Gotham Cigars Blog

All through his life and careers, Avo Uvezian was a man after everyone’s heart. When he wasn’t entertaining on the keyboard, he was orchestrating attention-grabbing blends to seduce the palates of aficionados. His story is one of the most interesting in the cigar grapevine. After quite literally stumbling into the cigar business, Avo went on to be a legend. But before the cigar guru emerged, a jazz connoisseur had a career-altering tête-à-tête with master blender Hendrik Kelner. This c …

Every lover of the leaf wants a reliable, everyday cigar that is cheap and can be tossed at any point without buyer’s guilt. And the truth is, these are a dime a dozen in the market. But every lover of the leaf also wants a cigar that is enjoyable, balanced, and a flavor bomb.Factory Smokes by Drew EstateDrew Estate is known for a dynamic approach to cigar marketing. Often, remaining in a tradition-rigged business such as the cigar business means staying true to history. However, a new “blend” o …

When you need a cigar that takes no prisoners, then My Father cigars is the best place to start. For years, this boutique brand has raked in loads of 90 percentile ratings for full-bodied cigars flaunting lashings of pepper spice and flavour. Jose “Pepin” Garcia, the man behind the brand is a master at the top of his game. Just ask industry leaders like Tatuaje, Ortega, Crowned Heads and the slew of other cigar companies that Jose Pepin collaborated with to make market-dominating smokes.&nb …

Practically every cigar manufacturing company has a Connecticut Shade cigar but none commands your attention quite the Gurkha Cellar Reserve 21 years. And even though a lot has been said about Gurkha lately, when all is said and the dust settles, we will still agree that Gurkha does make a mean cigar. If you can’t tell from the massive topic up there, today we will be talking about one of the oldest cigars I have ever had the pleasure of smoking. But, as usual, we have to talk a little …

CAO is a household name in the cigar business and a mainstay in our humidors. The range of CAO cigars in the market is impressive. And this is because CAO always believes in their blends and works constantly to improve them rather than scrape them from the market.We have enjoyed countless CAO masterpieces from the World Line featuring cigars like Colombia, Brazilia, and CAO Zocalo among others, to the Classic Line, the Flavours Line and now the New Age Line.Each line carries a collection of mout …