Tag: Short Stories and Poems

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

Have a Cigar: Cumpay Volcan Maduro

Chris Khatsch1 Comment

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.

Have a Cigar: Davidoff Escurio Corona Gorda

Chris Khatsch3 Comments

Name: Davidoff Escurio Corona Gorda

Country: Dominican Republic

Shape: Parejo

Size: (6 inches x 46)

Strength: Medium to Full

This cigar tastes like petrichor
and the cool afternoon shade of a tall tree by the river
mixed with the sweat of a hard-working man
accompanied by the aroma of hand-picked coffee beans
and cedar
and hints of pink peppercorn.

It tastes like the last storm of March
and the mud of early April.

Chris Khatschadourian smoking a Camacho Ecuador Robusto on the terrace.

Have a Cigar: Camacho Ecuador Robusto

Chris KhatschLeave a comment

Name: Camacho Ecuador Robusto

Country: Honduras

Shape: Parejo

Size: Robusto (5 inches x 50)

Strength: Medium to Full

The wind is blowing hard,
screaming in my ears,
pushing away the grey clouds,
making room for spring.

I go in and come back out
with a new cigar, a cutter,
and a triple jet torch lighter
to celebrate the new sun.

I give my cigar a straight cut
and wait
for the right time to
toast it
and light it.

As I smoke my cigar,
the wind screams
until I can no longer hear the world.