For those of you that live in Southern California or for those of you that will be in the area next weekend, we are giving away a pair of VIP tickets to the Cigar & Spirits 8th Annual West Coast Tasting Event in Newport Beach on Saturday the 26th. You can enter at the link below.…See More

As part of our review of the Slaughterhouse Natural today, we are doing a giveaway of a 6 pack of these cigars. Head on over to the review and you can enter at the bottom near the scores.https://developingpalates.com/reviews/cigar-reviews/team-cigar-review-ventura-slaughterhouse-natural-toro/See More

As part of our review of the Case Study 05 today, we are doing a giveaway of a 10 pack of these cigars in the original box. Head on over to the review and you can enter at the bottom near the scores.https://developingpalates.com/reviews/cigar-reviews/team-cigar-review-ventura-case-study-05-toro/See More

As part of our review of the Hugo Chairman today, we are doing a giveaway of a 10 pack of these cigars in the original box. Head on over to the review and you can enter at the bottom near the scores.http://developingpalates.com/reviews/cigar-reviews/team-cigar-review-ventura-hugo-chairman-robusto/See More

As part of our review of the Jacobs Ladder today, we are doing a giveaway of a coffin of two of this cigar. Head on over to the review and you can enter at the bottom near the scores.http://developingpalates.com/reviews/cigar-reviews/team-cigar-review-southern-draw-jacobs-ladder-robusto/See More

Some of you may remember last year that I posted up a survey on cigar budgets. A lot of responses I got on that were "what's a budget," so this year I changed it up a bit and made it a cigar purchasing survey. I've added some additional questions as well to help with the scope of what we'll use the numbers for.The results from the survey last year were used for us to do a fantasy cigar shopping spree. We used the budget amounts to tell us how much money we had to spend on cigars for a year and…See More

Today we posted up a review on the Island Lifestyle Tommy Bahama Cigar Club Series Indoor/Outdoor Ashtray. Island Lifestyle produces a lot of various accessories under the Tommy Bahama banner. I know that brand isn't everyone's cup of tea, but these products are pretty nice.The ashtray comes in various colors with different logos, but they all have the same build and functionality. The length is 10 5/8 inches by 8 5/8 inches wide with a depth of 1 ⅜ inches. The ashtray carries an MSRP of $36.…See More

The postseason for baseball starts tonight and we wanted to tie in a contest with this great time of year.There are two prizes, the grand prize is a box of Big Papi's and the runner up prize is a 5 pack of Big Papi's and an El Artista lighter.Here is where the contest gets fun. To enter, take a picture or video of you representing your favorite baseball team or teams (they don’t have to be in the playoffs to qualify) and post that on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.The way we will do it is that…See More