When we first opened our doors in June, 2009, we built our reputation as a solid boutique cigar retailer. Over the subsequent years, the only constant in our humidor has been change, as the popularity of certain cigars ebbed and flowed. Fourteen years later, we still pride ourselves on both personally selecting and expertly curating cigars in our humidor. Part…
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ALEC BRADLEY LIMITED RELEASE 2023 BLACK MARKET ST. PATRICK’S DAY CIGARS
We’ve just received our annual allocation of Alec Bradley Black Market Filthy Hooligan cigars for 2023, just in time to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. FILTHY HOOLIGAN BARBER POLE This year’s Filthy Hooligan Barber Pole begins the company’s second decade of special releases of this seasonal St. Patrick’s Day treat. The cigar sports Panamanian and Honduran fillers, an Ecuadorian Sumatra Binder…
The La Palina Experience
March 16th thru April 4th we’re spotlighting the La Palina line of cigars here at Chesapeake. Although La Palina has roots that go back to 1896, brand recognition isn’t very robust. As we personally selected several of the La Palina lines for inclusion in our humidor, we are very committed to introducing these cigars to a larger number of our…
Viva La Libertad!
To christen its new premium cigar factory in Esteli, Nicaragua, Villiger has taken one of its value brands, La Libertad, and completely recreated it from the ground up. The results? FANTASTIC! Really! This new version of La Libertad is sure to make a huge splash on 2022’s Best Cigar lists at the end of the year. Find out more about…
Cigars In Tubes Are A Good Idea In The COVID-19 World
The surface of the cellophane is a porous surface that can easily host the current coronavirus. If the cigar has no cellophane, then your dealing with dried tobacco that generally has an oily surface that’s like a magnet to germs and viruses of all kinds.
PROTECT YOUR CIGAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE’S GERMS!
All those precautions you took helped you dodge infection like Neo dodging bullets in the Matrix, but then, you dropped your guard a little too early. It’s like DeShaun Watson spiking the football BEFORE he crosses the goal line.
La Aurora ADN Dominicano Blending Seminar — Friday, August 18, 2017 6 PM to 9 PM
La Aurora’s Master Blender, Manuel Inoa will be joining us here at Chesapeake Pipe & Cigar, Friday, August 18, 2017 from 6 PM till 9 PM. During his brief time with us, Manuel will be introducing us to his new signature ADN Dominicano Blending Seminar. ADN (which is DNA in Spanish,) Dominicano begins with tobacco fermented in an extremely rare…
Cellophane & Your Cigars
Why are a majority of the cigars on the market today wrapped in cellophane and what, if anything, does that mean to you? The primary reasons manufacturers go to the expense and trouble to wrap each cigar in it’s own cellophane cocoon is mostly based on protection of the cigar from damage. On the journey that cigar takes from the…