Les Fies Lames, a company based in France has announced its Havana Streets series. It features the company’s signature Le Petit cigar knife with artwork paying homage to the city of Havana, Cuba. Produced in Thiers, a city known for being the hub of French cutlery, the Le Petit by Les Fines Lames is a […]
On Episode 248, it’s a World Series edition as welcome Micky Pegg of All Saints Cigars as our special guest. This show will be on as the Astros and Phillies battle it in game 5 of the 2022 World Series. This episode was not planned out like this as we scheduled this show a few […]
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 […]
Ozgener Family Cigars is shifting production of its core line Bosphorus to Tabacalera La Alianza, the factory owned by Ernesto Perez-Carrillo. The factory change was first reported by Cigar Aficionado. While the report gave no specifics on what is driving the change, the change is widely believed to be driven by the fallout of the […]
Earlier this week, Micallef Cigars began informing its retail partners that it will retire the entire Grande Bold portfolio of Cigars in January 2023. The Grande Bold portfolio was first launched at the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show. It consists of five blends and a total of 22 vitolas. These blends include the Ligero, Maduro, Mata […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Oveja Negra Brands announced the return of the Black Label Trading Company Morphine. Morphine is a limited edition cigar that was first introduced in 2014. Since then it had been an annual limited edition release, but in 2021 it was given a year off. Now it returns […]
Crowned Heads has announced its first limited edition release out of Nicaraguan American Cigars S.A. (NACSA), Azul y Oro. NACSA is a factory that Crowned Heads has started to work with. Last month the company announced it was moving production of its Le Pâtissier to NACSA. According to Crowned Heads, the genesis of the Azul […]
Tabacalera SLU has announced a new limited edition offering under its VegaFina brand known as the VegaFina Nicaragua Reserva Maestros. The VegaFina Nicaragua Reserva consists of 100% Nicaraguan tobaccos. This is the first time a “Reserva” has been offered under VegaFina. Reserva cigars typically have extra-aged tobaccos. In the case of the VegaFina Nicaragua Reserva, […]
This December, Altadis USA will release a limited edition cigar under the Romeo y Julieta brand known as the Romeo y Julieta Envy. Perhaps most striking is the green-colored packaging used on this release. The Romeo y Julieta Envy is a Nicaraguan puro that is being produced at the Plasencia factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. It […]
The Cigarette Store LLC (TCS) dba Smoker Friendly has announced it has acquired Collett Enterprises, Inc. Collett Enterprises is a chain of stores based out of Seymour, Indiana. Retail consumers in the region already know these locations as ‘Smoker Friendly’ stores, which have displayed the Smoker Friendly name and logo as a longtime licensee of […]
