by cigarsbychivas | Jun 24, 2017 | Blog
Ring Gauge: 50 Length: just under 5” This Bespoke Robusto starts out looking great in the hand. The shape is attractive and the oily maduro wrapper is gorgeous. (It’s the kind of wrapper you’d expect to find on a much more expensive cigar.) I was looking forward to...
by cigarsbychivas | May 27, 2017 | Blog
Anto’s Blog Cigar Date 5/27/17 The Cohiba event we had last Thursday night to kick off Memorial Day weekend was one of the most successful we’ve had in a while. We mixed up our usual event formula some, and the result was a lot of people having a very good time at the...
by cigarsbychivas | May 19, 2017 | Blog
Anto’s Blog Cigar Date 5/19/17 I don’t suppose that the Pasadena Weekly has the circulation of the New York Times, but, nevertheless, I had the honor of “gracing” its cover two weeks ago. The Weekly’s offices are right across the hall from mine, and it was during one...
by cigarsbychivas | May 12, 2017 | Blog
Anto’s Blog Cigar Date 5/12/17 The results of our Longest Ash Competition came as a surprise to all our regulars, as the winner turned out to be someone who’d pretty much just strolled into the shop that evening. He was interested in the cigar that was going to be...
by cigarsbychivas | May 1, 2017 | Blog
We had a pair of fun events on a pair of recent Thursday nights, one a tribute to the very popular Oliva brand, and the other a tribute to the badass Ghurka brand our clients are starting to discover. Events like these always give a good opportunity to shake things up...
by cigarsbychivas | Apr 24, 2017 | Blog
As I hope everyone knows, today is the anniversary of the genocide of the Armenian people at the hands of the Ottoman Turks. It was on this date, 102 years ago, that a group of Armenian leaders and intellectuals was rounded up by the Ottoman Empire authorities in...
