Steve Stevens, Author at Cigar Dojo

94%Standout

Crux du Connoisseur No. 2

May 25, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2017

About a half decade ago, Jeff Haugen and Joel Rogers—the owners of Tobacco Grove in Maple Grove, Minnesota—began formulating a plan to produce their own line of cigars. The Crux Cigar Company made its debut in ... Read More...

88%Woodsy

Cohiba Macassar Toro Grande

Steve Stevens

May 11, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2017

Several years ago, the General Cigar Company’s Cohiba division began a collaborative project with the rapper Shawn “Jay Z” Carter which resulted in a spin-off brand named “Comador Cigars.” These cigars were rol... Read More...

95%Palatial

Davidoff 702 Series Special R

Steve Stevens

April 24, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2017

The correct phrasing of the famous saying is “resting on one’s laurels.” It dates back to ancient Greek mythology, where Apollo is described as wearing a bay laurel—an aromatic broadleaf evergreen—on his head. ... Read More...

The Cigar Enthusiast's Guide to Soft Flame Cigar Lighting

The Cigar Enthusiast’s Guide to Soft Flame Lighting

Steve Stevens

April 18, 2017

Featured, Blog, Quick Tips

A premium cigar is a thing of beauty and it requires a lot of time to produce—a number of years in most instances. In fact, it is estimated that fifty pairs of hands are involved from the planting of the seed t... Read More...

88%Pastoral

E.P. Carrillo Dusk

Steve Stevens

April 14, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2017

Fate has a peculiar way of uprooting the plans of mere mortals. For example, Ernesto Pérez-Carrillo, Jr. did not set out to pioneer the popularity of highly-rated “boutique” blends. Nor did he set out to become... Read More...

87%Middling

D’Crossier Pennsylvania Avenue Tainos

Steve Stevens

April 11, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2017

Isaias Santana Diaz’s decision to enter the tobacco business was primarily motivated by the discovery of his great-grandfather’s diary. Born in Havana in 1973—and therefore exposed to cigar culture at an early ... Read More...

90%Zesty

Fuente Fuente OpusX 20 Years Celebration

Steve Stevens

March 27, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2017

1992. For lovers of the grape, it was an unremarkable year—the vine destroying louse, Phylloxera ran rampart throughout California, while rains of biblical proportions devastated the vineyards in southern Franc... Read More...

90%Polished

Cornelius Corona Gorda by Cornelius & Anthony

Steve Stevens

March 22, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2017

When the English settlers initially meandered their way down the Eastern Seaboard to the area of the country now known as Virginia, they discovered the type of tobacco grown and smoked by the natives. This stra... Read More...

90%Terra Firma

The Oscar Habano

Steve Stevens

March 7, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2017

Many of today’s owners of “boutique” brands travelled a long and winding road on their journey toward the cigar business. And in the case of Oscar Valladares, that statement is not metaphorical. Oscar’s initial... Read More...

92%Savory

Nomad Martial Law

Steve Stevens

February 27, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2017

While the majority of cigar manufactures were literally born into the business, a few contemporary tobacco men were not—Litto Gomez of La Flor Dominicana, Johathan Drew of Drew Estates, Robert Caldwell of Caldw... Read More...

93%Piquant

Andalusian Bull

Steve Stevens

February 14, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2017

Many memorable moments in one’s life are the result of happenstance. On a sunny day in southern Marin, a decade or so ago, as the spinnakers on the sailboats cruising the San Francisco Bay ballooned with the br... Read More...

89%Earthy

Toraño Exodus

Steve Stevens

February 8, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2017

For over a century, the Toraño family made their living in the tobacco fields of various countries. It began in Cuba in 1916 when Santiago Toraño, a young immigrant from Spain, established Toraño & Company—... Read More...

Author Steve Stevens