Viaje Friends and Family There are two things come to mind with Viaje Cigars: 1) micro-batch releases; 2) blends guarded with secrecy. In the case of the Viaje Friends and Family Cigar, these things couldn’t be more true. The Viaje Friends and Family cigar was a personal blend of Viaje founder Andre Farkas. Farkas made […]
JM Tobacco’s new entry into the handmade, long-filler premium cigar market, Carnero, now adds a third blend, with a potent and full-flavored Cameroon wrapper Carnero, J.M. Tobacco’s First Full Premium Cigar Now Available in Cameroon Wrapper Late 2011 saw JM Tobacco, Inc., announce its first entry into the all long-filler, handmade boutique premium cigar market, […]
Sosa Family Selection Connecticut I’ve mentioned many times that 2011 was definitely the year of the Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper cigar. Over the past couple of years, many companies have been trying to do something innovative or different beyond the mild/mild to medium Ecuadorian Connecticut cigars. Some companies have been more successful at it than others. […]
A new Partagas 1845 cigar is being added to the General Cigar Company’s Partagas line. Some preliminary information appeared in the March 20th, 2012 edition of Cigar Insider on this new release scheduled to hit retailers in April. According to the article, the blend was a collaboration between Jhonys Diaz, Francisco Rodriguez, and Yuri […]
Viaje WMD 2012 There has been quite a bit of activity around Viaje on this web-site the last few weeks, and this has been for good reason. During the past month, Viaje has released a total of eight cigars to its authorized retailers. These eight cigars could technically be aligned to six different blends. Add […]
TORAÑO FAMILY CIGAR CO. TAKES PART IN 8TH ANNUAL RINGSIDE BOXING EVENT TO BENEFIT THE CHARLEY FOUNDATION (Miami, Fl.)March 19, 2012 – Torano Family Cigar Co. was honored to be chosen to participate in the Charley Foundation’s 8th Annual Ringside: A Fight for Kids on Friday, March 2, 2012 at Liberty Hall, in The […]
The following is the official press release for the La Palina El Diario KB (Kill Bill). This is a cigar we recently assessed and rated a 95. Country of Origin: Honduras Factory: Raices Cubana Wrapper: Honduran Corojo ’99 Rosado Binder: Honduran Criollo ’98 (x2) Filler: Nicaraguan Corojo ’99 and Criollo ’98 Size: 4.25 x 40 […]
Photo linked from Reyes Family Cigars The cigar industry lost one of its legenary names as Rolando Reyes, Sr. has passed away last night. Reyes was the founder of Reyes Family Cigars that has such brands as Puros Indios and Cuba Aliados. He was 89 years old. Reyes’ roots come from cigar rolling. Originally from […]
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. Today, we assign numeric ratings to two previously assessed cigars- the E.P. Carrillo Edicion Inaugural 2009 and the […]
My Father Commemorative 911 by Jaime Garcia Blend 343 10th Anniversary Rosado Over the past few weeks, we have been focusing on several retail exclusive cigars that have been released by My Father Cigars. There is no doubt that My Father Cigars has become an industry leader in retail-exclusive cigars. One project that the Garcia […]
In an interview published in Cigar Aficionado’s Cigar Insider, La Palina Cigars’ founder Bill Paley gave some information about his next project, the La Palina Goldie. The Goldie gets its name from Paley’s grandmother. Goldie’s Paley’s image appears on the banding and packaging of La Palina cigars. The concept behind the project is that it […]
Viaje Skull and Bones FOAB In 2010, when Viaje released its first of its Skull and Bones line, the Daisy Cutter, this became one of the most sought after cigars in the Viaje portfolio. Since then, there have now been five additional waves of Skull and Bones’ released for a total of six waves. Back […]
