Hotel Colorado Select Sumatra Hand made for the Hotel Colorado this Cigar features Olivias finest Ni

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Hotel Colorado Private Label Oliva
Hotel Colorado Select Sumatra Torpedo 15.00 Hot
el Colorado Select Corojo Double Corona 15.00
Throughout its history The Hotel Colorado has
served host to guests of all social status
Presidents, Railroad Tycoons, Gangsters and Movie
Stars. For over 100 years, our guests have
enjoyed the enchantment of the Hotel Colorados
picturesque setting, while enjoying friends, fine
wines, fine foods, and yes fine cigars. After
two years of cultivating friendships, researching
and tasting some of the worlds finest cigars we
are proud to present our Private Label Cigars in
partnership with the Oliva Cigar Family. The
story of the Oliva family begins in Cubas
legendary tobacco heartland, spans five
generations, encompasses nearly every cigar
making and tobacco growing nation, and reaches
its zenith with the long-anticipated creation of
a cigar fine enough to bear the Oliva name. Jose
Oliva, director of sales, distribution, and
product development is please to be partnering
with the Hotel Colorado in presenting two
distinctive cigars under their private brands.
Hotel Colorado Select Sumatra Hand made for the
Hotel Colorado this Cigar features Olivias
finest Nicaraguan filler and binder with an
exquisite five year old Ecuadorian grown Sumatra
wrapper. The result is a magnificent cigar
worthy of The Hotel Colorados name and an
outstanding addition to the Oliva private line of
cigars. This cigar is rich in flavor, yet
exceptionally creamy and mild. Hotel Colorado
Select Corojo Hand made for the Hotel Colorado
this cigar features Nicaraguan filler binder
with a gorgeous Corojo wrapper. The reddish
colored Corojo gives this full bodied cigar a
spicy, yet very smooth taste and appearance.
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Cigar History The premium, hand-rolled cigar as
we know it today has changed little from those
first rolled in Seville, Spain. In 1831 King
Ferdinand VII granted Cubans the right to grow
and sell tobacco in their homeland. In the US,
tobacco was grown in various regions of the
original British colonies. General Putnam is
attributed with bringing tobacco to the state of
Connecticut after serving in Cuba with the
British Army in 1762. After the Revolutionary
War, tobacco factories sprang up in southern New
England as well as Pennsylvania and New York. The
word "stogie" is derived from Conestoga,
Pennsylvania. Cigar smoking in America had a
dramatic rise during the Civil War era. Most
cigars were made of domestic wrappers and Cuban
fillers. Political upheaval in Cuba in the late
1800's forced many manufacturers to flee to the
U.S. The first revolution in Cuba took place in
1895, freeing the country from Spain's control.
Jose Marti supported by Teddy Roosevelt and his
famous Rough Riders at San Juan Hill led this
revolt. The cigar and its myth of wealth and
power have been popularized over the decades by
many well-known figures in both Hollywood and
politics. From Teddy Roosevelt, to Al Capone,
Hemingway, Bogart, Milton Berle, Edward G.
Robinson, George Burns, MacArthur, Patton, to
Einstein and perhaps the most well known man of
our century, Sir Winston Churchill. Later in
the ensuing years, the popularity and
sophistication of tobacco products has widely
grown and the mid to late 1990s has brought to us
a significant increase in the popularity of
cigars in the United States and a dramatic
increase in the sales of imported premium cigar
products.
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Macanudo Hyde Park
13.00 Vintage
1997 3 18.00 Great vintage years are as rare
for fine cigars as they are for fine wines. Only
once or twice a decade, a perfect balance of
sunshine and rainfall causes Macanudo's exclusive
Connecticut Shade seeds to yield limited
quantities of extraordinary wrapper leaves that
exceed the high standards for other Macanudo
cigars. After the leaves have been cured and
aged, only a few bales of them are finally deemed
to be worthy of the Vintage Cabinet Selection
designation. Both cigars offer a silky and firm,
attractive color, both burn and draw well. The
Hyde Park Yields a lush draw and even burn, the
smoke is woody, spicy with a smacking sweet cream
and vanilla finish, a easy going cigar. The
Vintage 1997 3 yields a woody, toasted flavor
with hints of orange peel producing a medium
body.
