I just found a great deal in a magazine ad!

Cigars International is offering a three cigar sampler for $5!  and only $1.95 postage!  (PA residents pay 6%tax).

You get three coffee-infused Tabak Especials!  Robusto Negra (my favorite), Cafe con Leche, and a Robusto Dulce!

Go to Cigars International to get your cigar sampler today!

Or call 1-888-244-2790 and mention code SA961 (the item # is SP-CA10)

Hurry, as this offer will be expiring 8/15/09!

Enjoy your cigars!

Carol Wingert

While recently smoking at  “Leaning House Cigars” in Speers, PA, I asked Dave, the owner “when are the Drew Estates Reps going to visit?

He told me he was working on it…..and he was!

I got this email from Dave the other day!

“Ok folks believe it or not Western PA and more specifically Leaning House Cigars will be hosting a Drew Estate Event on Friday May 8 from 5-9 pm.

It has been a long process getting this event to happen but today Mike Staiber from Drew Estate has confirmed that he will be in “The House” to help us continue blowing the Tabak Especials AND Kubas Kubas out the doors.

More details to come as we get closer to May.

Leaning House Dave”

When Dave says he is going to do something, he is a man of his word!  OF COURSE HE IS, HE SMOKES CIGARS!

Visit his website for more information at Leaning House Fine Cigars!

I was heading out the door this afternoon and I tripped over a package.

What is this??? I didn’t order anything.  It was probably for my husband.

So I brought it in the house and discovered MY name on it.   HMMMMMMMMMMMMM

From Arnold’s Tobacco Shop in NY….hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

And inside:

Two of the most gorgeous looking cigars!   God of Fire by Don Carlos 2006!  But no card.  It came from ?

I can’t wait to smoke them!  I am sure they will be fantastic!  I’ll let you know!

And a big thanks and hugs to the mystery person!!!  (will you come forward?)

As some of you know, I am a fan of CIGAR BID and sometimes get carried away.

So when I saw they had 5 packs of the CAO Gold Maduro Corona Gorda up for auction, I jumped at the chance to get some!

I liked the CAO Gold and I love maduros, so what a great combination!

And I won the bid! $17.00 for these magnificent smokes!

What makes these so good, you ask?

CAO Gold Maduro combines the mellow long-filler combination of Nicaraguan tobaccos and wraps this dark and toothy Brazilian Maduro leaf around the traditional Gold Series!

The result is a chewy, medium-bodied flavor with hints of coffee delivered in a creamy, buttery fashion.

You gotta try them!

After a wonderful 3 day visit with some dear friends in Holiday Florida, we found ourselves sitting at the Tampa Airport eating lunch, wondering where/if we could smoke our cigars while waiting for our flight back to Pittsburgh, PA.

To our surprise, our waitress told us there was a smoking room!!!!

Wonderful! So we took off for the smoking room, which was more like a cage, built on the side of the building.

It was great!

As we enjoyed our cigars, we met other cigar smokers as well!

One gentleman even gave me one of his cigars!

It was a CAO gold. A really nice cigar! (Made by hand in Nicaragua, the soothing CAO Gold is blended from aged long leaves, including an exquisite wrapper made of Connecticut-seed Ecuadorian leaf, and Cuban-seed Nicaraguan filler and binder. Silky, medium-bodied flavor that’s deep and complex.) I think you’d enjoy it as much as I did. THANKS AJ!!

BTW, AJ sat in the back of the plane with us flying into Pittsburgh. We called it the smoking section, but we could not convince the flight attendants to let us smoke, even after bribing them with fine cigars!

Oh well, we tried!

carol wingert

ps here I am, in the “CAGE” enjoying my Java Latte (by Drew Estate)

This week we discovered the most wonderful place to socialize and smoke cigars!

The Leaning House Fine Cigars!

Dave and Chris are two fantastic guys that, like us, love cigars and will NOT let the non-smokers have “their way” with us!

Visit their site, Leaning House Fine Cigars, then visit the Cigar Bar!

When I arrived to pick up my husband, I got the “grand tour”.

What a selection of cigars, so many to choose from, and at fantastic prices.

Accessories galore. What will they think of next?

Cigar smokers, this is a MUST place to stop, and smoke and have a really great time!

Well, Cigars International & Drew Estate has done it again!

I recently ordered my “Dirt” cigars and, of course, I get a sample pack to try.

In it is one of the most awesome cigars! It is a Tabak Especial - Robusto Negra size!

Tabak Especial is a coffee-infused cigar. What a taste, and the Robusto lasted well over an hour!

Jonathan Drew has carefully influenced superior Esteli-grown long-leaf tobaccos with the robust nuances of Nicaragua’s finest coffee beans. The result is a rich tobacco core layered with savory espresso notes and a touch of milk chocolate, although I did not taste the sweet of the chocolate, which is okay with me. The cigar was excellent!

Tabak Especial has two varities.

Dulce, which employs a silky shade grown Connecticut wrapper.

And Negra, a dark broadleaf maduro-wrapped beauty.

Go get yours now!

Visit Cigars International and order today!

Carol Wingert

I had recently had some cigars on backorder in the Robusto size of one of my favorite cigars (Isla del Sol) at Cigars International .

Since my husband had surprised me earlier with another size (Churchill - a little bigger and longer lasting - and still the fantastic flavor), I decided this weekend to email Cigars International, and ask if they would substitute the Churchill for my backordered Robusto cigars.

First thing this morning, I opened my email and there it was!

My order was changed, filled AND SHIPPED OUT! All before I got up this morning!

So not only are the prices right, they have an enormous selection, lots of great deal AND the customer service ROCKS!

Check them out at Cigars International !

carol wingert

Recently while visiting in Texas, we had the opportunity to relax and smoke a few fine cigars with out friends.

Among them Joe Vitale (pictured here with ME), Bill Hibbler, Pat O’bryan, Craig Perrine, Ben Mack, and lots of women cigar smokers too - Lisa, Betsy, Whitney, Cathy, and many more!

There was a large variety of cigars to go around. Take your pick!

When all was done, Joe gave me a special cigar! Wonder when I should smoke it! Video soon!

Thanks Joe! I know this will be a great Cigar!!

carol wingert

In a recent trip coming back from Texas, our flight was cancelled.

No Problem.

We were then booked on a flight with 2 Layovers.

Problem??

Turned out to be the best trip ever for cigar smokers like us!

Our second layover was Memphis, Tn! What a surprise to find that we did NOT have to go through security to get our cigar smoking fix! Yes, we got to smoke INSIDE THE SECURE AREA! WHERE?

The Blue Note Cafe! Wonderful, and were they ever busy! Cigarette smokers and cigar smokers alike were enjoying their “right to smoke”!

We will be planning most of our flights with layovers in Memphis now. Thumbs up for the Blue Note Cafe.

(As you can see, I am really enjoying having a relaxing smoke!)