My Father Cigars will once again be a part of the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA)’s Exclusive Series of cigars. At the 2018 TAA Convention held this week at Casa del Campo in La Romana, Dominican Republic, the company formally announced a lancero size of its Flor de las Antillas brand would be a part […]
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Editor’s Corner Volume 7, Number 6: Three Cs Add Up to One Big C
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If you have been watching our Prime Time Show, we have been focusing a lot on cigar reviews and cigar scoring. We’ve tried to point out some of the best practices as well as some of the pitfalls when it comes to reviewing a cigar. While reviewers may all have different methodologies, I believe there […]
Cigar News: Drew Estate to Launch Liga Privada No. 9 Corona Viva at CIGARfest
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Drew Estate has announced it is adding its popular Corona Viva to its Liga Privada No. 9 line. The cigar will have a soft-launch at coinciding with Cigar International’s 15th annual CIGARfest taking place the weekend of May 3rd. The Corona Viva first made its debut in the Undercrown line in 2012. The Undercrown Corona […]
Cigar Review: Casa Fernandez Miami Tobacco Haven 30th
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In 2018, Tobacco Haven, a family-run retailer out of Brookline, New Hampshire is celebrating 30 years in business. To commemorate the occasion, Tobacco Haven has commissioned Casa Fernandez Cigars for a limited edition shop exclusive, the Casa Fernandez Miami Tobacco Haven 30th. Casa Fernandez Cigars has recently rebranded its company name as Aganorsa Leaf, but the Casa […]
Cigar News: E.P. Carrillo Announces TAA Exclusive
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E.P. Carrillo is joining the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA)’s party of exclusive releases. Today E.P. Carrillo Senior Vice President José Blanco showed off the company’s first ever TAA Cigar, the E.P. Carrillo TAA Exclusive 2018. Blanco says the cigar consists of a Connecticut Habano wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler. The cigar is available […]
Cigar News: Gurkha Announces First TAA Cigar
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Information continues to trickle out at a slow pace in regards to the exclusive cigars being released in 2018 for the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA). Today Gurkha announced it will be joining the party with its first TAA cigar, the Gurkha Heritage Rosado Toro. The cigar is an extension to its Gurkha Heritage […]
Cigar News: Rocky Patel Sun Grown Maduro DeSocio Heading to Alliance Cigar
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Rocky Patel Premium Cigars has become the latest company to participate in Alliance Cigar’s exclusive DeSocio Series. Today the company announced that a 5 3/4 x 46 size of the popular Corona Gorda will become a part of the series. The DeSocio series is a set of exclusive sizes of popular cigar blends that are […]
Cigar News: Southern Draw Announces Rose of Sharon Perfecto as Second IGNITE Release
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Southern Draw Cigars has announced that the Rose of Sharon Perfecto will be the second installment of its collaborative charity project. The IGNITE Rose of Sharon Perfecto will be done in collaboration with Famous Smoke Shop and make its debut at a launch event hosted at Leaf Cigar Bar and Restaurant in Easton, Pennsylvania on […]
Prime Time Special Edition #29 Extra Cut: Tom Lazuka, Asylum Cigars
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While at C.L.E. Cigar Company World Headquarters in Miami for our Prime Time goes Daytime broadcast, we ran into Asylum Cigars co-owner Tom Lazuka. We caught up with Tom on the latest happenings at Asylum Cigars as well as his beloved Michigan Sports. This episode ran live just following our regular Prime Time Special Edition #29 broadcast. Don’t […]
Cigar News: Cubariqueño Cigar Company to Introduce Fourth Line with Protocol Official Misconduct
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Cubariqueño Cigar Company has announced the release of its fourth line, Protocol Official Misconduct. Once again, the name of the line keeps to the theme of law enforcement as owners Bill Ives and Juan Cancel serve as police officers and Bill Agathis is an attorney. Produced at Erik Espinosa’s La Zona factory, the Protocol […]