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STEALS AND DEALS

Plus: our Register & Win winner of the week!

Los Angeles, November 13 – In addition to the mighty brands like Macanudo and Montecristo, this is one of the best times ever for boutique cigars.

This week, we noted nice specials on two of the top emerging brands in the business: Don Pepin Garcia’s Black Label and Serie JJ blends and the Padilla lines, especially the new Padilla 1948 and Serie ‘68, following up on the success of their Miami 8 & 11 and Signature 1932 blends (both made by Garcia)

And we found many more specials that piqued our interest:

AtlanticCigar.com:
Fans of the famous Camacho Corojo line will find the Gigante (6 x 54) on sale in a box of 20, usually $111.95, now $109.95, best in our survey.

BestCigarPrices.com:
In a country where bigger usually equates with better, a nice special on one of the biggest of the Alec Bradley MAXX line:

> The Vice (6 1/2 x 62), offered in a box of 50 for $314.95, easily the best price we have seen on that size.

• Excalibur Epicures (5 1/4 x 50), in the box of 20 was $64.05, now $62.95, best in our survey.

• Indian Tabac Super Fuerte, a little lost compared to other blends from Rocky Patel, but now an excellent prices:

> Double Corona (7 1/2 x 52), in the box of 25 was $68.00, now $64.95;

> Corona Grande (6 1/4 x 57), 25 was $57.00, now $53.95;

> Corona (5 1/2 x 43) with maduro wrappers, 25 was $48.00, now $43.95;

> Petit Belicoso (5 1/2 x 52) with maduro wrappers, 25 was $58.00, now $53.95;

> Robusto (5 x 50), 25 was $51.00, now $39.95 and

> Toro (6 x 50) with maduro wrappers, 25 was $57.00, now $49.95.

• Oliva Serie V, quickly becoming a sensation and the strongest-ever blend in the Oliva line:

> Churchill (7 x 52), in a box of 24 for $140.95, best we’ve seen;

> Double Toro (6 x 60), 24 for $133.95 and

> Special Figurado (6 x 60), 24 for $155.95.

• Padilla 1948, a new blend made by Pepin Garcia in Miami:

> Churchill (7 x 48), in the box of 20 for $143.95;

> Lancero (6 7/8 x 42), 20 for $137.95;

> Robusto (5 x 50), 20 for $127.95 and

> Torpedo (6 1/4 x 52), 20 for $147.20.

• Padilla Miami 8 & 11, also made at El Rey de Los Habanos:

> Churchill (7 x 48), 20 was $214.00, now $179.95, easily the lowest we’ve seen;

> Lancero (6 3/4 x 42), 20 was $196.00, now $174.95 and

> Robusto (5 x 50), 20 was $196.00, now $169.95. • Padilla Serie 68, another new blend introduced in 2007, but made in Honduras:

> Robusto (5 x 50), in a box of 20 for $95.00;

> Toro (6 x 52), 20 for $98.00 and

> Torpedo (6 1/8 x 52), 20 for $119.95.

• Padilla Signature 1932, last year’s sensation:

> Churchill (7 x 48), in the box of 20 for $262.50;

> Robusto (6 x 50), 20 for $244.95 and

> Toro (6 x 50), 20 was $269.95, now $259.95.

Cigars International:
A nice price on the Rocky Patel Vintage 1990 Robusto Tubos (5 1/2 x 50), in a box of ten now $64.65, lowest in our review.

Famous Smoke Shop:
Famous is one of the first to offer the new Gurkha Black Dragon. Remember, this was the cigar offered in a carved chest of 100 in the Robb Report last year for $115,000! The prices are a little less now.

• Bahia Trinidad, nicely reduced:

> Churchill (6 7/8 x 48), in the box of 20 was $62.99, now $57.95;

> Pancho (5 1/2 x 52), 20 was $62.99, now $57.95 and

> Robusto (5 x 50), 20 was $58.99, now $53.95.

• Don Tomas Special Edition Corojo 748 (7 x 48), offered in a box of 20 for just $44.99.

• Gurkha Black Dragon in a commercial edition, well priced and now available:

> Grand Especial (8 1/2 x 52), in a box of 20 for $199.99;

> Imperial Presidente (7 x 56), 20 for $191.99 and

> Robusto (4 1/2 x 52), 40 for $239.99.

• Rocky Patel Sun Grown Robusto (5 1/2 x 50), a powerful cigar offered in a box of 20 was $102.99, now $79.99.

Habana House:
Pepin Garcia fans unite! Some nice prices on two of the master’s line: Black Label and JJ, for your enjoyment:

• Acid Blondie (4 x 38), in a box of 100 for only $89.95.

• Don Pepin Garcia “Black Label” now well-priced:

> Toro 1950 (6 x 52), in a box of 20 now $103.95, best in our review;

> Belicoso 1970 (5 x 54), 20 now $109.95 and

> Figurado 1973 (6 x 60), 20 now $129.95.

• Don Pepin Garcia Serie JJ, also well priced:

> Selectos (5 x 50), in the box of 24 for $129.95 or try

> Sublines (6 x 54), 24 now $194.95.

• Macanudo Tudor (6 x 52), in a box of 25 now $100.95, best we have seen.

• Perdomo Habano, a rich new blend made in Nicaragua:

> Gordo (6 x 60), in a box of 20 for $103.95;

> Presidente (7 x 56), 20 for $111.95;

> Robusto (5 x 52), 20 for $79.95 and

> Torpedo (6 1/2 x 54), 20 for $95.95

• Perdomo Lot 23 Churchill (7 x 50), in natural or maduro, in a box of 20 for $70.95, while supplies last.

• Tatuaje Cojonu 2006 (5 1/2 x 52), in the box of 25 for $275.95, best in our review.

TNT Cigars:
A value price on the famed Dunhill Diamantes (6 1/2 x 42), a very well made and spicy cigar, in a box of 25 for $128.99.

And the winner is:
Congratulations to Darryl Iblings of Kalispell, Montana, winner of our “Register & Win” drawing for a free sampler of La Gloria Cubana Serie R Belicosos, plus a Mean Sardine cutter courtesy of Xikar and an Andre Garcia leather case. The cigars are from our Perelman, Pioneer & Company humidors, courtesy of Mike’s Cigars.

Up for your pleasure this week is a fun bundle of 25 Cuban Sandwich Churchills, an easy-to-enjoy, mixed-filler blend from the Dominican Republic. It’s mild to medium in body and measures seven inches long and 50 ring gauge, packaged in a bundle of 25, provided courtesy of our friends at Mike’s. The box will be awarded in our drawing to be held on Sunday, November 18.

To enter, just click on the “Register & Win” tab above and fill out the required information. If you have entered in the past, there is no need to re-enter; all past entries are carried forward to future drawings. You must be 21 or older to win; good luck!
~ Rich Perelman

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