At InterTabac 2022, Maya Selva Cigars announced it will be adding a 6 x 52 Toro size to its Flor de Selva N°20 line. The Toro features a Honduran Jamastrán wrapper with Honduran binders and fillers. According to Maya Selva Cigars, this wrapper comes straight from Maya Selva’s Santa Eulalia Farm located in the renowned Valley […]
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has announced a new value-priced premium handmade flavored line of smokes called FLVR. There will be five front marks available in the FLVR line FLVR will be distributed by STG’s Forged Cigar Company and is expected to be available in all channels of retail starting in early October. “FLVR delivers an […]
The Plasencia Alma Fuerte Colorado Claro Eduardo I, a cigar introduced at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, is heading to retailers. The Plasencia Alma Fuerte Colorado Claro is a Nicaraguan puro highlighted by a Colorado Claro wrapper. The Eduardo I is a 6 1/4 x 54 box-pressed Toro and is the second […]
El Septimo Geneva has announced it is partnering with Privada Cigar Club for a release called the El Septimo Zaya Nueva Reserva. It’s a cigar that will be sold through Privada’s retail distribution arm, the Limited Cigar Association. The cigar will initially be available at Limited Cigar Association retailers beginning on Friday, October 7th. While […]
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust (DTT) has announced it has recently added Uniflame, SA to its list of international cigar distributors. Uniflame will handle the distribution of DTT products in Greece. “For us the focus has always been the cigars first and if we did that right, the sales would follow,” stated Steve Saka, the founder and […]
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 primarily used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or in some cases giving a score for the first time. It might be […]
On Episode 240, Jarrid Trudeau, Executive Vice President of Kristoff Cigars returns to the Prime Time Show as our special guest. 2022 is looking like a busy year for Kristoff and we will catch up with Jarrid on all of the happenings. Plus, we will talk to Jarrid about his new role as a member […]
While AJ Fernandez’s footprint was certainly present at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, when it came to his own brands, the decision was made to skip this year’s Trade Show. From a personal standpoint, I always enjoy visiting the AJ Fernandez booth and seeing AJ and the team. The good news is […]
Altadis U.S.A. is one of the “Big Four” companies that withdrew from the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show back in 2020. Altadis U.S.A. has seemed to have found its groove since pulling out of the PCA Trade Show. The company has spread its releases out throughout the year without having the releases compete with […]
AJ Fernandez Cigar Company is getting ready to release its fifth blend under its New World line, the New World Dorado. Dorado means “gold” and it is the name of one of AJ Fernandez’s farms in Estelí, Nicaragua. Fernandez gave the farm the name because he noticed a golden tint to the soil. The cigar […]
