Aging Room Cigars – M356 In the past few years, Oliveros has been expanding the brands in their portfolio. Such notable new brands that have been added to the Oliveros family have been the King Havano and Swag Cigar lines. At IPCPR this year, Oliveros plans to unveil another new brand into their family of […]
Cigar Review: Emilio AF2
Emilio AF2 A rule of thumb I have is if you are looking to build a brand to carry in a retailer humidor, the key thing is there must be three blends that are solid from that brand. Over the past couple of months, I have sampled two amazing cigars from Emilio Cigars – the […]
Cigar Review: La Sirena Series A
The La Sirena Series A A few days ago, I was listening to the Dino Costa Radio show on Sirius XM Mad-Dog radio. While Dino is primarily known a sports host, he has been talking cigars. On this show, Dino had Rocky Patel as a guest (and gave Rocky a full hour!). Rocky made a […]
Pleasure Police Green Alert: California SB 575 has been Defeated
The Cigar Rights of America is reporting that SB 575 has been defeated. It did not make it out of the committee of Governmental Organization. The SB 575 bill was one of the most restrictive bills on smoking every proposed. The bill had prohibition-like measures as it calls for a tobacco ban on: all retail […]
Press Release (and more): New Boutique Cigar Line Released “Temptation”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – Jul 05, 2011 – July 6, 2011 – Myriada Fusion Enterprises LLC, a newly formed Beaverton, Oregon company targeting the boutique cigar industry has released a new website. The website: http://www.temptationcigar.com is a source for the highly anticipated “Temptation” cigars. The cigars will come in nine sizes with […]
Cigar Review: Padron 1964 Anniversary Maduro Torpedo
Padron 1964 Anniversary Torpedo Last month (June 2011), I put up on my monthly “battle of the cigars” (formerly “battle of the stogies). In that matchup, I pitted two Padron cigars that are considered classics in the industry – the Padron 1926 Maduro and the Padron 1964 Maduro. I admit, when the poll came back, […]
Cigar Review: J&D Temptation Maduro
J&D Temptation Maduro Last month, I had the opportunity to sample a cigar that I consider to be one of the revelations of 2011 – J&D Cigars’ Temptation Habano Claro. This mild to medium bodied cigar brought something special to the table with its unique flavors and smooth smoke. This time around, I sample the […]
Press Release: Toraño Famly Cigar Company Ready to Unveil its Newest Brand “Loyal” at 2011 IPCPR in Las Vegas
This press release arrived in my inbox tonight. Many sites had this posted a couple of weeks ago, but I wanted to be sure to publish this as well. This is related to the Torano,Loyal. This expands on the preliminary information that was released on Cigar Dave last month. TORAÑO FAMILY CIGAR COMPANY READY TO […]
Cigar Review: Illusione HL Maduro
Illusione HL Maduro I’ll make a confession – I am not a lancero vitola fan. I know many serious cigar enthusiasts will say this is the best vitola to smoke, but I just cannot adjust to the small ring gauge. Plus to be honest, I’ve only found a handful of lanceros that I have found […]
Cigar Month in Review: June 2011
June 2011 was certainly a busy-month in the cigar industry. Many cigar manufacturers and retailers are in the preparation stages for the 2011 IPCPR Trade Show. It is usually around this time when cigar manufacturers begin to release information about what they plan to unveil at the show. Independent of IPCPR, there is a ton […]