Many know Nate McIntyre as the current Eastern Sales Manager for Cubanacan Cigars and former National Sales Manager at House of Emilio. Recently, McIntyre added a new title to his resume – brand owner. Back in September, McIntyre announced the launch of his own cigar brand, Percy Ray Cigars. The brand is slated to have […]
Agile Cigar Review: La Bohème Encantador Fenice by Boutique Blends Cigars
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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: Crowned Heads Four Kicks Black Belt Buckle Becomes Latest Shop Exclusive to Famous Cigar Shop
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Easton, Pennsylvania-based retailer Famous Smoke Shop has announced its third major shop exclusive project in the past two weeks. This time the retailer is teaming up with Crowned Heads cigars to produce a special line extension to the Four Kicks line called, the Four Kicks Black Belt Buckle. The cigar is expected to be available […]
Cigar News: Nomad H-Town San Andres Lancero
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Nomad Cigar Company has become the latest company to join Houston, Texas-based Stogies World Class Cigars H-Town Collection. The H-Town Collection is a group of shop-exclusive, limited production lancero cigars. These lanceros are provided by leading cigar manufacturers sold exclusively at Stogies. For its contribution, Nomad delivers an all-new blend called the Nomad H-Town San […]
Cigar News: Fratello Announces Availability of The Boxer Series
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Fratello Cigars’ limited edition release, The Boxer Series is now available. Today, the company officially launched the release at W. Curtis Draper in Washington, DC and should be heading to retailers in the near future. The Boxer Series adds four new vitolas using Fratello Boxer blend. The Fratello Boxer was released in 2014 and was […]
Cigar News: CLE Announces Availability of Aladino
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CLE Cigar Company has announced the availability of its new Aladino Cigars line. Aladino is one of three cigar lines that made a debut at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show that were spearheaded by CLE Cigar Company founder Christian Eiroa’s father, Julio Eiroa. Aladino is a Honduran puro that features tobacco grown in the Jamastran […]
Cigar News: Sindicato Maniac to Offer 70 Ring Vitolas
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Sindicato Cigars will introduce a new line that will focus on the large ring gauge craze. The Sindicato Maniac will introduce two vitolas that will feature a 7 x 70 size. On the 11/14/15 edition of Kiss My Ash Radio, company CEO and President Jim Colucci discussed the project. Maniac will feature an Ecuadorian Habano […]
Cigar News: Justin Andrews Joins General Cigar
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Justin Andrews, best known for his tenure as Vice President at Lou Rodriguez Cigars is returning to the cigar industry. Andrews announced on his Facebook page, he has accepted a Creative Marketing Position at General Cigar working along side Michael Giannini. Andrews commented on his Facebook page: I am happy to announce that I have accepted […]
Cigar News: MBombay KeSara Vintage Reserve Nikka to be Released in December
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Bombay Tobak has announced an extension to its MBombay KeSara blend called the KeSara Vintage Reserve Nikka. The concept behind the Nikka is to take the build on the KeSara blend and take it a step further, by delivering a more enriching cigar experience for the cigar smoker. The cigar is scheduled to be released […]
Cigar News: Alec Bradley 1600 Brazilian First Crop and Alec Bradley 1633 to Be Shop Exclusives to Famous Smoke Shop
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Easton, Pennsylvania-based retailer Famous Smoke Shop has announced a pair of shop exclusive cigars from Alec Bradley – the Alec Bradley 1600 Brazilian First Crop and Alec Bradley 1633. Both cigars pay homage to years when tobacco crops were first planted in the New World. As the name indicates the Alec Bradley 1600 Brazilian First […]