April 24, 2012 COUNTERFEIT COHIBA CIGARS SEIZED IN MIAMI Richmond, VA— General Cigar announces that a team of special agents from the Miami Office of the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco conducted raids yesterday resulting in the seizure of over 10,000 counterfeit COHIBA® cigars with an estimated retail value of more than $200,000. […]
Larry Amoruso (4th from left) – flanked by the military We don’t promote a lot of events on this web-site anymore, but we do get some press releases or emails and from time to time will still do so. However, when this email came to me today, it was without question I was going to […]
My Father Commemorative 911 by Jaime Garcia Blend 343 10th Anniversary Oscuro Last month, we explored the My Father Commemorative 911 by Jaime Garcia Blend 343 10th Anniversary Rosado. This is one of two retail-exclusive cigars that are packaged together made by My Father Cigars exclusively for Casa de Montecristo in Countryside, Illinois. The other […]
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 assign […]
Macanudo Cafe Gigante Up until a few years ago, the Macanudo brand within the General Cigar family has primarily been associated with cigars that are traditionally on the milder side in terms of strength and body. Over the past few years, Macanudo has added cigars such as the Cru Royale, Vintage 2007 Maduro, and 1968 […]
Montecristo New York Connoisseur Edition When it comes to non-Cuban Montecristo cigars, these are often staple cigars in a U.S. brick and mortar humidors. While these cigars sell well, if you look at what many hard-core, younger cigar enthusiasts smoke, this is probably not a brand that is in their regular cigar smoking rotation. Therefore, […]
Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 Capa Especial A couple of days ago, we assessed the Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 Reserva. Today, we turn our attention to another one of the blends in the series – the Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 Capa Especial. While the experience with the Reserva was good, the one with the Capa Especial was even better. […]
Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial New England Edition One of the big cigar trends we recapped for 2011 was the surge of Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper cigars into the marketplace. Now four months into 2012, it appears that the Ecuadorian Connecticut wave is continuing as many manufacturers have made or have plans for new cigars containing this […]
Last year, Abe Flores of Pinar del Rio Cigars opened up a new factory in the Dominican Republic. This new operation has allowed Pinar del Rio Cigars to continue to grow. Just starting to hit retailers are two new limited batch blends called the Pinar del Rio Small Batch Reserva Cubra. The blends will […]
Tatuaje Cojonu 2012 Reserva Starting in 2003, Tatuaje fans have been able to count on a triennial release known as the Tatuaje Cojonu. In each of these three year cycles, a different blend with a different vitola has been released (note: Although it technically is part of the series, I am not counting the Tatuaje […]
Altadis USA has announced a new cigar that will be joining its popular Romeo y Julieta line. This one simply is called “Romeo by Romeo y Julieta”. Romeo y Julieta is one of Altadis’ best selling lines. For the Romeo, Altadis makes a move similar to what they did with the VegaFina line earlier this […]
Pedro Martin Platinum Series M Last year, Pedro Martin cigars were launched and got a lot of attention in the industry. The parent company, “Martin Family of Cigars” was started by Maria Martin, the daughter of the late renowned blender Pedro Martin. Martin, who was formerly with Camacho has integrated several of her father’s blends […]
