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 […]
Criteria for the 2019 Cigar of the Year Countdown The importance of doing any Cigar of the Year list is the criteria used to define the list. For 2019, the following critieria is used. Eligiblity Cigar must have been released in a two-year window for release ending the day before IPCPR of the current calendar […]
There will be at least one more Crowned Heads limited edition cigar to close out 2019. Today the company announced the Headley Grange Chamuco LE2019. This cigar introduces a Mexican San Andres wrapped offering under Crowned Heads’ Headley Grange brand. It’s the third Maduro released under the Headley Grange line following the Headley Grange Black […]
It’s bracketology meets the cigar industry. Tonight on Episode 119, it’s one of our most popular annual shows we do as we preview what to expect on the Cigar Aficionado Top 25 this year. Whether you love or hate this list, it’s our most polarizing one and we will break it down – Prime Time […]
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 […]
For the better part of a decade, the Viaje Skull & Bones series for the most part have been named for after destructive bombs. This month the Skull & Bones series takes a different twist as three new releases hit the shelves – all three inspired by the Ghost Rider Marvel Comic Book characters. Details […]
Jeff Borysiewicz, owner of the Florida Sun Grown Tobacco (FSG) farm has announced the Florida Department of Agriculture has provided a “Fresh from Florida” logo that can be used for Florida-grown tobacco. The logo is meant as a way to assure consumers FSG tobacco used in a product has been grown right in the State […]
For the third year in a row Tabacalera S.A. will release a Chinese New Year commemorative cigar under its VegaFina brand. For 2020, that cigar is the Vega Fina Year of the Rat. The cigar itself features a Habana 2000 wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and a blend of Dominican and Nicaraguan tobaccos. The cigar […]
Cavalier Genève has announced it is shipping a small batch of the lancero size of its Black II line to U.S. retailers. The Cavalier Genève Black II lancero is a 7 x 38 line extension. While the Black II line is box-pressed, the one difference is the Lancero is rounded. The cigars are presented in […]
For the past decade, fans of Viaje Cigars could count on an end of year seasonal release – and 2019 is no exception. Later this month, Viaje will ship a limited run of its popular Viaje Holiday Blend release. Blend and production details of this year’s Holiday Blend were not disclosed. The size will […]
Fratello Cigars has announced a new installment of the Fratello Esclusivo will be coming to Old Virginia Tobacco Company (OVTC). This time it’s a Connecticut Shade cigar and its appropriately called the Fratello Esclusivo Connecticut. The cigar will make its debut at a launch event on December 13th. Produced at the Joya de Nicaragua factory, […]
In 2018, a small-batch limited edition cigar named Powstanie SBC18 hit the market. Powstanie is a brand owned by Mike and Greg Szczepankiewicz, the owners of Cigar Hustler. To produce their brand the Szczepankiewicz brothers teamed up with Nica Sueño, the factory co-owned by Skip Martin of RoMa Craft Tobac. SBC stands for “Surrounded by […]
