Cazadores is a new value-priced brand that will be coming out of the La Aurora factory. The brand will feature three vitolas priced between $3.75 and $4.25. The blend features a Connecticut wrapper, Indonesian binder, and fillers from the Dominican Republic. The cigars will be available in three sizes (Robusto, Toro, and Belicoso). Each size […]
For many years, Jochy Blanco built his reputation as a highly acclaimed grower and blender. In 2015, he decided to enter the market with his own brand. He would acquire IndianHead Cigars from Bill Bock (who had decided to retire). At the time IndianHead Cigars was mostly focused on value-priced cigars, so concurrently Blanco added […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Pier 28 Premium Cigars introduced its third line, the Pier 28 Oscuro. The Pier 28 Oscuro is described as a bold and sweet blend. The cigar features a Brazilian Oscuro wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and fillers. The cigar is offered in four sizes: Rabito (6 1/2 x 46), Robusto (5 […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, PDR Cigars launched a coffee flavored offshoot of its PDR 1878 line known as PDR 1878 Roast Cafe. The cigars come in three blends: Natural Roast, Medium Roast, and Dark Roast. Each of the PDR 1878 Roast Cafe blends are coffee flavored offshoots of existing PDR 1878 blends. […]
When it comes to the cigar industry, there is a line from a John Lennon song that sticks in my head “Nobody told me there would be days like these”. That’s what happened last week when a controversy erupted following a Cigar Aficionado article on Altria’s position on FDA regulation submitted as a part of […]
The track record for companies who opt to skip an IPCPR Trade Show is not good, but for Southern Draw Cigars they went against all odds. They returned to the IPCPR Trade Show in 2017 and the consensus was they had an excellent IPCPR. The company returned in 2018, and they knocked it out of […]
Glen Case and Kristoff Cigars showed up with a Vengeance – literally. For 2018, Kristoff Cigars’ signature release was the Kristoff Vengeance. At one time, Vengeance was a brand produced by Case that did not have the Kristoff name on it. In 2011, the Vengeance line was rebranded as the Kristoff GC Signature Series. However, […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, La Palina Cigars introduced a short chunky Robusto line extension to its La Palina Bronze Label line known as the Bullet. The La Palina Bronze Label features a Habano wrapper over a Honduran binder and a combination of Honduran and Nicaraguan filler. The cigars are packaged in 20-count boxes. […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, HVC Cigars introduced a Connecticut Broadleaf cigar. It’s a cigar coming out of Aganorsa Leaf’s Tabacos de Valle Jalapa S.A. (TABSA) factory, HVC’s manufacturing partner. Significantly, the Broadleaf wrapper is not something commonly seen out of TABSA. In addition to the Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper, it features Nicaraguan binder and […]
Get your bacon and Nomad cigar ready as the one and only Fred Rewey of Nomad Cigar Company will be returning as a special guest of Prime Time. Nomad has a new release about to hit stores called the Nomad Signature, and we will catch up on that and all the happenings at Nomad. It’s […]
