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 rescoring or giving a score for the first time. It also might be a blend […]
In 2021, United Cigar announced a new release under its Firecracker Series known as the Irish Car Bomb. The cigar is a combination of a candela and a maduro wrapper with the appearance of a firecracker. The Firecracker Series is a line of 3 to 3 1/2 inch sized 50 ring gauge cigars with a […]
In 2019 Altadis USA decided to give its Trinidad brand a refresh and relaunch by introducing the Trinidad Espiritu Series. Altadis would reach out to AJ Fernandez who had been working with Altadis on several projects over the past few years, including reimaging brands such as Montecristo, Romeo y Julieta, and H. Upmann. The resulting […]
St. Francis is the second regular production brand to come out of Micky Pegg‘s All Saints Fine Cigars. At Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) 2021, the St. Francis Oscuro line would be announced and then a couple of months later, a second blend, the St. Francis Colorado would be announced. For the production of all of […]
The Tatuaje TAA 2020 edition marked the tenth consecutive exclusive release for the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series. Since the launch of the first Tatuaje TAA release in 2011, the Tatuaje TAA releases have been some of the most sought-after releases in the TAA Series. Many will actually credit Tatuaje with putting TAA […]
In 2019 Protocol Cigars would release a two-blend cigar release known as Protocol Sir Robert Peel. Protocol Sir Robert Peel would mark a major change in terms of a cigar being released as the line was intended to be a more premium offering in the portfolio. This would be reflected in both the blends and […]
Back in 1971, Jack Rothman opened his first cigar store in New York City. That cigar store would grow and become JR Cigar. A year after opening his first store, Jack’s son Lew Rothman was approached by a customer asking if he could have cigars mailed back to his home state, leading to the […]
In 2019, Drew Estate announced a new addition to its Liga Privada Unico Serie called Pancetta. This cigar would be an exclusive offering to two retailers in the Mid-Atlantic region: Wooden Indian Tobacco Shop in Havertown, PA, and Barrister Cigars in Union, NJ. These are two retailers that go back to the early days of […]
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 rescoring or giving a score for the first time. It also might be a blend […]
In 2020, Dean Parsons celebrated the tenth anniversary of his brand, Epic Cigars. As is the case with many when it comes to celebrating a milestone in the cigar business, Parsons wanted to release a commemorative cigar to mark the occasion. For most of his tenure in the cigar industry, Parsons had been handling his […]
