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THE BLACK PATCH IS BACK By Ken Snyder If history does repeat itself, “you might wanna pay attention,” musician Quavo once astutely observed. Top-echelon cigar makers, reviewers and smokers are paying close attention to a surprising addition on the premium cigar scene...

“Picking that Perfect Smoke” – Smoke Magazine Two cigars in this latest edition of Smoke Magazine’s cigar review are from Emilio Cigars, a small craft cigar company that works with several different factories in creating its cigars. Company owner Gary Griffith...

2013 Stogie Fresh Cigar Podcast BPC Episode 359 Black Patch Kenbano Gran Toro Posted on April 27, 2013 Background: In the western region of Kentucky is an area known as “Black Patch,” where the dark, fertile soil has been used to grow tobacco for over 150 years....

2012 Stogie Rate Doc Diaz BPC - Special Report- Kentucky is More Than Bourbon Kentucky is More Than Bourbon Monday, February, 9, 2009 I love Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskeys. And to me, there is nothing better than a well-aged Kentucky Bourbon. EXCEPT, perhaps, a...

2002 Lane Report BPC Kentuckys Cigar Industry Grows Kentucky’s Cigar Industry Grows Eric McAnallen helps Commonwealth reclaim part of its tobacco heritage BY CLAUDE HAMMOND FACING a future with tobacco playing a much smaller role as a cash crop, Kentucky’s farmers...