Over the past couple of years, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has done a series of collaborations with the Buffalo Trace Distillery. The brands from Buffalo Trace that STG has collaborated with include Buffalo Trace, Eagle Rare, Fireball Cinnamon, and Weller. The first collaboration between STG and Weller was the release of the Weller by Cohiba […]
When it comes to releases for single stores, it’s hard to argue that Tatuaje set the gold standard on how to do this. Many of the legendary single store releases over the past 15 to 20 years have come from Pete Johnson. One such cigar that achieved cult status was a 4 x 50 Petite […]
If you go back to the period of 2008 to 2012, J.C. Newman Cigar Company would relaunch several heritage brands that were once produced in the United States. These brands included Brick House, Perla Del Mar, and El Baton. While Brick House and Perla Del Mar are well-known, El Baton is one that has floated […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Casa 1910 Cigars introduced the second blend in its Revolutionary Edition Series, the Casa 1910 Tierra Blanca. Casa 1910 Cigars is a cigar and lifestyle brand based out of Mexico. The company was founded by Manolo Santiago, Jamie Baer, and Serge Bolling. The brand captures the […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, ADVentura Cigars introduced a new line known as La Llorona. La Llorona is a tale from pre-Hispanic Latin American folklore. She is a vengeful ghost that roams the seas mourning her dead loved ones, which she herself killed. ADVentura is very much a theme-based brand. ADventura […]
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 […]
When Ferio Tego acquired the cigar brands from Nat Sherman International, one of the brands it acquired was the Timeless Collection. The Timeless Collection is a very important brand in the history of both Nat Sherman and Ferio Tego. The brand made its debut in January 2012 with the Timeless Dominican, a cigar that today […]
Today we take a look at the second of the inaugural releases by West Tampa Tobacco Company, the West Tampa Tobacco Co. Black. West Tampa Tobacco Company was formed by two former alumni of General Cigar Company, Rick Rodriguez and Gus Martinez. Rodriguez is best known for spending over a decade as the blender/ambassador for […]
For several years, many companies have been offering exclusive cigars to those retailers that attend the annual IPCPR/PCA Trade Show and place an order. In 2021, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) made an attempt to somewhat formalize these trade show releases into an exclusive series. The second year of this program was 2022 and Kristoff […]
If you go back to the days when Tim Ozgener was at the helm of the CAO brand, there was a series of cigars that were (unofficially) called the “X2” series. Each of these cigars incorporated a blend that included two components of a particular tobacco. There was CX2 (Cameroon wrapper and binder), MX2 (Maduro […]
