Cigar Aficionado

What do you think of Cigar Aficionado magazine producing a list of the year's top 25 cigars? Do you trust their tasters to know what makes a cigar good? Do you try the cigars they recommend with high ratings? What makes a cigar the number 1 smoke of the year? I have smoked the Fuente Fuente Opus X Double Corona and would have to agree with their rating. However, some of the other cigars they like I have tried and I do not agree with their ratings.

I think it is like wine tasting. While some people like some wines, others don't. It is very subjective. If you like a cigar or wine, then that is what you should purchase and smoke. Never let someone tell you what is good. I enjoy trying cigars that others have recommended, but if I do not like it, I will not continue to purchase or smoke it again. Status means nothing to me. Some of my favorite cigars come from Casillas Cigars in Sacramento. They are inexpensive, unbanded smokes. They have great flavor, and the construction is superb. Best of all is the price. They have a small shop in Reno, Nevada that I usually purchase from.

I love discovering new cigar shops, and trying new cigars. But it seems that the more cigars I try, the more I realize that the old standby cigars in my humidor are always the best!!