http://hoosierherfers.com Hoosier Theme Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:35:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you had trouble trying to check your favorite cigar sales site on the Internet last weekend, you weren’t alone. “Many of our customers have been wondering why our websites have been slow or inaccessible for the past five days,” wrote Famous Smoke Shop president Arthur Zaretzky in an e-mail message ... http://hoosierherfers.com/?p=197 Los Angeles, April 7, 2009 – Although it took 63 years to get there, Las Vegas, Nevada instantly became a favored site for the annual Retail Tobacco Dealers of America trade show, now known as the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR) convention and trade show. Between the first ... http://hoosierherfers.com/?p=194 Appearance & Construction The Delirium from J. Fuego features a Brazilian Maduro wrapper with a Costa Rican Corojo binder and filler consisting of Honduran and Nicaraguan Corojo. The wrapper on this Lancero is a nice deep brown with a slightly rough look. The band on the cigar was nice, nothing real ... http://hoosierherfers.com/?p=185 Rocky Patel announces the Spring Collection from Seasonal line and possibly a new regular line from a past season. "Let’s just say the wrapper is going to be a Sumatra from Rocky’s special stash." That’s about all the information available from Sam Phillips, the director of marketing for Rocky Patel Premium Cigars, about ... http://hoosierherfers.com/?p=177 Here's the article from Cigarcyclopedia.  I may have to pick some of these up!  Check out the link below for more information. The British outfitter Burberry doesn’t have much to do with cigars. Famous for its trench coat – introduced in 1914 – the venerable firm dates back to 1856 and created ... http://hoosierherfers.com/?p=170 My Father Lancero #4 Size: 7.5 x 38     Appearance & Construction   This is a great looking Lancero.  It has some veins that run up and down the entire length of the cigar and it has a nice triple cap with a pig tail to top it off. You can really see the oils ... http://hoosierherfers.com/?p=157 The Providence, Rhode Island-based Colibri Group, known in the cigar industry for its handsome torch lighters, abruptly shut down its operation, laying off 280 employees. The official announcement was made Wednesday evening by chief executive officer Jim Fleet who stated “The current economic conditions and credit market turmoil are such that ... http://hoosierherfers.com/?p=154 La Flor Dominicana Double Ligero 452 Size: 4×52      Appearance & Construction  This is a very nice looking cigar.  This is the first band that I noticed from La Flor Dominicana that used a band similar to Lito Gomez’s line.  The construction is great.  The wrapper is a nice deep brown and the cigar ... http://hoosierherfers.com/?p=131 I came across an old newspaper through my job from May 25, 1918 that contained a rather funny ad for Ricoro Cigars.  The best line I thought was the last one: 'Ricoro is the pleasantest prescription a doctor ever ordered.' Also, George Burns at the age of 14 used a 7 cent ... http://hoosierherfers.com/?p=124 This question is asked quite frequently by new smokers as well as the experienced smoker. One theory on the term herf started around 1996 in the cigar news groups.  Someone thought it was a good term to use for when you "draw" on the cigar, instead of the term "sucking." This ... http://hoosierherfers.com/?p=114