My Father Cigars will be the latest company to introduce a Connecticut Shade Cigar. The company will be introducing the My Father Connecticut at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas. Some initial details on this announcement were reported by Cigar Aficionado this week. The My Father Connecticut is significant for two reasons. First, […]
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/score cigars. Today, we re-assess […]
Clint Aaron, President of 262 Cigars was a guest on Episode 100 of Stogie Geeks and made several announcements in regards to the recently released 262 Allegiance line. Aaron said the Allegiance, which originally was a limited production run will be shifting to a full regular production run. He also said that a Corona sized […]
The Cuellar Connecticut Krēmē is one of three new lines introduced in 2014 by Villiger Cigars. It was two years go when Roy MacLaren was named President of Villiger North America. MacLaren has been instrumental in bringing renewed focus and energy to the premium cigar division at Villiger. This included hiring Fabian Barrantes as Director of Marketing […]
The White House’s Office of Management and Budget has made changes that significantly weaken the language that detailed Health Risks for Cigars. This marks the second agency in less than a weak to express concerns over the proposed FDA regulations outlined in the Deeming Document. Last week the Small Business Administration sent a letter to […]
Kuuts LLC is getting ready to introduce its fourth line. The Kuuts Nicaraguan Blend will make its debut at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas and will ship in August. This will be the first cigar to carry the Kuuts name. It was back in March, when Gabriel Alvarez, Operations Manager for […]
Crowned Heads’ will release their fourth regular production, and sixth line overall. Jericho Hill, will be the first regular production line, and second line overall that will come out of the My Father Cigar factory. It will be released in four sizes and will launch at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show. The company confirmed […]
E.P. Carrillo INCH C-99 w Footer (Photo Credit E.P. Carrillo Facebook page) E.P. Carrillo’s INCH line will be getting a slight packaging change. The company announced on its Facebook page that the INCH line will now incorporate a footer band on each of the cigars. The company showed a photo of the soon to be […]
RoMa Craft Tobac co-founder Skip Martin has posted some photos on social media of a special version of the CRAFT 2013 La Campana de Panama Soberana. Martin described this as an “Inside Out” version of the original CRAFT 2013 with a U.S. Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro wrapper and Ecuador Habano Ligero Binder. According to a post on […]
Tortuga 215 Coyote Negro – Belicoso At this year’s 2014 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, Victor Vitale and Legacy Brands will launch the Tortuga 215 Coyote Negro. This is an off-shoot of the Tortuga 215 Reserva line that was introduced at the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show. The Coyote Negro introduces a dark Brazilian Mata […]
