Category: Have a Cigar

A Cumpay Volcan Maduro cigar paired with Chateau Kefraya's Les Exceptions Cabernet Franc 2017

Have a Cigar: Cumpay Volcan Maduro

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Name: Cumpay Volcan Maduro

Country: Honduras

Shape: Parejo

Size: Robusto (5 inches x 60)

Strength: Full

When you start pairing cigars with wines,
remind yourself that you’re in a very good place.

Be proud.
You’ve come a long way, and it’s your hard work
and discipline
that got you here.
You owe nothing to nobody.

Bravo.

Don’t postpone the celebration.
You are in good health,
surrounded by loved ones,
and the sun is shining like there will never
be a cloudy day again.

Don’t wait.
Come on!
Celebrate.

Smoke a good cigar.
Drink a little more than usual.
Laugh a little louder.

Own it.

Smoking a Don Rafa cigar in the Bekaa Valley on a sunny day.

Have a Cigar: Don Rafa Torpedo

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Name: Don Rafa Torpedo

Country: Nicaragua

Shape: Parejo

Size: (6 inches x 52)

Strength: Medium

There is a type of cigar that I call the “just in case” cigar. The “just in case” cigar is the one you keep in your car or in the inside pocket of your jacket just in case you suddenly find an opportunity to light an ‘unplanned’ cigar.

Unplanned cigars are the most gratifying. When you light one, the world instantly becomes a better place. You will understand that life will occasionally reward you simply because you survived another day. And that’s a good thing. That’s a very good thing.

A Plasencia cigar during sunset.

Have a Cigar: Plasencia Alma Fuerte Nestor IV

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Name: Plasencia Alma Fuerte Nestor IV

Country: Nicaragua

Shape: Box-Pressed

Size: Robusto (6 1/4 inches x 54)

Strength: Medium to Full

In his book Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Ludwig Wittgenstein says that there can never be surprises in logic. Accordingly, I wasn’t surprised when I found the Plasencia Alma Fuerte Toro to be an excellent cigar. I already somewhat knew that I would not be disappointed. Logically speaking, when you light something beautiful, you will likely have a beautiful experience smoking it.