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Plus: our Register & Winner of the week!Los Angeles, September 6 – More trucks with merchandise from the 2005 RTDA show rolled into the loading docks of national retailers, who are ready to sell: AtlanticCigar.com: Our friends at AtlanticCigar have two nice specials on underrated brands which are full of flavor, but are not as well known as others: • Bucanero “Z” Toro (6 inches by 52 ring), made in Nicaragua with a full-bodied, spicy taste, was $63 for a box of 12, now $54, lowest in our survey. • Flor de Oliva with maduro wrapper at fabulously low prices: > The 6 x 50 is now $31.25 for the bundle of 25; > The 7 x 50, now also $31.25 for 25, and > Gold Series 7 x 50, now just $30.00 for the bundle of 25, all the lowest prices in our review. Also on sale is the new Punch Gran Puro Libertad (5 x 52) in the box of 20 for $74.75. BestCigarPrices.com: More new items, including an intriguing new perfecto and a nice deal on the Sungrown series from Rocky Patel: • The Griffin’s Perfecto, a new shape at 4 5/8 inches by 52 ring, offered in a box of 25 for $107. • Sungrown by Rocky Patel, at the lowest prices in our survey: > Robusto (5 1/2 x 50), in the box of 20 for $97; > Toro (6 1/2 x 52), 20 for $107, and > Torpedo (6 1/4 x 52), 20 for $117. • Montecristo Churchill (7 x 48), in the original blend that is sometimes overlooked with so many Montecristo variations on the market, in a sampler pack of five for $34.00, best we have seen. • Savinelli Liga Especial, their newest line from Nicaragua: > Corona Gorda (5 1/2 x 52), in the box of 20 for $70.00; > Double Corona (6 1/2 x 54), box of 20 for 77.50; > Robusto (5 x 50), 20 for $65.50, and > Torpedo (6 x 52), 20 for $75.00. Cigars International: Keith Meier and the boys are hoping you’ll try some interesting, full-bodied cigars from Victor Sinclair: • Punch Gran Puro Rancho (5 1/2 x 54) is offered in a nice sampler pack of five for $17.95, lowest in our survey and a great way to try this excellent blend. • Punch Rare Corojo, also in sampler packs of five, with a spicy taste, at the lowest prices in our survey: > Double Corona (6 3/4 x 48), five for $21.50; > Magnum (5 1/4 x 54), five for $22.50; > Pita (6 x 50), five for $20.50, and > Rothschild (4 1/2 x 50), five for $16.50! • Sun Grown by Rocky Patel, this time in well-priced packs of five: > Petit Corona (4 1/2 x 44), five for $22.00, lowest in our survey; > Robusto (5 1/2 x 50), five for $27.00, and > Toro (6 1/2 x 52), five for $32.00. • Series 55 by Victor Sinclair, a full-bodied blend from the Dominican Republic with a pitch-black Oscuro wrapper, substantially reduced. Take your choice of sizes in boxes of 20 for $99.95, well down from CI’s regular price of $135.00: > Churchill Blue Label (8 x 50); > Robusto Blue Label (5 x 50); > Torpedo Blue Label (6 1/2 x 52). J-R Cigars: While Lew Rothman and his team get ready for CigarMania later this month, they still had time to mark down some prices: • Cuesta-Rey, not usually seen at discount: > Centenario No. 60 (6 x 50), in the box of 10 for $32.00, lowest in our survey; > Centenario No. 7 (4 1/2 x 50), 10 for $30, lowest we have seen; > Centenario No. 9 (a 6 1/4 x 52 pyramid), now 10 for $42.00, and > Tuscany (5 x 50 in aluminum tubes), 10 for $36.00. • Genuine Pre-Embargo Counterfeit Cubans, heavy-bodied cigars now $10 off in boxes of 50! Boxes regularly $82.50 to $97.50, now $72.50 to $87.50. The best deal is the 1958 Corona Gorda (6 x 51) at 50 for $80. • Gispert Maduro, made in Honduras and gaining popularity quickly, now at low prices: > Corona (5 1/2 x 44), in the box of 20 for $40.95; > Lonsdale (6 1/2 x 44), 20 for $41.75; > Robusto (5 x 54), 20 also $41.75, and > Toro (6 x 54), 20 for $45.75. • Medal of Honor now $25 off for the boxes of 35. Usually $95-105, now $70-80; the best deals are The Intellect (6 1/4 x 45) or Shadow Prince (also 6 1/4 x 45 with a maduro wrapper), 35 cigars for $70. Mike’s Cigars: A nice special on Onyx Vintage, with all sizes now $54.95 for the box of 25. We like the Black Prince (6 x 48), formerly $69.95 and now $15 off. And the winner is: Congratulations to Victor Miller of Alameda, California, winner of our “Register & Win” drawing for an elegant box of Punch Punch from our Perelman, Pioneer & Company humidors, courtesy of General Cigar. Up for your amusement this week is – an accessory! – an elegant Humidor Supreme Monte Carlo, with room for 25 cigars. It’s lined in Spanish Cedar, of course and includes a humidifier and hygrometer, not to mention the deep marine blue finish. It will be awarded in our drawing to be held on Sunday, September 11. To enter, just click on the “Register & Win” tab above and fill out the required information. You must be 21 or older to win and all of our CigarWire subscribers are automatically entered for every drawing. Good luck! ~ Rich Perelman
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