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La Gloria Cubana Series R No. 4
12.00 In 1999,
Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr. decided he wanted to
bring something special to his many La Gloria
Cubana customers. Inspired by his personal taste
for very full-bodied cigars, he introduced the
Nos. 4, 5 and 6 Serie R cigars. So began today's
trend for fuller-flavored cigars. The final Serie
R masterpiece, the No. 4 is a tribute to
Ernesto's late father, Ernesto Perez-Carrillo
Sr., who founded the family's cigar business in
the Little Havana section of Miami in 1968. The
Serie R No. 4 is a dark and oily cigar, thats
generally woody and a bit gummy, offering a nice
draw with a medium finish.
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Punch Grand CRU 2
18.00 Rare
Corojo 15.00 The original Punch cigar was
created in 1840 by a Cuban cigar manufacturer
named Manuel Lopez. Produced in Honduras for
Villazon Company under the direction of a great
Cuban cigar master, Frank Llaneza, Punch Deluxe
was introduced in 1990 to keep pace with the
growing sophistication of premium cigar smokers.
It has developed a loyal following of its own
ever since. When you light up a Punch cigar,
you're not only smoking a bold expression of the
cigar maker's art, you're smoking history, for
Punch is a legendary cigar with a rich history in
Cuba as well as in England. Grand CRU 2 is an
oily torpedo cigar, which draws and burns very
well, while offering hints of cedar, nuts and
spices with a mild hint of vanilla, finishing
with a medium flavor. The Punch Rare Corojo is
a medium to full bodied smoke with spicy tones
derived from the Sumatra-seed wrapper artfully
grown in Ecuador. Rare because they are only
produced when enough wrapper leaf is available
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Partagas Partagas 1 12.00 Partagas Black
Label Maximo 17.00 Jaime Partagas sailed from
Spain to Cuba, in1845, and founded the cigar
brand that bears his name. Yet two other men,
Ramón Cifuentes and his son who was named after
him, wrote the greatest chapters of Partagas
history. It was those two great cigar masters
who made Partagas the leading Cuban cigar and in
196l, two years after Fidel Castro had seized
control of the Cuban government, Ramón Cifuentes
and his son were forced to flee Cuba, never to
return. Seventeen years later, they finally begin
creating Partagas cigars again, this time in the
Dominican Republic, where the unmatched tradition
of cigar making remains alive and well. The
secret of today's rich Partagas cigars lies in
their wrapper leaves. Grown in Cameroon, Central
West Africa, where the steaming, sub-tropical
climate unique to the fourth parallel is ideal
for growing superb wrapper leaves. Ramón
Cifuentes determined that he could begin
producing his Partagas cigars again, after the
Cuban embargo had begun, as the best wrapper
leaves were being grown in Cameroon rather than
in Cuba. The No 1 offers is a dark and rough
cigar with hints of balsa wood notes and finishes
with a mushroom flavor. The Black Label Maximo
offers a full bodied smoke with woody, earth
flavors
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Sancho Panza Caballero
9.00 Sancho
Panza cigars were originated in Havana in 1852
and are still made there with a surprisingly mild
taste for Cuban cigars. In sharp contrast, the
Honduran version of Sancho Panza was introduced
in 2001 with a very rich taste. Like Sancho
Panza, the loyal squire who remained at Don
Quixote's side through all of his delusions of
grandeur, Sancho Panza the Honduran cigar makes a
trustworthy companion. In the uncompromising
style of cigar master Estelo Padrón, each Sancho
Panza cigar is made with a specially selected
Connecticut Shade wrapper, a rich blend of
Cuban-seed tobaccos and a flavorful Connecticut
Broadleaf binder. Because Sancho Panza offers
you a great value as well as a great cigar, you
can enjoy it every day. The Caballero is a silky
and golden brown wrapper, producing a fine draw.
The cigar offers a creamy flavor with a wisp of
cedar and nut finish, with tangy hints of flavor.
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Hoyo De Monterrey Excalibur III Maduro
13.00 Governor

16.00 Excalibur Royal Sterling
Nobilis 13.00 The original Hoyo de Monterrey
was the 1865 inspiration of José Gener, one of
the most respected growers in Cuba's famed Vuelta
Abajo. Since the early 1970s, an equally
illustrious Hoyo de Monterrey tradition has been
firmly established in Honduras under the
masterful guidance of cigar master Estelo Padrón.
In its own full-bodied way, the Honduran Hoyo de
Monterrey is, in the judgment of many, more Cuban
in character than the Cuban Hoyo. An authentic
Honduran cigar from its head to its tuck, Hoyo de
Monterrey is crafted with Cuban-seed tobacco
carefully cultivated in the richest Honduran
soil. Made "en la manera de los Indios" (the
Indian way) the Hoyo de Monterrey cigar is still
simply a product of the sun, the wind, and the
soil. The Excalibur III Maduro is a leathery
reddish and veiny wrapper. The smoke is rich,
woody and again leathery, with complements of
sweet spices, offering a balanced finish.
