Nat Sherman Panamericana Cervantes Back in October 2014, Nat Sherman launched a cigar called the Nat Sherman Panamericana to be its shop exclusive at their retail store – the Nat Sherman Townhouse in New York City. The cigar gets its name for two reasons: 1) it uses Central and South American tobaccos; 2) the cigar […]
A.J. Fernandez New World Brute The A.J. Fernandez New World Brute is a shop exclusive cigar to Serious Cigars in Houston, Texas. The cigar made its debut at the 2015 Texas Cigar Festival. Not only is this the first shop exclusive made available in the New World line, but it is the first line extension […]
Guayacan Sabor de Esteli Maduro Gordo At the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show, Noel Rojas’ Guayacan Cigars unveiled its Sabor de Esteli line. The Sabor de Esteli line was launched in a Habano (Habano Ecuador) and a Maduro (San Andres). 2014 was a busy year for Rojas as he also launched the long awaited Guayacan Maduro […]
Headlines 1st Edition Page 3 The Headlines First Edition is one of two cigar blends offered by Headlines Cigars. Headlines Cigars is owned by Dee Aguasvivas and Ulises Delgado of Fusion Cigar in Clearwater, Florida. Last year, the company announced it was entering into a distribution agreement with Antillian Cigar Corporation – best known as […]
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 […]
Punch Rare Corojo El Diablo 2015 The Punch Rare Corojo El Diablo is a new size that has been introduced to Punch Cigars’ annual release – the Punch Rare Corojo line. The series made its debut in 2001 as a limited edition line. The 2001 release is actually described as a “reintroduction” of the product. […]
Avo Limited Edition 2003 – Avo 77 (Part of Avo’s Greatest Hits Sampler) The Avo Limited Edition 2003 (Avo LE03), better known as the Avo 77 was the third release in the annual Avo Limited Edition series. The cigar was meant to commemorate brand ambassador Avo Uvezian’s 77th birthday. From 2001 through 2014, the release […]
E.P. Carrillo Short Run 2015 Vencedores The E.P. Carrillo Short Run 2015 is the sixth installment of E.P. Carrillo’s annual Short Run Series. The Short Run series is meant to be exactly what the name implies – a limited production run cigar with a different blend each year. For the most part, these releases have […]
Debonaire Maduro Belicoso Last year, Debonaire Cigars launched their second cigar line, the Debonaire Maduro. This was a follow-up to the original Debonaire line. For the Debonaire Maduro, co-founder Phil Zanghi replaced the Nicaraguan Habano wrapper found on the original Debonaire line and replaced it with a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. In this author’s opinion, this […]
Hammer + Sickle Trademark Series Churchill (Hammer + Sickle Icon Series branded cigar) Recently Hammer + Sickle Cigars announced athe Hammer + Sickle Icon Series was being renamed the Hammer + Sickle Trademark Series. The Icon Series was launched at the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show and introduced a second Connecticut Shade wrapper offering into the Hammer + […]
