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Longest Cigar in the World

Congratulations to Wally Reyes, cigars.about.com's 2006 Man of the Year. On November 18, 2006, Wally, with his wife Margarita, and his assistants made the world's longest cigar , bringing that honor back to the United States. The previous record was a 66-foot cigar rolled in Cuba, but last Saturday at Tampa's Cigar Heritage Festival in Ybor City, Wally Reyes, co-owner of Gonzalez Habano Cigar Company , rolled a "smokable" cigar that measured an amazing 101 feet long! The cigar was one inch in diameter (that's a 64 ring gauge in cigar lingo), and consumed over $5,000 in tobacco leafs. Wally's cigar is expected to be added to the Guinness World Records, unless someone else can build an even longer cigar before the next edition (highly unlikely!).

I had the pleasure of meeting Wally at this historic event while the cigar was being rolled, and he invited us inside his cigar tent to take some fantastic pictures and video of the proceedings. We'll be posting our multimedia coverage of the entire festival right here on this website in the next few days, but in the mean time, congrats to Wally Reyes, our 2006 Man of the Year.

Wally Reyes (left) and Gary Manelski

Photo: 2006 © Gary Manelski Licensed to About.com, Inc.

Monday November 20, 2006

Video of World's Longest Cigar

A few weeks ago, we posted some exclusive pictures of Wally Reyes making the longest cigar in the world at Tampa's Cigar Heritage Festival, establishing a new Guinness World Record at 101 feet. However, if you wish you were able to observe the proceedings more like you were actually there, your wish has just come true. We have now documented the making of the world's longest stogie in our exclusive Windows Media Cigar Video .

 

 

 

 

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