As the name indicates, the Rocky Patel Ray Lewis Legends 52 is a cigar blended by Rocky Patel for NFL all-pro Ray Lewis. It is the latest cigar in a series of cigars made by Rocky Patel Premium Cigars for sports celebrities. In 2013, there were plans to launch the Ray Lewis Legends 52 at the IPCPR Trade […]
Last Fall, L’Atelier Imports announced its first regional limited edition release called the L’Atelier LAT SEC. As the name indicates, this was a release that was done to the select L’Atelier retailers in the Southeastern United States. In addition to being the company’s first regional release, it also introduced the first box-pressed cigar to carry […]
In 2014, Quesada Cigars celebrated the 40th anniversary of when Manuel (Manolo) Quesada opened the MATASA factory in the Dominican Republic. To commemorate the occasion, Quesada Cigars released the Quesada 40th Anniversary line. This line featured five vitolas developed by Quesada’s daughters Raquel and Patricia using a San Andres wrapper. In addition, there was a sixth vitola that […]
Last month Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s Metro Cigars received a shop-exclusive release from Espinosa Cigars called the Espinosa Cream City MKE. The Cream City pays homage to the city of Milwaukee. While Milwaukee is known as the “brew city” for its long history in the beer business, it has also been referred to as the Cream City. […]
Earlier this year, LH Premium Cigars announced it was adding a lancero vitola to its lines. LH (Lavida Habana) Premium Cigars is a company that was founded by tobacconists Nick Syris and Omar Nasr. The company started out offering cigars to Lavida Habana lounges in the Middle East and grew in popularity in that market. A little over […]
Over the past few years Jochy Blanco has become a power in the cigar industry in terms of tobacco growing and manufacturing. He has supplied tobacco and produced cigars out of his Tabacalera Palma operation in the Dominican Republic for some leading brands. Last year, Blanco made a strategic move – that to brand owner when […]
At the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, Hammer + Sickle Cigars unveiled a maduro offering into its Trademark Series. The Trademark Series became the new name for the Hammer + Sickle Icon Series. The Icon Series was originally introduced in 2013 and delivered a mild U.S. Connecticut Shade wrapper offering. Last year, due to “trademark” issues, […]
The Killer Bee is one of the first three blends released by Black Works Studio. Last year, Black Label Trading Company (BLTC) announced it was launching a second brand known as Black Works Studio (BLK WKS). When the new brand was announced company founder James Brown explained that he had considered cigar making an art form and […]
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 […]
Ernesto’s Humidor No. 1 Edicion 2015 by E.P. Carrillo is a special new limited edition collection introduced at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show. The collection features three distinct blends – each described as being a personal blend of company founder Ernesto Perez-Carrillo. The blends include: Colorado (an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper blend); Connecticut (an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper blend); and Maduro […]
