03-06-2009, 10:50 PM
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Admiral Douchebag
Join Date: Oct 2008
First Name: Tom
Location: Clermont, Kentucky
Posts: 71,786
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Re: stirring the pot local B&M vs big internet
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Originally Posted by Legend
OK. I spoke with Eddie Ortega of 601 Cigars tonight at my cigar lounge and his perspective on this subject was very interesting.
He said his cigars are all the same, but his reasoning for the local being better is not the aging at the B&M, but the storage at the big internet guys. he said while they do have humidified warehouses etc. they are stored in their boxes and celo wrapped which isn't the best for cigars.
Now 601 is a smaller producer of cigars and the reports I got were from some larger cigar makers, So when I go to Nicaragua in May I'll ask Don Pepin about his. So for now I am have some egg on my face.  |
A little egg never hurt anyone.  
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