I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Jonathan Drew a few times when he has stopped in Atlanta.  Each time I speak with him it’s obvious that he has a passion for what he does and also for sharing that with others.  It’s always enjoyable and educational to talk with him about his cigars and cigars [...]

Cubatabaco has won a 12 year long legal battle against General Cigar for us of the Cohiba name in the US. For the time being, General will still be allowed to use the name on their Dominican made cigars pending an appeal.  Court documents state that General Cigar has a “substantial possibility of success” with such [...]

You may have seen this site announced on Twitter or other blogs but I think it’s such a great site I wanted to mention her as well.  Please take a moment and visit, www.cigarfriendly.us. CigarFrienldy.us is an online, user-created resource to find cigar-friendly establishments around the USA.  The site was created by a great BOTL, Steve [...]

[/caption] There have been a lot of limited release cigars lately and I have to admit, I’m a sucker for that stuff.   I mean, they are limited – I better get them while I can!   Some of these smokes have lived up to my expectations, while others have not.  As [...]

In my last cigar art article I introduced a couple of extremely talented photographers and shared some of their work with you.  For this article I’d like to share some great paintings and drawings with you and tell you a bit about Mike Gates and Jeff Goins, the artists. Artist: Mike Gates Location: University of Delaware Email: cigarartfolio@gmail.com