Urbano Cigars’ new samplers encourage smokers to choose their favorite boutique cigar … Corojo, Sumatra or Connecticut Matt Urbano just made it simpler and easier for undecided smokers to choose which of his Urbano boxed boutique cigars fits their palate. The company founder and president has just unveiled a broad selection of sampler packs of […]
La Aurora Cien Anos Last month, La Aurora Cigars issued a press release announcing the return of the La Aurora Cien Anos. The Cien Anos was a limited edition cigar that was launched in 2003 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of La Aurora Cigars. There was a limited run of 400,000 cigars that were created. […]
The new Lancero Limitado shape joins the J. Grotto Series Reserve brand of boutique cigars from Ocean State Cigars, and is intended only for retailer events “Although our J. Grotto Series Reserve premium cigars rest for six months after leaving the rolling tables,” reports Paul Joyal, president of Ocean State Cigars, “we test-smoked samples of […]
TAKE A SWING AT THE MACANUDO ULTIMATE ROUND CONTEST FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A TRIP TO AUGUSTA Richmond, VA— Macanudo®, America’s best-selling premium cigar brand, is going to award eight lucky consumers and their guests with an all-expense paid trip to Augusta to watch the 2013 Masters Golf Tournament live and in person, as […]
Aging Room Cigars has posted on their web-site information about their third blend, the Aging Room Quattro F55. Back in May, we summarized some background information on the genesis for this cigar: The Aging Room Quattro will be a box-press cigar featuring a nine year old Indonesian wrapper from 2003. While there were no specifics […]
The CT Shade version of the Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Limited Edition 2011 is now the Limited Edition 2012 Shipments of the Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Limited Edition 2012 have begun to arrive at retailers. The Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Limited Edition 2012 was actually a Connecticut Shade version of the Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial […]
What is Anoranza? The newest cigar from Miami Cigar & Company will have many wondering how to pronounce it (Ahn-yor-ahn-za) and what does it mean? The word which is Spanish, means nostalgia; a sense of yearning. Often when we smoke, we reflect on times gone by and look back to a period of our lives […]
Miami, Florida – July 23, 2012 – Gurkha Cigar Group, Inc, makers of the super premium cigar brand Gurkha, are proud to announce the momentous launch of the Gurkha 125th Anniversary Edition cigar, which will be unveiled at this year’s IPCPR trade show at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL on August 2-6, […]
Erik Espinosa, President of Espinosa Cigars appeared on the 7/21/12 edition of Kiss My Ash Radio and confirmed a story first reported by Halfwheel that EO Brands has been dissolved and the brands have been divided. Espinosa was a partner with Eddie Ortega with EO Brands. Earlier this year, Ortega announced he was leaving EO […]
Welcome to our 2012 IPCPR Trade Show Preview. During the month of July, we are looking into the cigar industry’s biggest event – the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show that begins on August 2nd. We’re committed to delivering comprehensive coverage to this event. During the month, we are providing some features of what to expect and […]
Tatuaje Wolfie In this assessment, we explore the Tatuaje Wolfie. This is the third of five cigars in Tatuaje’s Little Monsters Series. This series consists of a sampler pack consisting of smaller vitolas of the popular Tatuaje Monster Series. The Monster Series was created by Tatuaje founder Pete Johnson as a tribute to monster and […]
Pinar Del Rio Small Batch Reserve Habano The Pinar Del Rio Small Batch Reserve Habano is one of two new blends in Pinar Del Rio’s new Small Batch Reserve line. The Small Batch Reserve joins two other significant releases by Pinar Del Rio Cigars for 2012. The other cigars are the Flores y Rodriguez Cabinet […]