The Governor
offers a smoke, with hints of wheat, with a sharp
woody finish. The Excalibur Nobilis is a
medium to full bodied smoke featuring a
remarkably light Honduran leaf wrapper with
exquisite taste
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Short Glossary Of Cigar Terms Barrel - The main
body of the cigar. Binder - Binder leaves are
the intermediate leaf used to hold the bunch of
filler tobacco together Blend - The mixture of
different types of tobacco in a cigar, including
up to five types of filler leaves, a binder leaf
and an outer wrapper. Bouquet - The smell, or
"nose," of a fine cigar. Cap - The small flag of
wrapper leaf that the roller lays down and seals
to the head of the cigar with a vegetable gum
based glue. Filler - The bunch of tobacco found
at the center of the cigar. There are two types
of filler long filler, which contains the whole
leaf running from the head to the foot of the
cigar, and short filler, comprised of scraps of
tobacco (often the trimmed ends of long fillers).
Foot - The end of the cigar that you light.
Hand Made - A cigar that is bunched, bound and
wrapped entirely by hand with no machines being
used in the fabrication process Head - The
capped end of the cigar that you put into your
mouth. Humidor - Any box used for storage of
cigars in a controlled humidity. The term humidor
usually refers to wooden boxes, with unfinished
interiors Long Filler - Tobacco leaf that is
long enough to run the entire length of a cigar's
bunch. Ring Gauge - The diameter of a cigar's
barrel, expressed in 64ths of an inch. A 32 ring
is 32/64" (1/2"), for example. Tooth - Those
little "bumps" of oil on a fine quality Cameroon
wrapper. Vein - A structural part of a leaf
prominent veins can be a defect in wrappers.
Wrapper - The outer leaf - generally high
quality, first grade tobacco that is wound around
the binder of the cigar. It is chosen for its
complexion, elasticity, silky texture and
delicate veins.
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Choosing A Cigar Certain analytical observations
made about cigars are agreed upon by those in the
know. The senses come into play when determining
the quality of a cigar. Observing the leaf, the
color of the ash and the burn rate-and by tasting
the smoke for complexity and richness can
differentiate a good cigar from a bad one. By
doing these things, with practice, you will
understand the quality of cigars. Appearance.
Inspect the wrapper, look for smoothness, some
oiliness and an overall pleasing impression.
Check for cracks or ripples which might suggest
the cigar has been exposed to uneven humidity
levels. The wrapper should be free of large veins
and flaws and may feel smooth, silky, oily or
sandy or bumpy depending upon the cigar. It
should feel resilient to the touch, not too soft
or hard. A cigar may feel harder closer to the
head of it so that it will resist when clamped
down upon.  Taste. Perhaps the best way to
explain the taste of a cigar and how it is to be
interpreted by an inexperienced smoker is to say,
a negative taste impression is a valuable
experience. If the taste youre experiencing is
pleasurable and relaxing, then that is a good
cigar. Forget about the undertones and
complexities of flavor for now, just try lots of
different cigars, perhaps starting with milder,
bigger cigars as thinner cigars have more binder
and filler and wont contribute as much to your
education Choosing. Each country's cigar
production has its own taste and character.
Cigars are made all over the world, with tobacco
grown in different soils, cured by different
processes, and rolled with different techniques,
each element contributing to the taste and flavor
of individual brands and types. These are not
hard and fast rules, but you'll have something to
go by when you're faced with a humidor full of
cigars from which to choose. Cigars from Jamaica
are usually considered mild. Cigars from the
Dominican Republic are mild to medium in
strength. Cigars from Honduras and Nicaragua are
stronger and heavier smokes. And cigars from Cuba
are considered to be some of the richest and
creamiest in the world! Also remember that the
larger the diameter (ring gauge) the richer and
fuller the flavor, and the longer the cigar, the
cooler the smoke and smoother the taste.
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Basic Cigar Ingredients. Cigar Composition A
cigar is composed of three types of tobacco
leaves the wrapper, the binder, and the filler.
