For a “Fair Weather Smoker” like myself, the Aleppo Shriners Smoker is the “Opening Day” of cigar season. Coincidentally, this year’s event occurred on the very first day of spring, this past Friday (March 20). The event is held every year at the Shriner’s Auditorium in Wilmington, MA to benefit the Shriners Transportation [...]

The time is rapidly approaching for one of the greatest cigar events in all of New England, the Aleppo Smoker put on by the Shriners to support the Aleppo Shriners Children’s Transportation Fund . Last year’s event was an absolutely fantastic time filled with great scotch, outstanding entertainment, good food, and a boatload of [...]

Forgive me readers for I have sinned. It has been 2 months since my last cigar. You see, I am a fair weather smoker. The past few months up here in New Hampshire have consisted, almost exclusively, of snowy days and insanely cold days. The five day forecast shows highs of [...]

For my first wine review, I have chosen to review a wine that I received as a gift recently. The gift was from a good friend and was sold to me as, “his favorite red”. That bottle was a 2005 vintage of Flavium Bierzo Crianza. Not only had I never heard of [...]

I recently had a mixed drink the other day that I thought I should share with the rest of you. The drink is extremely simple and quite good. All you need is a fifty-fifty mix of Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur and Peppermint Schnapps on the rocks. It has an almost Peppermint Patty [...]