PDR 1878 Reserva Dominicana Capa Habana Last year, Abe Flores of owner and master blender of Pinar Del Rio introduced his “PDR 1878” line of cigars. This has proven to be a solid set of value-priced cigars around the $5.00 to $7.00 range that has gotten the attention of consumers. This year, at IPCPR Flores […]
Ambos Mundos No 1 Toro The Ambos Mundos (which means “both worlds”) line was introduced by Tatuaje Cigars in 2009. The intent of this line was to help Tatuaje Cigars capitalize on the “value cigar market”. Namely, cigars in the $5.00 – $7.00 range. Value-priced cigars are particularly sought after by retailers as with the […]
Things have been pretty quiet on the CAO front for 2011, but today Cigar Aficionado has reported some information around the brand. It’s not huge news, but it’s some news from the brand. Cigar Aficionado mentions two key points made by CAO Senior Brand Manager Ed McKenna. First, all of the vitolas in the La […]
I’ve been a little overdue in posting some thoughts on this topic. This past May1st, a pretty significant restriction has gone into effect in the State of Maryland. Simply stated – cigar enthusiasts in Maryland will no longer be able to purchase cigars on the internet. This has sparked a lot of debate in the […]
Thanks to Steve at Cigar Network Magazine for this signature This morning someone asked me how long have I been doing this web-site. I actually didn’t have an answer at the top of my head. When I checked the archives, while I pre-dated some posts, the official launch was on August 15, 2010. Therefore, I […]
Last year was a phenomenal year for Torano Family Cigars. There were three outstanding releases including the Brigade, Single Region, and the Master. With a lot of excitement around the new releases, it was also nice to see some attention made to the classic cigars in their line. In addition to the new cigars, last […]
The Viaje Exclusivo Short is the latest vitola released under the Viaje Exclusivo line from Viaje Cigars. Viaje has garnered a reputation for not only releasing small micro-batches of cigars (I coin this term for under 500 boxes), but releasing one or two vitolas at a time (such is the case with their popular “Skull […]
Not an exclusive story or an inside scoop, but some interesting news was made on the 5/14/2011 Cigar Dave Show. This afternoon, Jeff Borysiewicz – the President of Corona Cigars was on the show to provide color commentary to Cigar Dave’s Annual Cigar Draft. During the show, Cigar Dave asked Borysiewicz about the rumors that […]
2011 is already been a great year for cigar releases. In each cycle of cigar releases there are always some more anticipated releases than others. This Spring, the cigar releases in the pipeline for Perdomo have been on the radar of many enthusiasts in the cigar industry. One of these new releases has just began […]
Last year, one of the cigar companies that became one of the true revelations of the cigar industry was San Lotano cigars. Upon sampling these cigars from IPCPR, this was one of the brands that I felt was truly on the rise. In a lot of ways, this should be no surprise as this is […]
