Altadis USA, one of the largest cigar companies in the world will team up with Boutique Blends to release a collaborative project. The collaboration will be a limited production blend called Romeo by Romeo y Julieta Aging Room Small Batch F25. Plans are for this new cigar to hit retailer shelves in April. Information on this […]
Cigar News: Casa Magna Colorado Gran Unico
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Casa Magna Colorado Gran Unico (Photo Credit Quesada Cigars Facebook) Casa Magna, the brand under Quesada Cigars that is a collaboration between cigar legends Manuel Quesada and Nestor Plasencia has added a new line extension to its Casa Magna Colorado line. The Casa Magna Colorado Gran Unico introduces a 5 1/2 x 60 size into […]
Cigar Review: Cohiba Nicaragua N50 En Crystale
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Cohiba Nicaragua N50 En Crystale The Cohiba Nicaragua is a new line that was launched by General Cigar Company at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show. Over the past year, the General Cigar’s Cohiba brand has made a lot of headlines. Most recently, a blow was dealt to the brand when the U.S. Supreme Court has […]
Cigar News: Punch Signature Sizes Revealed (Cigar Preview)
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General Cigar has announced the final details as well as availability of the Punch Signature. Over the past few weeks the company has slowly trickled out details around this major launch of the brand. Today, the sizes, prices, and box counts were revealed. The company has said the Punch Signature is something that was inspired […]
Cigar News: Roberto P. Duran Cigars Expands Sales Force
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Roberto P. Duran Cigars continues strengthen their team. Today the company announced the additions of industry veterans Strom Farbarik and Carolee Martin to the sales force. The move comes only months after company owner Roberto Pelayo Duran aggressively bolstered his own sales team with the additions of National Sales Manager Miguel Schoedel, Frank Cuden, and […]
Cigar News: Pi by United Cigar
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United Cigar Group will be released a limited edition cigar to commemorate the mathematical constant π (pi). The Pi Cigar will be a cigar done in conjunction with Leynadas Cubanas in the Dominican Republic. It will be released on March 14th, which has become unofficially known as Pi Day (March 14 – representing the first […]
Cigar News: AJ Fernandez Lounge Opens at The Perfect Smoke in Salisbury, North Carolina
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A.J. Fernandez Cigars has announced the unveiling of the A.J. Fernandez Lounge at The Perfect Smoke Cigar Lounge located at 213 South Lee Street in Salisbury, North Carolina. The Perfect Smoke s owned and operated by Darren Moody and has been in business since July 26, 2012. A revitalized 1870s Victorian house is the home to The Perfect […]
Cigar Review: Perdomo Double Aged 12 Year Vintage Connecticut Robusto
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Perdomo Double Aged 12 Year Connecticut Robusto In 2014, Perdomo Cigars announced a new limited production line called the Perdomo Double Aged 12 Year Vintage. The concept involves a proprietary two-staged aging process. The line utilizes tobaccos that the company has been aging for ten years in bales. All of the tobaccos used in the […]
Cigar News: Perdomo Small Batch Series
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Perdomo Cigars has announced a limited edition small batch project called the Perdomo Small Batch 2005. The project is being called the “Perdomo Small Batch Series” and will feature three blends – a Connecticut Shade, a Sun-Grown, and a Maduro. Specific production counts have not been announced. The cigars are expected to arrive in stores […]
Editor’s Corner Volume 4, Number 4: “I Got This Package in the Mail”
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“I got this package in the mail from (insert company or person here)” – this might be the only time you ever see these words start out an article on this web-site. On many online cigar media sites that review cigars, for some reason there is this need to put in these words or some […]