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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:49:49 GMT--><rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:rss="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/"><rss:channel rdf:about="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/"><rss:title>The Arzt of Cigars</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/</rss:link><rss:description></rss:description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><dc:date>2010-07-31T20:49:49Z</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.squarespace.com/">Squarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</admin:generatorAgent><rss:items><rdf:Seq><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/7/15/15-july-column.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/7/1/battling-taxes-and-political-correctness.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/6/19/governor-patterson-let-these-registers-ring.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/6/19/la-palina-goldie-paley-capture-nyc.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/6/15/june-15th-column-the-13th-floor-drew-estate-culture-la-palin.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/6/1/another-redeeming-value-of-cigars.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/5/18/a-good-reason-to-go-to-baltimore.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/5/15/new-cigars-blossom-in-springtime.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/5/3/la-aurora-107-hits-the-states.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/5/1/power.html"/></rdf:Seq></rss:items></rss:channel><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/7/15/15-july-column.html"><rss:title>15 JULY COLUMN</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/7/15/15-july-column.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-07-15T12:03:54Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[In my column of 1 July when I threw down the gauntlet and claimed I would do a trip to Nicaragua and Drew Estate better than Bob McDuffee and Colin Ganley; I neglected to mention Dale Roush of Dog Watch Social Club and CigarMedia.tv. Sadly, my omission had to be pointed out to me by Dale himself. Dale did it as a joke, of course, placing a comment on the site. That made it all the worse. I don’t much like making errors – especially in print. My apologies to Dale and to my readers.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/7/1/battling-taxes-and-political-correctness.html"><rss:title>Battling Taxes and Political Correctness</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/7/1/battling-taxes-and-political-correctness.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-07-01T09:06:53Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[BREAKING NEWS…1 July…Jose Ortega has resigned as Vice President of Sales at Reyes Family Cigars (Puros Indios, Cuba Aliados). Methinks he will join the Garcias’ My Family Cigar Company, and work in tandem with John Gonzalez, the present Vice President of Sales. I would not be surprised to see the rapidly expanding Garcia enterprise divide sales responsibility between the two, with one focusing on domestic sales and the other focusing on internation sales.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/6/19/governor-patterson-let-these-registers-ring.html"><rss:title>“GOVERNOR PATTERSON, LET THESE REGISTERS RING!”</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/6/19/governor-patterson-let-these-registers-ring.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-06-19T15:03:26Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[New York City, 18 June…With those words, Glynn Loope, Executive Director of the CRA, ended his brief, but pointed, remarks at the New York Tobacconists Association Press Conference on Friday, 18 June. 

The event was held at De La Concha and was attended by a large number of Tobacconist/Retailers and the press. The Daily News, New York Post, Fox News and others were present from the media. The cigar media also turned out, taking notes and pictures and videos.

The event was occasioned by Governor Patterson’s proposed 90% tax on cigars and other tobacco products. The group maintains that such an onerous tax will cause many, many shops to close; with the attendant loss of jobs.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/6/19/la-palina-goldie-paley-capture-nyc.html"><rss:title>LA PALINA &amp; GOLDIE PALEY CAPTURE NYC</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/6/19/la-palina-goldie-paley-capture-nyc.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-06-19T09:22:37Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[New York City, 18 June…Thursday evening, 17 June, William C. Paley was the host at a Pre-launch Cocktail Party for his La Palina cigar. The event took place on the roof of The Empire Hotel, overlooking Lincoln Center.

 After acquiring the rights to his grandfather, Samuel Paley’s, more than 100 year old cigar from Max Rohr Co. (an entity owned by AltadisUSA), Paley collaborated with the late Avelino Lara of Cohiba fame, and Paolo Garzaroli of Graycliff – Lara’s last employer, in the Bahamas, to bring back the famed and highly successful turn of the century cigar.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/6/15/june-15th-column-the-13th-floor-drew-estate-culture-la-palin.html"><rss:title>June 15th Column: The 13th Floor, Drew Estate Culture, La Palina's Return, and Recent Cigar Events</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/6/15/june-15th-column-the-13th-floor-drew-estate-culture-la-palin.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-06-15T09:47:07Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[I don’t really know who Bryan White is…all I know is he is from Phoenix and somehow, he is a ‘friend’ of mine on Facebook. I also know that he’s got a cigar called 13th Floor and it is being made by El Titan de Bronze in Miami’s Little Havana. 

