MoyaRuiz has announced it’s 2015 limited edition, The Chinese Finger Trap. This will be the company’s second limited edition cigar following 2014’s La Jugada Nunchuck. The cigar will be available in one size, a 6 x 50 Toro with production is limited to 1,000 boxes of ten. The cigar has a targeted release at the end […]
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Agile Cigar Review: Viaje Zombie Super Shot 2015
William Cooper Agile Cigar Reviews 1 Comment 4.0 - Box Worthy, 91-93, Agile Cigar Review, Assessment Update, Viaje
Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews 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 […]
Cigar News: Flor de D’Crossier Selection 512 Commences Shipments
William Cooper Cigar News No Comments D'Crossier, News
Pure Aroma Cigars, makes of D’Crossier Cigars has announced the recently announced Flor de D’Crossier Selection 512 is now shipping to its authorized retailers. Flor de D’Crossier will be packaged in cedar-lined tins. The blend features an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, Costa Rican Sumatra binder as well as filler tobaccos from Costa Rica and the Dominican […]
Cigar News: Viaje Exclusivo Chiquito 2015 Released
William Cooper Cigar News No Comments 2015 Preview, News, Viaje
Viaje Cigars has shipped the 2015 edition of the Viaje Exclusivo Chiquito. The Chiquito is a 4 3/4 x 51 figuardo. It is a single small batch production that is only released once every two years to a select number of retailers. For 2015, a single retailer – Atlantic Cigars / The Cigar Republic is […]
Southern Cigar Festival: Final Event Preview
William Cooper Events Event, Southern Cigar Festival
When we got word of what was planned for the 2015 edition of the Southern Cigar Festival, we knew there was something very special about this event. The combination of a world class venue, the best of the best of the cigar industry, and a host of amenities providing true southern hospitality easily put this […]
Cigar News: Viaje Summerfest 2015
William Cooper Cigar News No Comments 2015 Preview, News, Viaje
Viaje Cigars has announced the availability of the Viaje Summerfest 2015. The Summerfest makes its return after a one year hiatus. As Viaje founder Andre Farkas told us on Episode 136 of Stogie Geeks, the Summerfest 2015 will be produced in a new factory and new country – the TABSA factory in Nicaragua. The cigar […]
Cigar News: Viaje Announces Availability of TNT and C-4 Editions
William Cooper Cigar News No Comments 2015 Preview, News, Viaje
Viaje’s first cigars from the Dominican Republic and PDR Cigars are now heading to retailers. The company has announced on its Facebook page that these Independence Day-themed cigars will be shipping this week to its preferred retailers. In an added twist, the cigars will use a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper – a first for Viaje. As […]
Cigar News: Black Label Trading Company Morphine Returns for 2015
William Cooper Cigar News No Comments 2015 Preview, Black Label Trading Company, Fabrica de Oveja Negra, News
Black Label Trading Company has announced its 2015 of its small batch Morphine. The 2015 Morphine release will feature a new blend available in three sizes and produced at the company’s new factory, Fabrica Oveja Negra. The cigars are scheduled to launch on June 27, 2015 with a national release party planned at Underground Cigar […]
Cigar Review: Ortega Larceny by Sean Williams
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 3.5 - Box Split, 88-90, Larceny, Review
Larceny is the first collaborative project between cigar industry veterans Eddie Ortega of Ortega Premium Cigars and Sean Williams of El Primer Mundo (EPM). The premise of this collaboration is that Ortega and Williams would each produce a blend to satisfy the other’s palate. The cigars received by each brand owner would be released under that brand owner’s name. […]
Cigar News: Sosa Cigars Bring Imperio Cubano Back to Miami
William Cooper Cigar News No Comments 2015 Preview, News, Sosa
With Sosa Cigars celebrating their 50 years in the cigar business. parent company Antillian Cigar Company is reaching into the past and revitalizing cigars from the brand’s past. As a part of that initiative, the company has announced that it is relaunching and reblending its Imperio Cubano line with both a natural and a maduro […]