Cigar Review: Cremo Classic Excelsior
There’s nothing quite like a beautiful early-summer evening that includes a good cigar, a great cup of coffee, and some light Samba Bossa-Nova playing the background. For this particular early-summer smoke, I decided to review the Cremo Classic – a cigar I had heard good things about but never tried. Here’s a bit about Cremo … Read more
Video: The Art of Cut & Light with David Alicea
On Friday, May 11th, we at FineTobaccoNYC hosted an event in conjunction with Hoboken Cigars. At the event, FTNYC event coordinator David Alicea gave a talk on the Art of Cut & Light. Also giving a talk on spirits was connoisseur David Bailey, a member of New York’s Grown & Sexy Cigar Group. At the … Read more
Cigar Review: Emilio AF1
After more than 6 months of seeing Emilio Cigars pop up on my Facebook and Twitter feeds, I caved and decided I’d give the AF1 and AF2 a try. This is the first of two reviews. As far as pairings go, I originally decided to just have some water on hand. The AF1 surprised me … Read more
Cremo Cigar Box Give-Away
A few days after smoking my first Cremo cigar, I received an email from President of Cremo Cigars, Walter Santiago, thanking me for taking the time to review his cigars. Our review of the Cremo will be out later this week, so stay tuned. He also let me know that Cremo is running a give-away … Read more
David Gerena: Fine Tobacco Meets Fine Art
One of our goals at FineTobaccoNYC has always been to encourage the culture of fine tobacco wherever it is found, and also to preserve the spirit of the connoisseur. So, when I kept bumping into an incredibly unique type of hand-crafted cigar art online, I had to know more. What I found is more proof … Read more











