Embassy Cigar Lounge and Globe & Laurel Restaurant Football Tailgates

Join us at the Embassy Cigar Lounge and Globe & Laurel Restaurant starting the week-end of September 8th and 9th for the “ECL Football Tailgates”.  We have 3 High-Definition screens for watching the games. On Saturday, September 8th the ECL will open from noon until 10:00 PM for College Football. On Sunday, September 9th the ECL will open from noon till 8:00 PM for NFL Football. We are planning to have some typical tailgate items Read more…

The Black Label Trading Company

Black Label Trading Co., established in 2013, was born out of a passion for cigars and a love of Nicaraguan tobacco. James Brown, cigar maker, Sommelier, contemporary artist, adventure traveler and entrepreneur has spent the last several years living in and exploring the tobacco regions of Central America.  Royalty, Benediction, Salvation, Lawless & Last Rites were among the first blends released. “I wanted to create something different, an experience, to re-think cigar making and make Read more…

New Owners and Upgrades to the Lounge

We have exciting news. The new owners of the Embassy Cigar Lounge are: Art Bennet Charlie Curry Khalil Karadshi Dave Knapp Rick Spooner Major Spooner Mike Truelove   We’ve been making some upgrades to the lounge to include a much larger selection of premium cigars at competitive prices. We’ve also reduced the annual fee for locker owners and are adding new lockers.   Keep an eye on the calendar as we will be opening the Read more…

Manuel Inoa Coming to the Embassy Cigar Lounge!

The Embassy Cigar Lounge is pleased to announce that Manuel Inoa, the Master Blender at La Aurora and the man behind La Aurora Cigars’ most sought after blends will be conducting an exclusive blending seminar in the lounge on Friday, 15 April 2016 from 6 –9 PM. This will be by reservation only and we only have 25 seats available.  First come – first served.  Reserve your place at the seminar by pre-purchasing your blending Read more…

The CAO Pilon is in our inventory!

CAO is known for their laundry list of 90+ rated blends and for being one of the most innovative brands in the industry. Now with their new release, CAO Pilon, they are resurrecting a seldom used and costly fermentation method, the circular pilon. A standard tobacco pilon is basically a pile of tobacco ‘hands,’ which are 10-15 tobacco leaves tied together, that are allowed to heat up and ferment. With a circular pilon the hands Read more…

Scotch 101 6-8 pm on Friday, 29 January

We are excited to announce that we are going to be offering Scotch 101: Scotch tasting and class hosted by Matt Archibald on 29 January. Matt served in the Canadian Army for 13 years and chewed some dirt with plenty of Marines in Helmand and now is a professor at JHU. He is also a huge scotch aficionado and routinely hosts events and teaches about scotch. Matt will go through a little background of scotch, Read more…

Casa Miranda

Courtesy of Blind Man’s Puff (Blind tasted by 5 reviewers) Vital Stats: Vitola: Robusto Length: 4.5? Ring Gauge: 50 Country of Origin: Nicaragua Wrapper: Nicaraguan Corojo Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Brazil, Dominican Republic and Nicaragua Factory: My Father Cigar Factory Blender: Nestor Miranda Age: 2 Months Rest Release Date: July 2013 Contributed by: Miami Cigar & Company Cigar Review: Casa Miranda Robusto Initial Impressions Appearance: 90 “Upon first glance, I notice that this cigar is sporting Read more…

Viva Republica Propaganda

Tasting Notes Courtesy of Casa Fumandas.com Viva Republica is headed by Jason Holly, who is also in charge of product development for Miami Cigar and Co.  Their other releases include the Rapture and Guerilla Warfare lines, as well as a line called C4W V-Day Limited Edition Charitable Release, with all wholesale proceeds going to Operation Cigars for Warriors.   The Viva Republica cigars are made at La Aurora’s E. León Jimenez factory in the Dominican Read more…

Viva Republica Guerrilla Warfare

Courtesy of Half Wheel: Tasting Notes Courtesy of Half Wheel.Com Country of Origin: Dominican Republic Factory: E. León Jimenes Tabacalera Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sumatra Binder: Dominican Republic & Mexico Filler: Brazil, Dominican Republic & Nicaragua Size: 4 Inches Ring Gauge: 41 Vitola: Petit Corona MSRP: n/a Release Date: April 2013 Number of Cigars Released: 20,000 Total Cigars The Guerrilla Warfare is a well made cigar, with a mottled brown wrapper that is silky smooth to the touch, but has multiple obvious veins running down its length. It is Read more…