Ok, so I have a twitter account, a G+ account, this account, and about.met account…..how does one keep all of these updated? I don’t have a lot to say, but I do have a photo a day project on another website that I usually try and write something that might, or might not go along with the photo…
Seriously not sure what I am doing here! Maybe I’ll start sharing my PaD (Photo a day) challenge here…well, let’s see how it works:
My most loving better half purchased 4 of these for me!!
I am copying this from the following post, so I am not 110% sure of the accuracy:
http://americanwaterfowlers.com/forum/showthread.php?9323-Pinar-P3000-Cigars
Here’s the story:
“ The Cuban cigar has always been the cigar smoker’s holy grail” said Lisa Schraub of The Tobacco Haus “for flavor, for construction, for mystique, Cubans have always stood alone. Every new cigar that is introduced today claims ‘Cuban style’ or ‘Cuban flavor’ or Cuban seed’ but these are 100% Cuban leaf.”
The new cigars, the PINAR, enjoy the absolute distinction of being rolled with Cuban tobacco imported legally in the late 1950’s, well before the embargo was in place.
The Grossman Cigar Co. of Tampa FL was founded by Murray “Big G” Grossman in the 1950’s. He purchased three different shipments of 100% Cuban leaf in 1956, 1958, and 1960. Before any of the leaf could be rolled, the company declared bankruptcy in 1965, and the federal Courts began to liquidate the company’s assets. Before this was complete, Big G died, and his family contested his will and the liquidation of the company’s’ assets. A judge ordered the tobacco to be held and maintained in a saleable condition until the matters where decided.
After two decades of suits and counter suits, Jeffrey Grossman, Big G’s oldest son, held control of the tobacco inventories. Because of strict temperature and humidity-controlled conditions, and frequent inspections, the tobacco was in excellent condition. In 1999, Jeffery Grossman sold all 46,000 pounds of the tobacco to Puros de Armando Ramos and they created the P3000, the first 100% Cuban leaf cigar introduced legally in the United States in over forty years.
“I have smoked real Cubans in the past, and I can tell from the construction, the feel, the deep rich taste, and the smoothness of the smoke that these are real Cubans” said Mark Sewell. “Because of the aging of the leaf, the P3000 is a better quality cigar and has a smoother taste then any fake Cubans you’ll find in Mexico, or even cigars that are currently coming out of Havana”
National Cigar Store Immediate Release….
A New Jersey based cigar manufacturer and National Cigar Store, a leading Iowa cigar retailer, are announcing an arrangement for National Cigar Store to carry the only Cuban cigars to be legally sold in the U.S. since the institution of trade sanctions in the early 1960’s. The Cuban cigar has always been the cigar smoker’s holy grail for flavor, for construction, for mystique, Cubans have always stood alone. We’ve all seen smokers risk substantial legal consequences and pay exorbitant prices over and over for the pleasures of a Cuban cigar. And every new cigar to come down the pike claims ‘Cuban Style’ or ‘Cuban Flavor’ or ‘Cuban Heritage’. The new cigars, however, dubbed PINAR, enjoy the absolute distinction of being rolled with Cuban tobacco imported legally in the late 1950’s, well before the embargo was put in place.
“The discovery of some of this tobacco (Rosado Corojo Pinar, from the Pinar del Rio region of Cuba) in a defunct factory building in Trenton is the stuff of legend.” said Rafael (Rafe) Ramos, Vice President of the cigar’s creator, ” The research and authentication of its provenance, the decision to roll it ourselves rather than sell it to a larger producer, these were business matters” continued Ramos “but the true magic is all in the tobacco itself.”
Although the tobacco is forty plus years old, they couldn’t have been preserved and aged in any better conditions. From the tobacco to the actual rolling of the cigar they will not disapoint. We have a nice selection of shapes and sizes to choose from but since they are moving fast some may not be available.
Shapes available upon release:
The P3000 Pinar- After painstakingly sorting and classifying every single leaf, we combined several of the Cuban tobaccos (with an emphasis on Ligero for classic Cuban strength, despite the tobacco’s age). The result, rolled 100% from Cuban leaf (filler, binder & wrapper) is the quintessential Cuban cigar. The flavor is deep, rich and complex, but with over 40 years of aging on the tobacco, it is also incredibly smooth and easy smoking. Compared to the original, crude PINARs, a richer, stronger Cuban blend, better Cuban tobacco, more Cuban flavor.
P3000 Rothschild Natural or Maduro
P3000 Toro Natural or Maduro
P3000 Churchill Natural or Maduro
P3000 Double Corona Natural or Maduro
P3000 Belicoso Natural or Maduro
P3000 el FEROZ “the Ferocious One” - Amidst the 46,000 pounds of tobacco was one shipment of extremely spicy Cuban wrapper. This tobacco was shipped in barrels rather than bales (not uncommon at the time). As far as we can tell, these were actually sherry casks. The incredible spice of this wrapper was perfectly mellowed by the subtle hint of oak and sherry imparted by the barrels over nearly 50 years. EL FEROZ combines this wrapper with a double dose of pre-embargo ligero, to create the true powerhouse of the P3000.
P3 el Feroz Belicoso
P3 el Feroz Double Corona
P3 el Feroz Rothschild
P2000 Pinar - We took the same, perfectly maintained PINAR filler leaf, and put a beautiful, Ecuadoran binder and wrapper on it. As you know, nearly all of the leading non-cuban cigars use Ecuadoran wrappers, with good reason. The combination creates a sharper, more explosive tasting cigar, at a lower cost.
P2000 Toro Natural
Pinar Habanitos - Of course, when you deal with 40+ year old tobacco, some of the leaf simply isn’t perfect. It is rougher, perhaps a little crumbly, yet it is loaded with oils, and great Cuban flavor. We use this leaf, completely unblended, 100% Cuban, to create the low cost PINAR HABINITOS line of bundled & 10pack cigars.
Habanito #5 Natural or Maduro
Habanito #7 Maduro
Habanito 10 pack Cigarillo
P3000 Cuban Criollo - Long before corojo leaf from Honduras became all the rage; long before Corojo became the Cuban wrapper of choice in the 1960’s, classic criollo was the mainstay of Cuban wrapper, for nearly 500 years. Nearly all cigar tobaccos grown in the Americas are derivative of that particular seed.
P3 Cuban Criollo Rothschild
New toy! It’s an affordable (cheap) strobe. It does the job. I also picked up another “affordable” strobe, a Mettle 600ws (ac/dc) for portability, Nikkor 18-200mm, a softbox, Sekonic L308s light meter! My hobby is a sickness……..
