Illusione cg4 Maduro Over the past year, Dion Giolito has expanded his core line of his popular Illusione Cigar line. This included the addition of candela wrappers to the several cigars in his core line and now includes the addition of maduro wrappers. Earlier this year, there was some debate on other manufacturers using candela […]
Esteban Carreras 211 Earlier this week, I provided a preview of the Esteban Carreras 211. Considering that Esteban Carreras has been making some really good cigars, I was a little surprised that this blend fell under the radar at IPCPR 2011. On top of it, I had spoken to a few people who had tried […]
2011 has been a very exciting year for Oliveros Cigars. The IPCPR featured a release of limited run cigar added to the Swag brand called the Limitado 99 and the launch of another new brand called Aging Room Cigars. With the excitement to the other brands, one cigar that I overlooked was an a cigar […]
The Sublimes Cigar One reason that I have been a big supporter of HR 1639 is to protect the Indie cigar companies. The Indie cigar companies really provide a nice niche to the cigar industry. In particular, if HR 1639 is not passed and premium cigars are no longer exempt from FDA control, it could […]
Fonseca CXX Anni The Fonseca CXX Anni is a special limited edition cigar made by the folks at S.A.G Imports. This cigar was released under S.A.G’s Fonseca line to commemorate the 120th anniversary of that particular brand. Sometimes when I get a cigar, for whatever reason I don’t get around to reviewing it right away. […]
Tatuaje L’Esprit de Verite 2009 The idea of blending a wine taking a single year’s crop from a single vineyard/farm has always intrigued wine enthusiasts. For cigar enthusiasts, this concept can also be easily applied – namely harvesting the tobaccos from a single farm from a single year to produce a cigar blend. A couple […]
Cu’Avana Punisher A friend of mine asked me if I ever heard of “The Punisher”. This is a cigar made by a boutique company called Cu-Avana. I had not heard of this cigar, but it was explained to me that this was being billed as one of the most powerful smokes on the market place. […]
Aging Room Cigars M356 There is no doubt the limited edition cigars have created excitement in the cigar industry. Recently I had a discussion with a manufacturer about taking a limited edition cigar and moving it into the core line (similar to what E.P. Carrillo did with the Limitada 2010 moving it to Elencos). When […]
Emilio AF2 A rule of thumb I have is if you are looking to build a brand to carry in a retailer humidor, the key thing is there must be three blends that are solid from that brand. Over the past couple of months, I have sampled two amazing cigars from Emilio Cigars – the […]
The La Sirena Series A A few days ago, I was listening to the Dino Costa Radio show on Sirius XM Mad-Dog radio. While Dino is primarily known a sports host, he has been talking cigars. On this show, Dino had Rocky Patel as a guest (and gave Rocky a full hour!). Rocky made a […]
