The Professor comes to Prime Time On Episode 71, José Blanco makes his Prime Time debut. We will not only catch up on José’s happenings at E.P. Carrillo, but we will do an extended deliberations segment where we will cover a potpourri of industry topics. This will be an episode you won’t want to miss. […]
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 […]
On the eve of the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, Nicholas Melillo and Foundation Cigar Company announced a project it was doing with a new cigar company called Highclere Cigar Company. For this project, Melillo developed a blend that would be distributed by his Foundation Cigar Company. Highclere Cigar Company was founded by George Herbert, who […]
Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Company has released the 2012 by Oscar Reserva Original. It’s a limited edition project being done for Houston-based retailer Serious Cigars, the retail chain owned by Tabacalera U.S.A. According to Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Company, the 2012 by Oscar Reserva Original started out as a personal release by company founder Oscar […]
Look who is coming to Prime Time. On Episode 71, José Blanco makes his Prime Time debut. We will not only catch up on José’s happenings at E.P. Carrillo, but we will do an extended deliberations segment where we will cover a potpourri of industry topics. This will be an episode you won’t want […]
It’s GTO Dominican Cigars’ 10th anniversary, and next week the company will have a release to commemorate the milestone, a cigar called Corona del Cibao. Corona del Cibao means “Crown of the Valley” and it refers to the famed tobacco growing region in the Dominican Republic. The blend uses 100% proprietary tobaccos from the company’s […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Fred Rewey and Nomad Cigar Company showcased three cigar lines that would come out of James Brown’s Fabrica Oveja Negra operation. At the time, the cigars were introduced in a limited fashion in order to avoid an August 8, 2016 deadline imposed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration […]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has updated its Unified Regulatory Agenda on two areas that are of interest to premium cigar enthusiasts: if/how premium cigars should be regulated and if/how flavored tobacco products should be regulated. The Unified Regulatory Agenda is published twice a year and provides a status of upcoming regulations. While […]
The Archetype Mini-Series, a three-cigar trilogy that had a launch from Ventura Cigar Company at the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, is now heading to retailers. The trilogy consists of three blends: Crystals, Curses, and Cloaks. It is the first major project by Ventura Cigar Company since Michael Giannini became the General Manager of the brand. […]
On Friday, October 19th, Davidoff will release its latest installment in its Vault Series, the Davidoff Puro Dominicano 2009. The Puro Dominicano 2009 is a cigar that is said to be one of the first Dominican puro cigars released by Davidoff. The filler includes four different Habano seed filler tobaccos from four varying regions of the […]
