Memphis Tobacco Bowl

Arrivals

As the temperature outside drops from the triple digits, some new arrivals in the humidor for you include: Perdomo Lot 23 natural and maduro, Arturo Fuente Hemingway, Rocky Patel Decade toro, Rocky Patel's The Edge Battalion.

Open Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

CAO Cubist Ashtray Give-Away

Limited Supply!

While Supplies Last!

Hurry!

Purchase any box of CAO cigars and receive FREE one CAO Cubist Ashtray. That's a $130 retail value!

From the CAO website:

Inspired by the avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture in the early 20th century, the CAO Cubist Ashtray features a non-traditional design and an exciting interplay of non-conventional materials. The CAO Cubist Ashtray is as much visual art as it is a functional ashtray, measuring 9” square, weighing 6 pounds, and accommodating 4 cigars. The CAO Cubist Ashtray is the ideal gift for both cigar lovers and art connoisseurs alike.

Did I mention you should hurry?

Taste of Caribe

Taste of Caribe
Flavors of the Dominican Republic

Saturday, May 10, 2008
7:00 - 11:00 p.m.

Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects
1500 Union Avenue

Music by Los Cantadores

General Admission: $50
VIP Tickets: $100
(VIP tickets include a box of 12 premium, Dominican, hand-rolled cigars provided by ProCigar; and other unique gifts.)

All proceeds benefit the International Children's Heart Foundation

For tickets, or more information: 901-869-4243 or visit atasteofcaribe.org

There is a man, a customer of mine, who is a doctor. This man flies around the world saving children.

He is Superman.

He and his foundation, the International Children's Heart Foundation, have performed heart surgery on kids who otherwise never would have had a chance of survival.

He is a good man, the foundation is a great cause, and you should all go out Saturday night and drink and smoke for these good people and those lucky children.

Rocky Patel Event

Saturday, April 26
11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
FREE

Cigar tasting with the Rocky Patel line of cigars including The Edge, 12- and 10-year-vintage, The Decade and Indian Tabac 10-year anniversary selection. Come in for great deals, camaraderie, adult beverages and some of the best cigars being made today.

Carlos Torano Cameroon 1916

The Carlos Torano Cameroon 1916 is a wonderfully mild yet flavorful cigar with hints of pepper and sweet spice. It has been given a rating of 90 by Cigar Aficionado and has definitely made its way into my repertoire when I'm looking for a break from the full-bodied Perdomo Lot 23 and Illusione cg:4.

Final Four

Don Giolito Interview

Here is a good interview with Don Giolito of Illusione Cigars.

Stinky Cigar Ashtray

Coming very soon ...

Stinky Cigar ashtrays

Illusione Cigar Arrival

Illusione cigars are now on the humidor shelves!

Sizes in stock:

cg:4 (48x5 5/8) $7.00, $157.50/bx
88 (5x52) $7.25, $163/bx
888 (48x6 3/4) $7.50, $175/bx

Snow!

In light of the 1 - 3 inches of snow predicted for Memphis today, I would like to state here the Tobacco Bowl's inclement weather policy:

Memphis Tobacco Bowl is open Mon - Fri 8 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Regardless. We're not scared.

Savinelli Special Selection 2005

The Savinelli Special Selection 2005 has been rated the top cigar out of
Nicaragua and top figurado by Cigar Aficionado, and rated 92 by Cigar Aficionado and Cigar Insider. Smoke Magazine rated the Savinelli Special Selection a 9.1, "excellent."

We currently have all three sizes on the shelves: Robusto ($7.00), Toro ($7.25) and Torpedo ($7.50).

Rocky Patel Event

Everyone has been asking when the next cigar tasting is and right now it's scheduled for Saturday, April 26, with Rocky Patel cigars, maker of The Edge, The Decade, Rocky Patel Vintage and Rocky Patel sungrown, among others. Not sure yet of some of the details, but it should be then from about 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. More information will be forthcoming as we near the date.

Adios

This is the current cover of The New Yorker magazine.

So long, Fidel, usted viejo bastardo.

CAO Soprano Gift Packs

I only have a handful of the CAO Soprano Gift Packs left in stock. These cigars are held in the same packaging as a standard box of Sopranos, the red Cadillac-like box, and contain one of each size - Boss, Soldier and Associate - as well as one special edition Tony Soprano autographed by the man himself.

Each gift pack is only $55. Hurry in while they last.

Illusione Cigars

Coming soon ... Illusione Cigars.

A regular customer recently turned me onto these cigars as one of the best cigars he's ever smoked. Made from tobacco grown in the prized fields of the Jalapa Valley and Esteli region of Nicaragua by legendary master grower Arcenio Ramos of Cuba, Illusione cigars are all made from first generation Corojo '99 and Criollo '98 seeds, wrapped with a grade one Cafe Colorado wrapper, and finished with a triple cap in the Raices Cubanas factory.

These cigars will be on the humidor shelves very soon. You will want to try, and stock up on, the Illusione.