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 […]
On Episode 43, we welcome Lawrence Miltenberger of Cubanacan Cigars. We will chronicle Lawrence’s journey through the cigar industry and catch up on what’s new at Cubanacan. In our Debonaire Ideal segment, we talk with Winter Sports. Finally, in our Deliberation Segment, we will discuss cigar media and contests. < Don’t forget, you can catch […]
One of the most popular candela releases is making a return. Today, Camacho Cigars announced it is bringing back the Camacho Candela. Like many other candela cigars, the Camacho Candela is returning for a limited production run just in time for the St. Patrick’s Day Holiday. The Camacho Candela was first released in 2007. However, […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, La Palina Cigars introduced the La Palina Nicaragua line. As the name indicates, it is a line being produced in Nicaragua. When Bill Paley first resurrected the La Palina brand back in 2010, he went to the Graycliff factory in the Bahamas to produce his first line, the La Palina […]
On Episode 43, we welcome Lawrence Miltenberger of Cubanacan Cigars. We will chronicle Lawrence’s journey through the cigar industry and catch up on what’s new at Cubanacan. In our Debonaire Ideal segment, we talk with Winter Sports. Finally, in our Deliberation Segment, we will discuss cigar media and contests. Tune in live at a 10pm […]
Just prior to the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust announced it was putting into widespread release the second installment of its Muestra de Saka series, the Muestra de Saka Nacatamale. The Muestra de Saka line is a limited production line where it follows a model of “one size, one blend”. Dunbarton Tobacco […]
With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, many cigar companies are offering candelas. Once again, for 2018 Alec Bradley will bring back its candela wrapped offering – the Alec Bradley Black Market Filthy Hooligan Barber-Pole. The 2018 installment of the Filthy Hooligan will use the barber-pole candela format that was introduced in 2016. Produced at […]
As 2017 came to a close, Altadis U.S.A. announced a pair of projects in its Montecristo brand. One of the lines would be the Montecristo Ciudad de Musica, a cigar done in collaboration with Crowned Heads produced at Ernesto Perez-Carrillo’s Tabacalera La Alianza. The second is a cigar done in conjunction with the Plasencias at their […]
The Alec Bradley Black Market Illicit TAA Exclusive is a part of several new exclusive releases that have been made available to the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) by several manufacturers for 2017. It is the second time Alec Bradley has done an exclusive release for the TAA. Back in 2013, Alec Bradley unveiled an […]
The Espinosa Wasabi, a box-pressed candela that had a very limited run in 2016, is returning next month Blended by Hector Alfonso Sr., the Wasabi will now have a run of 500 boxes this time around. The cigar is unique in that it is a box press that is completely draped in a candela wrapper. […]
