CAO Right Coast Earlier this week, we reported on the CAO Right Coast. This is a limited production, regional release by General Cigar Company aimed at retailers in the Southeastern United States. The cigar has a trapezoid-shaped viola. As David Jones of the Tiki Bar Online pointed out to me, this was a similar vitola […]
Ortega Serie D Maduro Lancero Ortega Premium Cigars will be releasing a lancero vitola of the Ortega Serie “D” Maduro. This lancero will only be made available at the 2013 DC Tweet-Up coming up in March, 2013. The announcement was made via company president Eddie Ortega’s facebook page. The Ortega Serie “D” Maduro was […]
Nat Sherman Timeless Collection (Nicaragua) At the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show, Nat Sherman unveiled a Nicaraguan puro blend as a part of its Timeless Collection. Earlier in 2012, Nat Sherman released the first blend of the Timeless Collection. This marked the first national launch of the Michael Herklots era at Nat Sherman. The original Timeless […]
Eddie Ortega, president of Ortega Premium Cigars recently put out some information on Facebook in regards to his fifth release of the Ortega Wild Bunch 2013 series. This fifth release will be known as “Dandy McCoy” and is scheduled to be the May, 2013 release. The concept behind the Ortega Wild Bunch is to dedicate […]
New 4″ x 62 Gordito from JM Tobacco fills a slot in all four JM’s Dominican lines “For years,” reports Anto Mahroukian, president of JM Tobacco, “our JM’s premium cigars have included 5.5″ x 62 Gordo and 6.75″ x 62 Gordo Grande shapes. Now, with smokers moving to large ring-gauge shapes, we’re offering our new […]
Surrogates Crystal Baller The Surrogates Crystal Baller is one of four cigars that was launched by L’Atelier Imports in 2012. L’Atelier Imports is a spinoff company to Tatuaje Cigars. Tatuaje founder Pete Johnson was involved with the launch of the company, but the operations are separate and run by Johnson’s brother K.C. Johnson, Johnson’s […]
Arango Cigar Co. has announced its new “Clasico” series of premium cigars, made by General Cigar Company. The four shapes, shared by Macanudo and Punch, are patterned after the top-selling cigar brand sizes from General Cigar Company. The two Clasico lines are proprietary, being distributed only by Arango Cigar Co. Macanudo Clasico and Punch […]
The following is the official press release for the 7-20-4 Hustler. For additional information, please refer to our full review of the 7-20-4 Hustler. Kurt A. Kendall Dips into Cigar History with 7-20-4 Cigars’ New “Hustler” Boutique Brand Revived from the past, Hustler is a new boutique premium cigar brand from Kurt A. Kendall’s 7-20-4 Cigars […]
The Pipe and Pint 15th Anniversary This past weekend, we reported initial details of a limited production, retailer exclusive cigar by La Flor Dominicana for Greensboro, NC’s retailer – The Pipe and Pint. Additional details have now surfaced on the cigars itself. The cigar is officially called “The Pipe and Pint 15th Anniversary”. As per […]
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/scored cigar. Today, we provide […]
