Back on Episode 192 of Stogie Geeks, Viaje President Andre Farkas discussed a new project he was launching at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show known as the Viaje Birthday Blend. The Birthday Blend draws its inspiration from Old Forester’s Birthday Bourbon, which is an annual release to commemorate Old Forester founder George Garvin Brown’s birthday. […]
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 […]
The Smoke Inn 20th Anniversary by Davidoff is termed the eleventh installment in Smoke Inn’s MicroBlend Series. The Smoke Inn Microblend Series concept involves the South Florida retailer teaming up with some of the biggest names in the cigar industry to produce a small batch limited run exclusive to its shops. The series was originally launched late […]
The Herrera Esteli TAA Exclusive is Drew Estate’s limited edition entry into the 2016 TAA Exclusive Series. While Drew Estate has had an on-going TAA Exclusive offering with its Acid Big Bang, this marks Drew Estate’s first traditional offering as a TAA exclusive. The blend for the Herrera Esteli TAA Exclusive was created by Drew […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Fred Rewey and Nomad Cigar Company launched a new blend known as the Nomad GB-19. The cigar marks Rewey’s first foray into producing a candela wrapped blend. The name GB-19 pays homage to Rewey’s favorite football team, the Green Bay Packers. Rewey who is known to to use numbers in […]
Recently Villiger North America has announced it was re-introducing the Villiger 1888 line into the U.S. market. The Villiger 1888 was introduced several years ago as a limited production offering to commemorate the Swiss-based company’s 120th anniversary (1888 represents the year the family-owned company was founded). The line is now back – keeping the blend intact […]
The Fonseca Nicaragua is a new line launched by Quesada Cigars in 2016. Fonseca is one of the oldest brands in the Quesada Cigars portfolio; but prior to the release of the Fonseca Nicaragua the brand had not seen a new release since 2013’s Fonseca Cubano Exclusivo. With the Fonseca Nicaragua, it marks a very […]
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 […]
Viaje Cigars has built a reputation for incorporating seasonal holiday themed cigar releases into its small batch model. In 2009, the company introduced one of its earlier holiday releases with the Viaje Holiday Blend – a cigar released for the Christmas Holiday. In 2012, Viaje expanded the Christmas-themed releases to include a second cigar, the […]
For the past five years, La Flor Dominicana has provided a cigar as a part of the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series. This year the 2016 installment was the La Flor Dominicana TAA 48 (the “48” refers to the 48th edition of the TAA’s annual convention). To support that release, the La Flor […]