He must have smoked El Titan’s Redemption series which was blended by Willy Herrera. Sam Dribben of The Black Cat in Philadelphia calls Willy “…the successor to Pepin Garcia,” but that’s only because Sam has an obsession about Pepin. It is not the same obsession he had when Pepin was making his house brand, El Rey Miguel. It’s an obsession that began when Pepin elected to stop making that cigar. So, Sam takes these pointless, meaningless swipes at the Master in his catalogue.

But, I digress (which is not unusual for me). Bryan must have smoked the Redemption because it would convince anyone to have El Titan de Bronze make a cigar for them.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/6/1/another-redeeming-value-of-cigars.html"><rss:title>Another redeeming value of cigars</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/6/1/another-redeeming-value-of-cigars.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-06-01T11:22:08Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[If anyone doubts the redeeming value of cigars…this story, recently told to me, should eliminate all doubts. I am not going to use the names of the individuals or the cigar shop where the principals are customers.

It’s the story of a father, a cigar smoker, and customer of the shop, who wasn’t smoking as much as he used to, and his high school senior son, that started to smoke and to habituate the same shop. It was at a point in time when father and son were somewhat estranged.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/5/18/a-good-reason-to-go-to-baltimore.html"><rss:title>A Good Reason To Go To Baltimore</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/5/18/a-good-reason-to-go-to-baltimore.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-05-18T15:08:03Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[It was starting to confuse me! There’s a beautiful cigar bar and lounge in Weston, FL called “Smoke on the Water.” It’s owned by a friend, Dan Husley. He formerly owned Alligator Alley in Weston. So, I know where Smoke on the Water is. So why did I have to fly to BWI and head for the Inner Harbor in Baltimore for “Smoke on the Water”?  I was pondering it as I boarded a plane Thursday, 13 May.

This “Smoke on the Water” was a fantastic event staged at the Baltimore Museum of Industry, right on Baltimore’s Inner Harbour. It was a terrific setting and the weather cooperated. The event has been run for ten years by The Humidor Cigar Shoppe (10721 York Road, Coceysville, MD 21030 – 410.666.3212 – www.humidour.com) owned by Chris and Finnie Helmuth.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/5/15/new-cigars-blossom-in-springtime.html"><rss:title>New Cigars Blossom in Springtime</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/5/15/new-cigars-blossom-in-springtime.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-05-15T09:06:18Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[MIAMI CIGAR & COMPANY introduced their 1989, a tribute to the founding of the company in that year. Now, we await the coming of a very special cigar that will be introduced at the IPCPR in August in New Orleans. I shan’t say the name, but I will indicate that it is a term that is well known in Miami, FL. The cigars I have smoked are very different from anything in the NMC. They provide flavour, complexity and nuance, as one would expect from MC&C.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/5/3/la-aurora-107-hits-the-states.html"><rss:title>LA AURORA 107 HITS THE STATES</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/5/3/la-aurora-107-hits-the-states.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-05-03T09:04:26Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[Leading a posse from La Aurora that included Jose Blanco, Amaury Abreu and Jose Manuel Victoria, Guillermo Leon arrived in the U. S. to do four (4) serious events to launch La Aurora’s spectacular new cigar, La Aurora 107. So named, to commemorate the 107th year of the Dominican Republic’s oldest cigar manufacturer. Yes, compared to La Aurora they are all new-comers!]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/5/1/power.html"><rss:title>POWER!</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.cigarmedia.tv/the-arzt-of-cigars/2010/5/1/power.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-05-01T09:02:42Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[I have been saying it ever since the FDA was given dominion over tobacco products and now it has happened! The FDA will be posting a notice in June 2010 and then the famous 60 day period for comment, pro and con, will follow. And then, of course, they will implement their regulations!]]></content:encoded></rss:item></rdf:RDF>