Each contributes to the overall quality of the
cigar. Wrapper. A wrapper leaf dresses the bunch
and gives the cigar its public face. Wrappers
come in many different shades and contribute both
to the cigar's taste as well as burn. Wrappers
are stretched onto the cigar to insure leak-free
seams. Vegetable gum is used to seal the top of
the head and a small bit of leaf is attached to
the head to finish off the product. Basically, a
very light colored wrapper is usually a "natural"
and a dark one is usually a "maduro". Maduro
wrappers are considered to be stronger, but this
is not always true. A darker wrapper doesn't
necessary translate to strength. A maduro wrapper
is darker simply because it has been allowed to
darken through the aging process. Filler. The
next part of a cigar is the filler. This is the
tobacco that has the most effect on the strength
of the cigar. The leaves for the filler are taken
from all parts of the tobacco plant.  The base of
the plant provides leaves of light flavor.  From
the center come leaves of mild flavor and from
the crown, leaves of richer texture.  All of the
leaves must go through a curing, fermentation,
and aging process, with the richer leaves at
times being fermented for up to two years. Cigars
that are made with "long-filler" are made with
whole, long tobacco leaves. Long filler cigars
are generally of higher quality than short
filler, as short filler tends to be leftover
scraps that the roller uses in a cigar. Binder.
The binder leaf goes around the filler leaves
creating a bunch. The leaf used as the binder
needs its central vein removed, creating two
separate halves.  The binder leaf is best if it
comes from the base or low middle of the tobacco
plant.  These leaves can come from the same plant
as the filler leaves and also go through the same
processes. 
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How to Cut a Cigar The first thing you should do
is closely examine the "head" of the cigar - this
is the closed end that needs to be clipped.
Almost all have what is called a "cap" - a bit of
tobacco leaf used to close of the end - you
should be able to see how far down the length of
the cigar the cap goes by inspection. Typically
only a 1/4" - 3/8" or so sometimes much less,
and on figurado shapes sometimes quite longer.
Anyhow wherever the cap stops is your cutting
limit - cut beneath the cap's line or even too
close and your cigar will start to
unravel. Single Blade Cutters A guillotine
cutter typically consists of a thumb-operated
plunger, which slides a blade through a circular
window in the body. The blade cuts on an angle
like a true guillotine and slices off the head of
the cigar poking through the hole. A newer
version of this cutter provides a much cleaner
cut by using two opposing blades, which cut from
both sides of the hole. Instead of a thumb
plunger, the thumb and middle finger use loops
for withdrawing and slicing with both blades.
One thing to keep in mind when using a
guillotine cutter is to line up your cigar at eye
level and clip quickly and decisively. This
method gives satisfactory results most of the
time. The Pierce This style is one of the more
traditional cuts and can be used on any sized
cigar. A piercer bores a hole into the head of
the cigar. There is a risk of compressing the
tobacco which, in turn, will interfere with the
cigars drawing ability and cause overheating,
thus affecting the taste. The Bullseye A sharp,
open-ended cylinder, which is placed on the head
of the cigar and rotated. This will remove a
round plug of tobacco. Stay within 1/16 of an
inch into the head to avoid collapsing the head
of the cigar. There are also scissors (difficult
to carry around and use) although elegant. Try a
pair out before investing in them. Choose
whichever cutter or method of method of cutting
that works best for you. The most important thing
to remember is where the cigar cap ends with
practice, you'll be fine
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Lighting a Cigar Lighting a cigar is not like
lighting the tip of a cigarette or the wick of a
candle--it takes longer. You'll want to rotate
the cigar so all parts of its tip are equally
heated. Be patient, and keep at it until there's
a glowing ring all the way around the cigar's
tip. Once the cigar is lit, gently blow on the
embers to create a smooth, completely rounded
ash. Then, raise the unlit end of the cigar to
your mouth and take the first puff. The question
is, which way to puff? Many aficionados blow the
first puff out through the cigar in order to
avoid unsavory flavors such as sulfur from
matches or gasses from lighters Cigar Etiquette
To Relight or Not to Relight If you forget to
puff, any cigar will go out. Relighting a warm
cigar will be easier and faster than when it was
new. Resist the temptation to put your half-smoke
cigar away for another day. It just wont taste
the same (read, as good). Sometimes cigars are
badly rolled and may have to be relit repeatedly.
If this is a fine cigar, you should bring it back
to the tobacconist. Cigar Lighting
Devices Remember that the more odor your lighting
implement has the more it will affect the taste
of your cigar. However, some of the classic
lighting methods leave much to be desired in the
way of convenience, so we are keeping it
basic. Matches. If you use a match, wait until
the sulphur burns off before using it. If you can
get fancy long cedar matches, all the
better. Cigar Lighters. The choice for cigar
enthusiasts. Cigar lighters are the easiest way
to get an even light. What makes a lighter a
cigar lighter? A cigar lighter uses odorless gas,
and often fatter flame, or even two adjacent
flame sources, and adjustable flame heights.