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From J-R: 20 big-name coronas for $2.50 a stick!

Los Angeles, 13 January 2005 –
After the endless promotion of the holidays, you’d think the sales would be over, but you would be wrong.

In the process of updating our Comparison Shopper spreadsheet (available only to subscribers to our CigarWire service), we found some nice values to start out the year with:

Abner’s World:
A nice special on the underrated Arturo Fuente Curly Head, a 6 1/2-inch by 43-ring Lonsdale with medium filler, offered in a box of 40 for $56.95, down from the regular tariff of $66.95.

Best Cigar Prices.com:
Some nice pricing on three popular brands:

• Excalibur Royal Sterling:
These are some of the lowest prices we’ve seen, but be sure to check the shipping costs to your area as other vendors are close:

> Fidelis (6 1/8 x 48), now $74.95 for a box of 20;

> Fortis (7 1/4 x 54), now $81.95 for 20;

> Nobilis (5 1/4 x 50), now $137.00 for 40.

• Joya de Nicaragua Celebracion:
The best prices we have seen on this brand, ranked no. 7 on our list of the best full-bodied cigars available in the U.S., just $46.50 to 60.00 for boxes of 20 in sizes from Coronas (5 1/2 x 42) to Torpedos (6 x52). The best value is a box of 20 Toros (6 x 50) for $51.50.

• Montecristo no. 2, a 6-inch by 50-ring torpedo, offered in a pack of five for just $42.60. That’s a lot easier on the wallet for this famed shape of Altadis’ familiar blend than $177.50 for a box of 25.

Cigars International:
Keith Meier and his band of lunatics have followed up the great “Platoon of Perdomos” special with some other nice values:

• Hoyo de Monterrey Sabrosos (5 x 40), box of 25 for $24.95, as low as we have seen . . . Hoyos for a buck apiece!

• Indian Tabac Cameroon Legend, a very flavorful cigar now at a very nice price:

> Gorilla (6 x 58), now $74.95 for a box of 25 or try it out for $25.00 for five.

> Chimp (5 x 52), now $39.95 for a box of 25.

• Nat Sherman Host Selection samplers, just $15 to $21 to try five of the blend we ranked as the no. 5 mild-bodied cigar in America. Try the Harrington, a 6-inch by 46-ring grand corona for $19 for five and you won’t be sorry.

CI is also offering the hard-to-find Savinelli Fuerte line from Nicaragua, in boxes of 25 for quite reasonable prices of $74.95 to $84.95 the box.

J-R Cigars:
The leader in premium cigar sales is giving smokers of full-bodied cigars some early treats for 2005:

> Genuine Counterfeit Cubans, $10 off per box. There are seven sizes of this powerful, sometimes even bitter blend, now well-priced at just $39.95 to $47.95 for boxes of 25. For the unafraid, try the Torpedo (6 x 54), now $43.95!

> Trinidad Coronas, down from $180.00 to just $144.00 for a box of 25. This is a delicious blend that ranked no. 26 in our list of the top full-bodied cigars in the U.S. in a compact 5-inch by 44-ring format.

J-R is also still offering winning prices on fabulous H. Upmann Vintage Cameroon “Office Jars” (pictured above). You can buy any of five sizes – Belicoso, Corona, Lonsdale, Robusto or Toro – and get the jar thrown in for the same price as a regular box of that size! The cigars come in a bundle packed inside the jar, so no tobacco has touched the interior of the jar, making it perfect as a humidor . . . or to hold popcorn while watching the Colts and Patriots this weekend on your 50-inch plasma! Best of all, the cigars are great, ranking no. 8 in our list of the top full-bodied cigars in the U.S. and they’re an excellent value even before the jar, at $100.00 (Corona) to $135.00 (Belicoso) for jars-with-bundles of 25.

The best offer of all is probably the best sampler we’ve seen in a while. J-R has packaged 20 corona-sized cigars – including a lot of the big names – into a single lot of 20 for just $49.95. That’s $2.50 a stick to try five styles of Montecristo and two styles each of Don Diego, Romeo y Julieta, the original Royal Jamaica and other winners like H. Upmann, Montecruz, Gispert and Trinidad. A great way to try a group of brands that every serious smoker should sample.

Happy smoking!
~ Rich Perelman

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