Monday, December 15 2008
By David Diaz,
The Stogie Fresh 2008 Honor Roll acknowledges cigars that are consistently excellent. Whether large, medium, or small, all manufacturers must have tremendous commitment to quality, to the care and handling of tobacco, and to the satisfaction of cigar consumers through the production of top quality premium cigars. We believe that this commitment must be rewarded and must be set as the standard to which all manufacturers should attain.
Stogie Fresh is the only reviewing system in the industry that reviews cigars over time. Many cigars are what we call, "flash in the pan" cigars. That is, they can be good, but are not consistently good. Our system rewards cigars that are CONSISTENTLY GOOD OVER TIME.
To qualify for a spot on the Stogie Fresh Honor Roll, each cigar must have been reviewed a minimum of three times using the Stogie Fresh reviewing system, with the last review falling within the past 12 months. All cigars are reviewed a total of 4 times over the course of a 15-18 month period. The first three reviews are separated by 3 months and the final review takes place 6 months later. During this time, each reviewer will smoke no less than 10 cigars all from the same batch being reviewed.
Overall rankings are based on the average score from the reviews. If there is a tie in scoring, the higher placement goes to the cigar that has been reviewed more times. If the cigars were reviewed the same number of times, the nod is given to the cigar with the highest score in the most recent review.
Read more and take a look at this year's top cigars.
Reprinted by permission.
