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jazzman Offline
#1 Posted: Tue, Dec 17 2002, 6:15 PM EST
Joined: 11-06-2000
Posts: 1,012
I was perusing the CA cigar ratings tonite and I noticed they had the Lone Wolf Vintage Series corona rated 88. Are they serious? How much did Norris and Belushi pay for that rating?
laxman Offline
#2 Posted: Tue, Dec 17 2002, 6:44 PM EST
Joined: 11-02-2002
Posts: 103
Tis true, some of their ratings (Ok, a lot of them) seem a little off, for example, the above stated, ahem, cigar brand. However, I do find some of their articles rather interesting. Is CA all that bad??

--Adam
GetYourOwn Offline
#3 Posted: Tue, Dec 17 2002, 7:25 PM EST
Joined: 04-05-2002
Posts: 734
Where the heck were you tonight Jazzman. You missed a good mini-herf. One of them gave me some sort of a Joyo de Nicaragua that knocked my socks off!
RICKAMAVEN Offline
#4 Posted: Tue, Dec 17 2002, 11:46 PM EST
Joined: 10-01-2000
Posts: 33,248
ca is that bad. it's the playboy of the cigar smokers, except they show naked cigars and 8 thousand dollar stereos and wine that no one can afford, and clothes that no one even dreams about. it's a fantasy, including their taste tests.
bassithound Offline
#5 Posted: Wed, Dec 18 2002, 4:24 AM EST
Joined: 07-24-2002
Posts: 118
I like the pictures, take the ratings with a grain of salt, but no matter what cigar company, one that advertises in CA or not, if they get a high CA review, they use it!
CanyonDVM Offline
#6 Posted: Wed, Dec 18 2002, 4:41 AM EST
Joined: 10-26-2002
Posts: 259
I enjoy reading CA but take their ratings with a major grain of salt. They're alot like Wine Spectator, big ad budgets tend to get good reviews, but, smaller companies that are well rated are frequently worth a try.
5augie5 Offline
#7 Posted: Wed, Dec 18 2002, 4:48 AM EST
Joined: 12-02-1999
Posts: 165
If you ever tried the lone wolf's when they first came out, you might agree with CA. I don't know what happened to the originals, but most of us agree that the crap they sell now is.....well, crap.

As for CA, I'm a subscriber and always read the reviews, but rarely base a purchase on them. Take the information they give and compare it with other reviews if you care. There is only one review for me thats worth a sht, that's mine!

Augie
DrMaddVibe Offline
#8 Posted: Wed, Dec 18 2002, 4:57 AM EST
Joined: 10-21-2000
Posts: 55,513
If they dissapeared today, I wouldn't miss them!

Do yourselves and your tastebuds a favor, pick up an issue of Smoke magazine. Better articles and HONEST reviews!
Charlie Offline
#9 Posted: Wed, Dec 18 2002, 6:55 AM EST
Joined: 06-16-2002
Posts: 39,751
I don't tend to agree on articles in Smoke being better than the ones in CA, but it is a good magazine! All of these magazines whether they are Photography, Automobile, Skiing etc, will not give BAD reviews to the big advertisers! Fact of life, and you have to be able to look beyond that little factor and judge for yourself!

Charlie
cwilhelmi Offline
#10 Posted: Wed, Dec 18 2002, 8:38 AM EST
Joined: 07-24-2001
Posts: 2,739
CanyonDVM - CA and Wine Spectator are owned by the same company, hence the similarities. Shanken has articles in both...
SteveS Offline
#11 Posted: Wed, Dec 18 2002, 9:46 AM EST
Joined: 01-13-2002
Posts: 8,751
Ratings, schmatings ... I remember the first time I went into a cigar store that had displayed the ratings of the various cigars ... in answer to a question I asked, I was shown the rating, as if that were the answer to my question ... implication was, if it was rated an 89, it was by definition better than if it were rated 88 ...

Well, as someone else in this forum recently wrote, I might have been born at night, but not LAST night ... I sure as hell don't know everything, but know enough to realize that taste varies widely from one individual to another ...

That particular store has long since thrown out the little ratings signs ... I recommend you all do the same ... pay absolutely NO attention to the rating, it means absolutely NOTHING other than it is someone elses OPINION, not a fact and that other person (or panel of people) might have their opinion swayed by a number of factors not the least of which is $$$$$$$ ...

Smoke different cigars, remember which ones you like and which ones you don't ... buy and smoke more of the ones you like ... period.
huttman78 Offline
#12 Posted: Wed, Dec 18 2002, 10:01 AM EST
Joined: 02-06-2002
Posts: 115
Celestino Vega getting an 89 says it all for me!!!!!
Intel Offline
#13 Posted: Wed, Dec 18 2002, 4:28 PM EST
Joined: 06-24-2002
Posts: 546
I love the Mag, you look through it see a full page advertisement for some new off the wall brand made from god only knows what type of leaf and then just like magic you open to the ratings and there it is. "With a fine finish, a hint of almond, coco, and a old sneaker. This is destined to be the smoke of perfect people with perfect teeth, and above average children. We gave it a 92." Come on cut the crap if I could afford a page they would rate my hair butt a 91.
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