Discover The Humidor
After dinner, it may be time to indulge in a glass of port or a snifter of cognac and a fine, hand-rolled cigar. Tantalize your senses and celebrate the romance of a cigar with Table & Vine’s small, but well stocked humidor. It can satisfy the needs of most any cigar aficionado.
From Simple Pleasures, the Newsletter of Table & Vine
September 2008, Volume VIII Issue III
In our never ending quest to provide our customers with life’s simple pleasures, we at Table & Vine have given a new look to our humidor. With a healthy balance of old favorites and tempting newer brands, we are striving to provide one of the freshest cigar experiences possible. In this issue, we will explore just a few of our humidor’s offerings: Macanudos, the Onyx Reserve, and CAO flavors.
Macanudo is the hottest selling and most popular brand of cigar in America. The Macanudo brand is known for its mild flavor and body, and for its unrivaled consistency. Macanudo originated in Jamaica, however, due to poor growing conditions relocated to the Dominican Republic, where they are still produced today. The Macanudo is a combination of Connecticut shade wrappers, Dominican fillers, and Mexican grown binders. It is straightforward, light in flavor, and very short in finish. As the best seller and one of the most recognizable brands in the world, we have chosen the Macanudo to be the anchor brand of our humidor. We offer a variety of Macanudos including but not limited to: Prince Phillip Café, Hyde Park Café & Maduro, Hampton Court Maduro, Portofino Café, Crystal Café, and Ascot Tins.
Onyx Reserve is a very highly rated line of maduros. They are medium in body and have a sweet long finish. The Onyx Reserve hit the market in 2000 and has become a virtual homerun for the maduro cigar enthusiasts of the world.
CAO is a cigar brand based in Nashville, Tennessee and is the largest boutique cigar maker. CAO is the only brand of flavored cigars currently offered at Table & Vine. CAO Gold Honey Coronas and CAO Vanilla Petit Coronas are both flavorful masterpieces. CAO Gold Honey uses the highest quality orange blossom honey found exclusively in the finest Floridian orange groves. CAO Bella Vanilla utilizes the highest quality vanilla beans from Madagascar. Both of these varieties are a sweet treat and a good reason to stop by our humidor today!
From Simple Pleasures, the Newsletter of Table & Vine
September 2008, Volume VIII Issue IV
In an effort to cap off not only our celebration of Thanksgiving but our celebration of taste, we at Table & Vine have a few suggestions from our humidor to compliment your holiday. Perhaps, a cigar under a star-filled sky on a crisp November evening or pausing for a quiet moment of reflection is your idea of indulgence. Maybe, snuggling up with a cigar and your favorite nightcap next to a cozy fire is more your speed, or even indulging in some camaraderie and a fine cigar during the afternoon football games is what shapes your holiday. Whatever the case may be, we have a few recommendations that are sure to please. In this issue of Simple Pleasures, we have chose to put the spotlight on the Montecristo No.2 Double Corona, the Punch after dinner and the Punch Café Royal.
Punch is one of the most famous names in the cigar world. It is one of the best hand-rolled brands offered in our humidor. Punch is a full-bodied robust cigar that originated in nineteenth century Cuba. Punch eventually relocated to Honduras and the Honduran version debuted in the United States in 1969. Punch cigars have a unique medium to full-bodied aroma that is the result of the wonderful blending of Cuban seed tobacco fillers from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, and Honduras. One thing a cigar smoker can expect from a Punch cigar is consistency. The strong flavor of a Punch cigar stands head and shoulders above the rest. The aromas are earthy with hints of spice. Punch cigars have a pleasant almost unending finish.
Our next feature is an icon in the cigar industry. The Montecristo No.2. Specifically, the Double Corona. Montecristo as a brand got its start in Cuba in 1935, like many other brands eventually relocated to the Dominican Republic and debuted in the United States in 1995 amidst the cigar boom. The cigar got its name from the stories told by the cigar rollers in old Cuba about the Count of Montecristo. These stories were used as entertainment for the rollers to break up the monotony of their typically long work days. Montecristos are medium-bodied and have a moderate finish. They have a wonderful aroma and are nearly perfect in their construction. Montecristos have a degree of prestige associated with them that few other cigars could ever match.
These works of art are staples of the Table & Vine humidor. Happy Thanksgiving!
