Double Corona During one of my trades recently with a reader in France, he sent me an unbanded cigar and asked me to review it blind, to see what I thought of it. It was a huge cigar, 8 3/4 inches, to be exact. I was shocked to find out that it was a very interesting cigar, one called Navarre that uses 100 percent French tobacco. The tobacco plantation is situated in a town called Navarrenx in the region of the Béarn in southern France. This is also where the Tobacco Institute of Bergerac, which is the only European research center that is completely devoted to various uses of the tobacco plant) was founded in 1927. The tobacco is grown using Cuban seeds, and the cigars are rolled by French rollers who were taught by their counterparts from Cuba…In fact, one of the owners of the brand, Noel Labourdette, “poached” two women rollers — named Greta and Maury — from a Havana factory. In 2005, Labourdette had this to say about starting the brand: Cigar Reviewed: Navarre Double Corona Country of Origin: France Factory: Navarre Wrapper: France Binder: France Filler: France Size: 8 1/2 Inches Ring Gauge: 48 Vitola: Double Corona Est. Price: $25.00 Date of Cigar: Unknown When I said this cigar was huge, I was not kidding. I could hold it in both hands easily, and still have room left over. In fact, to give you an idea of its size, here is a photo of it next to a Por Larrañaga Los Andes: The cigar has a cinnamon brown wrapper and has many obvious veins running down the length of it. In fact, I have seen few cigars that have such prominent veins. The wrapper is fairly leathery, but smooth, and smells of barnyard and hay. The first time I smelled it, I immediately thought “dry cow patties,” but I think barnyard is a more accurate description. It also has a great triple cap. The cigar lights easily and I tasted a bit of spice up front, along with a sweet leather and hay. I was expecting some cedar, but did not taste any at all. The spice was a constant background note throughout the first third. I also had to touch it up many times during the first third. The second third started with the spice picking up a bit, lots of leather, although not as sweet, and another flavor that stumped me at first, but I finally identified as a potato: starchy and dry. A very interesting note that stayed around a while, but when it was gone, it did not come back. The burn was not as bad as the first third, but still sub-par. During the last third, the potato flavor disappeared, but the spice level remained about the same. The leather note came back with a vengeance, and underneath was flavors of nuts and wood, but not cedar. It got hot at the end, which did not surprise me, but I was able to get it close to the nub before tossing it. Final Notes: I was expecting this cigar to take a while to finish, but I was not expecting a three-hour smoke. The final smoking time was two hours and 50 minutes. Honestly, it was just too long of a cigar and I would never in my life choose something this big to smoke on my own. At the beginning, I felt like I was smoking a long thin pipe. When I got the Navarre in the mail, it was in a glass tube with a cork stopper…The first time I took it out of the tube, it was so spongy, I could literally squeeze the cigar all the way down until my fingers met: way too wet. So, before the review, I dry-boxed it for about two weeks, it was still spongy, but not near as bad as it was before. The burn problems on this cigar were abysmal. Even after dryboxing it for two weeks, it was still too wet, and that is most likely what contributed to the problems. I would not be surprised if it were just a characteristic of the tobacco.

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Hi all, Just to say that i'm with John for an L.E. to celebrate your 30 years in the cigar industry.I think that it's a good start for the next 30 years. Guy

Hi Rob, Just a few words to say congratulations on your 30 years of fun & delights. I wish you the best for the next 30 years to come, and that's from the heart. Amicalement HERMANO, Guy

Hi all, Firstly, he knows NOTHING about S.T. Dupont (otherwise he would not say that). Secondly, WHY is he still smoking cigars (after ALL he said?) ???????? Guy