Late Harvest Estate Grown (R), new Skull and Bones (L), Oro (C) Viaje has become the masters of the microbatch release process. While this year, Viaje plans to produce another batch of their Satori and two new vitolas of the Skull and Bones (called Little Boy and Fat Man), they also displayed their latest blend […]
Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Limited Edition 2011 w bonus Don Pepin Garcia’s son Jaime Garcia is making his mark in the cigar industry. Last year’s release of the Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial (my #14 Cigar of 2010) and the recent My Father Limited Edition 2011 (as well as great work on the Limited Edition 2010) […]
Earlier this year a new boutique/indie line of cigars was launched called “Martin Family of Cigars”. Specifically, these have become known as the “Pedro Martin Cigars”. The cigars are named after renowned cigar blender Pedro Martin who recently passed away. However Pedro’s daughter Maria Martin who was formerly with Camacho has integrated several of her […]
Earlier this year, one of the most exciting pieces of news to break in the cigar industry was the launch of Crowned Heads by former CAO Director of Lifestyle Marketing Jon Huber. It’s been a little quiet in terms of what would be the first release of product from this company. This morning (August 4th), […]
Pinar Del Rio Liga Especial Reserva Superior 2011 has been a very good year for Abe Flores and his team at Pinar del Rio Cigars. Over the past year, he has grown his PDR 1878 line to four blends. At the 2011 IPCPR show, Flores showed off a cigar that already had been getting some […]
Illusione cg4 Maduro Over the past year, Dion Giolito has expanded his core line of his popular Illusione Cigar line. This included the addition of candela wrappers to the several cigars in his core line and now includes the addition of maduro wrappers. Earlier this year, there was some debate on other manufacturers using candela […]
Shame on me for not having a picture on this one, but Alec Bradley was also active at the 2011 IPCPR Trade Show. Earlier this year, Alec Bradley unveiled a their American Classic Blend. This was released prior to IPCPR and was Alec Bradley’s foray into the Connecticut Shade craze that has hit the cigar […]
Over the past few months, I’ve done some Pre-Reviews which allow me to document my experiences with a cigar and provide my thoughts. Some of these were pre-releases are now available generally – and others are simply cigars I’ve had more of a chance to think of. I’ve decided to include a few of these […]
While the Tatuaje Fausto series has been on the radar of a lot of cigar and specificaly Tatuaje enthusiasts, there is one other blend that has caught the attention of many – the all-Connecticut Broadleaf Tatauje La Casita Criolla. La Casita Criolla translates from Spanish to English “The Little Native House”. A lot of information […]
Charlie Torano During my visit to the 2011 IPCPR, my focus was primarily on evaluating and reviewing technical information around cigars. I did not plan on conducting any formal interviews, but when the folks at Torano Family Cigars asked me if I wanted to interview Charlie Torano, this was something I could not turn down. […]
Drew Estate Undercrown The Undercrown marks the first new line under Drew Estate Cigars since the Liga Privada line was launched three years ago. There are a couple of reasons why Undercrown has generated an excitement and buzz around the 2011 cigar releases. For starters, Drew Estate is a company that has built itself on […]
Camacho Liberty 2011 At the 2011 IPCPR, outside of Matt Booth’s Room 101 line, it was a pretty quiet year for the core Camacho Cigars line. However, Camacho did unveil their annual release in the Liberty series – the Camacho Liberty 2011. The Camacho Liberty series follows a micro-batch concept. Each year Camacho releases a […]
