Each year on the eve of the opening of the IPCPR Trade Show and Convention, an opening night reception is held. In 2017, General Cigar Company was the host of the event. General Cigar not only put on a gala opening reception, but used the event to launch two new products under its Macanudo Inspirado […]
The Zino brand was established back in 2003 and was targeted to offer high-quality premium cigars to a younger, more contemporary audience. Over the past few years, the brand has become one of the dormant ones in the Davidoff portfolio. (During the past five years, Davidoff has focused on building its Black Label Discovery Series […]
Last November came word of Altadis U.S.A.’s latest collaborative project, the Montecristo Ciudad de Musica. This project is a three-way collaboration among Altadis U.S.A., Crowned Heads Cigars, and Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr’s Tabacalera La Alianza factory. The past four years have seen Altadis U.S.A. teaming up with other factories and brands for collaborations, but for Crowned […]
At the 2017 ProCigar Festival, La Aurora Cigars showcased a new line in its portfolio called La Aurora ADN Dominicano. Later, at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, the La Aurora ADN Dominicano would have a full launch. The distinguishing characteristic of this cigar is that it contains andullo tobacco. Andullo tobacco is something that is […]
The Epic Habano is the third regular production line to be released by Epic Cigars. The line made its official debut at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas. Epic Cigars was founded and is owned by Dean Parsons. Parsons had been working in the real estate business in the Turks & Caicos Islands. […]
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 […]
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 […]
At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, Altadis U.S.A. introduced the Montecristo Grupo de Maestros Private Batch III. As the name indicates, this is the third installment of the Montecristo Grupo de Maestros line, a limited edition series from Altadis U.S.A. The Grupo de Maestros team represents some of Altadis’ most skilled cigar […]
Back in 2015, Arturo Fuente Cigars would introduce two limited production cigars that would celebrate a couple of milestones. May 6th of 2015 would mark the 80th birthday of family patriarch Carlos Fuente Sr. At the same time, the company was getting ready to commemorate 40 years of its Don Carlos brand in 2016. Given […]
In 2017, GTO Dominican Cigars launched a line known as Anesthésia. GTO Dominican Cigars is a small boutique vertically integrated company owned by Dr. Oscar Rodriguez. The brand has built a solid following in the southeast part of the United States. The GTO Anesthésia release was designed to be the company’s fullest bodied offering to […]
