Puros Y Vino

2015 La Escepcion Don Joses

Haven't smoked one yet?! At this point, don't bother. They're dead. Prime smoking time was 2011 - 2014. Send them to me. 😁

Governments of Commonwealth nations. The rest of the world should be fine.

I tried to infuse a Quinteros with Cognac. I put the cigar and about 1 shot of Cognac in a small tupperware, left it until the cognac fully evaporated. Fired up the cigar...nada. 🫤 Maybe the Cognac evaporated itself out of the tupperware? Cuz it sure didn't get into the cigar.

I'm very late to the Upmann No 2. Had one about a year ago and I was blown away. At this point, like everything else, they're more expensive than I'd like so I won't be stocking up. I'm still good on VR and P2 stock.

The Monte 2 has always been 50/50 for me. I can grab one and love it. The next one will just be "OK". The P2 has been far more consistent and fuller bodied. But...both take a back seat to the VR Unicos.

Happy Birthday Diana!🍷 Remember, if the shoe fits...............buy it!!😁

2017 RAG

This is like choosing between parents. But yeah, CoLa wins. Now I have to go tell my Fundy boxes they're special in their own way.

Managia la porcha miseria!!! 🤬 There are some slick electric supercars out there. This is not one of them. This is equivalent to AI generating "art". This car has no soul. And that's a bit ironic given how many soulless individuals pony up the money for Ferrari's. It looks like an after market kit on a Tesla. Surely Ferrari's design and engineering team can whip up something that looks like a proper evolution of it's design cues? I guess this photos says...no?

Agreed on the coolers. Best performing "humidors" I have. I have a bunch of the ones @Chibearsv posted as well. Those work great too. Depending on the size, 2-4 large Bovedas do the job and last very long.

For those worried about plastics. You can always get Zarges metal containers. There's a few fans of them on FOH, including Nino IIRC. Here's an old thread on it. Product link FYI. They are not cheap.

Very cool. Unless my eyes deceive me.I didn't notice any Cannibal Corpse covers in there (whew). Though some were similar in style but not as extreme. Metal bands definitely use more varied art styles on their covers than the other genres combined. Good mix.

You're not wrong, but IMO there have been some classics out of both programs. It does make you wonder, could Habanos use these tobaccos in their regular line up? Sure, but they're doing what a lot of industries are doing. And that's using the "best" of what they make to get more profit. Good tobacco goes into higher priced offerings. Good grapes, into more expensive wines and to borrow from the tech world, CPU's that perform better than others at higher sustained speeds get a markup too. Even though they are the exact same CPU. It's called "binning". This is what marketing does. You don't have to buy them, you can be just fine with regular production. For me though, I've been more pleased than disappointed in both programs.

Yeah only found about the "X" vs "S" thing in Paris when they would correct me when ordering it. Every. Damn. Time. 🤨 As far as my knowledge of written Italian, X doesn't really come up often. IIRC a few letters are missing from the Italian alphabet as combo letters are used. "Ch" instead "J","K,"W" and "Y" are also not used.