Altadis was one of the “Big Four” companies that was not planning on attending the 2020 PCA Trade Show. For the most part, Altadis has been gradually rolling out new products throughout 2020 as opposed to putting all of its energy into the summer months. Altadis also seemed quite prepared handling the impacts of the […]
For Prime Time Episode 159, Oliver Nivaud of United Cigars returns to Prime Time. We will catch up with Oliver on all of the latest happenings within the United Cigar brand. In our Live True segment, we will talk tacos – something Oliver is associated with. We will also have a special Thursday edition […]
Smoke Inn’s Battle of the Bands is into the annuls of history and the competition is over. Cigar Coop has lost this competition, but as I said when we launched our Post Game Ultimate Giveaway contest, I feel we came out a winner. Don’t get me wrong, I would have loved to win. At the […]
Emilio Cigars has announcedthe Emilio LJZ Limited Edition. The LJZ is a line that was first released in 2016. LJZ is a cigar that pays homage to Louis J. Zucca, the grandfather of Emilio Cigars owner Scott Zucca. The Limited Edition uses a modified blend including using two wrappers (Nicaraguan Habano and Sun Grown). The remainder […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Once again it’s a jam-packed Prime Time Special Edition. Tonight on Special Edition 85, we will dive into the world of cigar media. It’s a topic we’ve talked about on many of the various Prime Time Shows, but we will give you the good the bad and the ugly. We will also smoke the Foundation […]
In 2018, the company known as Casa Fernandez Cigars underwent a major rebranding. The company renamed itself to Aganorsa Leaf and then proceeded to streamline and refresh the packaging in its portfolio. This process is not something that has been done overnight as Aganorsa Leaf has slowly been implementing this. In 2020, there was a […]
With its regular La Zona Palooza event cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Espinosa Premium Cigars has announced plans for virtual La Zona Palooza 2020. The virtual event from November 12, 2020, through November 14, 2020. The three-day virtual event will feature special guests, contests, herfing, raffles, prizes and entertainment. Espinosa also partnered […]
Dissident Cigars has announced three small-batch lines – Rant, Rave, and Tirade. These are three new blends that are being incorporated into the portfolio. If the names sound familiar, they were originally vitola names in the Dissident Soapbox when the brand was first introduced in 2013. When Benjamin Holt acquired the brand, he overhauled the […]
Thank you to everyone who bought and/or promoted the Cigar Coop Battle of the Bands Sampler pack for Smoke Inn. We didn’t expect to win, and didn’t win. At the same time, this was a contest that was a lot of fun. This author learned a lot, and there was some great competition. I was […]
Since Matt Booth departed Davidoff and came back from a brief “retirement,” he has been focused on building up his product portfolio. When he returned in 2017, Booth primarily focused on introducing new blends and lines, but that would all change in 2019 with the announcement of The Big Payback Maduro. The Big Payback is […]
ACE Prime Cigars is going International. This past week ACE Prime has announced that DALAY Zigarren will exclusively handle the company’s distribution in the important German market. “We were immediately impressed with ACE Prime Cigars and thoroughly enjoyed our unique experience with master-blender Luciano Meirelles (owner of ACE Prime and Tabacalera Pichardo). We are very […]
