The following is an official press release from General Cigar on the annual Punch Anniversary Series release. We have additional information from our February 14th posting. General Cigar announces that Punch Rare Corojo will be offered for a limited time, starting today and ending on May 31, 2012, while supplies last. Seven frontmarks will be […]
While we have not hit the first day of spring yet, the Spring 2012 release cycle in the cigar industry kicked off very strong. It’s going to be hard to top 2011 and time will tell if 2012 will be a repeat or not. February saw highly touted releases of Room 101’s LTD OSOK, La […]
Viaje Super Shot 10 Gauge Last month, Viaje Cigars announced it was shipping a new limited edition cigar called the Viaje Super Shot (or referred to as Viaje Shotgun Shells). The Super Shot was part of Viaje’s February release cycle (also joining the Viaje Winter Classic and the ultra-limited Viaje Friends and Family) and fits […]
Oliveros Cigars is proud to announce the launch of a new company, Boutique Blends Cigars, LLC on March 1, 2012. The new company underscores the refocused vision on providing the best premium, boutique cigar lines on the market today. Current lines include Swag Cigars and Aging Room Small Batch cigars. Miami, FL, February 29, 2012 — Oliveros Cigars […]
CAO La Traviata Maduro – Luminoso In 2010, CAO Cigars released a maduro wrapper version of its popular CAO La Traviata. The original La Traviata had made its debut a year earlier and ended up as our #2 Cigar of the Year for 2009. While the 2010 follow-up, the La Traviata Maduro slotted a bit […]
Quesada Q D’etat Molotov The Quesada Q D’etat was a new line announced by SAG Imports back at the end of 2011. This line is getting some attention for three reasons: 1) It is a cigar meant to make a statement in counterattacking the enemies of tobacco; 2) The three vitolas of this blend are […]
Late last year SAG Imports announced a new line to the Quesada Cigars line. This cigar is called the Quesada Q D’etat. The plan has been to release three vitolas in this line. The first vitola, the Quesada Q D’etat Molotov has recently been released. During the past week at the Pro Cigar 2012 festival, […]
Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur Dark Knight In the past few years, there have been an incredible amount of new cigar brands that have hit the marketplace. This influx of new cigar brands has really moved many old favorites off many cigar enthusiasts’ radar screens. The Hoyo de Monterrey’s Excalibur Dark Knight is one cigar that […]
AJ Fernandez Cigars will be releasing a second blend in its “Oval” series. This one will be a maduro wrapper blend, and it will continue to use the unique oval pressing that was present on the original San Lotano Oval. This information was reported in the February 21st edition of Cigar Insider. The maduro line […]
A few weeks ago, Cigar Aficionado reported that Room 101 Cigars was planning a late 2012 limited production release called the Room 101 Daruma. Since then, the February 21st edition of Cigar Insider has released additional information about this release. The Room 101 Daruma should mark the sixth blend in brand owner Matt Booth’s Room […]
Cabaiguan WCD 120 Redux – exclusive to W.Curtis Draper Back in January, W. Curtis Draper, a cigar retailer in the Washington DC/Bethesda, Maryland area announced a series of cigars to commemorate their 125th anniversary of being in business. This series would consist of four retail exclusive cigars by leading cigar manufacturers. The first of that […]
La Flor Dominicana Double Claro 2011 saw the releases of two cigars with the candela wrapper by Illusione and Viaje. This sparked some debate as to what was the better blend (this website had the Viaje WLP Candela the #28 cigar for 2011). While I don’t think the use of candela wrapper was enough to […]
