Under the right conditions, tobacco will grow just about anywhere; every tobacco-growing country has its own indigenous tobacco. However, in recent years, the Dominican Republic has easily become the world’s largest premium tobacco producer and is referred to as the El Rey (the king) of the Central American tobacco-growing nations, accounting for more than half of cigars sold in the US.The Dominican Republic possesses the world’s best tobacco farms that can be found all throughout the count …

Thanksgiving of 2018 Gerard: Hey, everybody. What's going on? This is Gerard with MardoCigars.com. Today I have here with me my personal friend and owner of Sinistro Cigars and also owner of Last Cowboy, James. James, say hi to everybody.James: How are you guys doing? Everybody, thank you for watching. Welcome to Mardo's YouTube channel.Gerard: Today what we're gonna talk about a little bit, just gonna do a few minutes of their product. They come out with cigars called Sinis …

What's going on, everyone? This is Gerard with Mardocigars.com. What I have in front of me here today is this Ultra Premium cigar called Atabey. Now, the man behind this brand is called Nelson Alfonso. Nelson Alfonso had a lot to do with the rebranding of the Cohiba Behike packaging. As you can see, this is very similar to it with the high lacquer box with the beautiful hinges and a beautiful presentation. Now, this cigar is very high priced, ultra premium, anywhere betw …

If you are new to the cigar world, you will need to know how to cut your cigar in order to create the best experience for you.Cigars are not like cigarettes-- you can’t just take one out and light it up. You need to remove or penetrate the cap of a cigar before you smoke it. But, a great cigar can be ruined if it has a terrible cut. Imagine this: You have your favorite cigar in hand, ready to relax and with one snip, your relaxation can be turned into anger as you poorly cut the cap of your cig …

What's going on everybody, this is Gerard with mardocigars.com, and today we're going to be discussing cigar flavors and hints. Now, one of the things that I use a lot to find out about cigars is absolutely Google. There's a lot of reviews out there that we can read, and don't really believe everything I always read. Especially when I hear things of this cigar will give you flavors of rotten fruit, or you get dark fruit flavors, or it's going to be musty. Or, bakers spice. Now, these a …