Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
At the XXI Festival del Habano, Habanos SA introduced a new line extension to its Punch brand called Short de Punch. It’s a new regular production offering that is positioned as a shorter, thicker cigar. Short de Punch measures 50 x 120mm (50 x 4 3/4). While there have been several Punch Edición Regional releases […]
Governor Ralph Northam of the Commonwealth of Virginia has signed into a law a bill that will raise the legal age to purchase tobacco products to age 21. Virginia joins Hawaii, California, New Jersey, Maine, Oregon, and Massachusetts as states where the tobacco purchase age is now 21. Based on the Virginia code, any laws passed during the […]
For Episode 85 of Prime Time, Zev Kaminetsky makes his debut. Zev’s the National Sales Director for Royal Agio Cigars and he will be in-studio as we talk about the noise Royal Agio Cigars is beginning to make. In our Debonaire Ideal, we will try to find the positives about air-travel, and in our Deliberation […]
The second gala night of the XXI Festival del Habano was held in Havana Cuba on February 21st, 2019. The brand in the spotlight for the evening was Hoyo de Monterrey, and the Festival used the evening to showcase the first Gran Reserva release in Hoyo de Monterrey’s history, the Hoyo de Monterrey Gran Reserva […]
In 2016, Habanos SA released a regional release to Great Britain under its Juan Lopez line known as the Juan Lopez Selección Superba Edicion Regional Gran Bretaña. Looking at the massive portfolio for Habanos SA, the Juan Lopez brand is one of the smaller ones. However over the years it has sustained a popular following […]
For Episode 85 of Prime Time Zev Kaminetsky makes his debut. Zev’s the National Sales Director for Royal Agio Cigars and he will be in-studio as we talk about the noise Royal Agio Cigars is beginning to make. In our Debonaire Ideal, we will try to find the positives about air-travel, and in our Deliberation […]
The first night of the XXI Festival de Habano paid homage to the 500th anniversary of Havana. On center stage that evening was Habanos S.A.’s San Cristobal de la Habana, the brand named for the city of Havana which was celebrating its 20th anniversary. On the gala evening, a special limited edition handcrafted humidor was […]
Who are those people who have “it”? Who are the ones that what they touch turns to gold and get the attention of everyone around them? We’re dubbing this “The Midas Touch” and tonight we will look at who in the cigar industry falls into that category, and some names that at one time were […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Black Label Trading Company has announced that its 2019 vintage of Bishops Blend is now heading to stores. Bishops Blend is produced at the company’s factory, Fabrica Oveja Negra is Estelí, Nicaragua. In the U.S. distribution is handled by Boutiques Unified. Bishops Blend Vintage 2018 features the same blend and is available in the same […]
Kerry Horney also known as Kerr Viajante, owner of Viajante’s Stogie Road Diaries vlog, has announced he is launching a cigar brand known as El Viajante. The first release will be a cigar produced at Dr. Gaby Kafie‘s Tabacalera Kafie y Cia factory in Honduras known as El Viajante Cigar Edition XXXV. It’s the first […]
