Once upon a time, a store exclusive cigar by a manufacturer meant something and created world excitement. Go back to 2010 and one might remember the frenzy of the Tatuaje Anarchy, the first release of Smoke Inn’s MicroBlend Series. At the time, the Tatuaje Anarchy was planned to be one of four exclusive cigars by […]
Today we take a closer look at a cigar type we typically don’t review, but is one of the best selling cigars in the world – the Quorum Maduro. Quorum Maduro is one of three blends offered by J.C. Newman Company under the Quorum brand. Quorum is a brand of value-based Cuban sandwich cigars. As […]
Earlier this year, Tabacalera S.L.U. released a limited edition cigar known as the VegaFina Fortaleza 2 Andullo. Tabacalera S.L.U. was the European sibling to Tabacalera USA which is the parent company of Altadis U.S.A. One the popular brands under Tabacalera S.L.U. has been the VegaFina brand. While VegaFina has maintained a strong footprint in Europe […]
In 2018, Gran Habano cigars introduced its fifth cigar in its Gran Reserva line known as the Gran Habano Corojo No. 5 Gran Reserva Gran Robusto 2012. The cigar is an off-shoot to the popular regular production Gran Habano Corojo No. 5. The Gran Habano Gran Reserva line incorporates well-aged vintage tobaccos. The company says […]
Recently, Cigar Coop published its The Decade List – The Impact Lines list. This was a list of cigar lines of some of the most impactful lines in the cigar industry. The line that came in at number two was the Asylum 13 line. The reason why this line placed so high was because of the […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Joya de Nicaragua launched a new line called Numero Uno. Numero Uno is a project that started out as a private blend where it was handed out to Nicaraguan ambassadors who would gift them to world leaders. It later became a Joya de Nicaragua event-only cigar called Joya de […]
In 2019, E.P. Carrillo celebrated its tenth anniversary, and for the first time in three years, the company released a couple of limited editions. Since the company’s inception in 2009, the company became known for two popular limited edition series – the E.P. Carrillo Short Run and the E.P. Carrillo Edición Limitada. In 2016 the […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Drew Estate launched a release under its Undercrown brand known as the Undercrown ShadyXX. While the Undercrown brand has a line called Undercrown Shade, that is a Connecticut Shade offering. The Undercrown ShadyXX is a different as it aligns with the Undrcrown Maduro line. The name stems from the […]
In 2019, Nat Sherman International would bring three limited edition cigars to market. One cigar was an offering made available to the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) under the Timeless brand. There also were two other limited edition cigars that were introduced to the national market – one under the Epoca brand and the other […]
If there is one cigar in the Lars Tetens portfolio that caught a lot of cigar enthusiasts’ attention, it was the Lars Tetens SS. The “SS” stands for “Spicy Sweet” and that is exactly the experience one is going to get. Lars Tetens is best known for its “conditioned” cigars. These cigars incorporate essential oils, […]
