Back on Saturday May 14, 2011, Clay Roberts from San Lotano put out on Twitter that a new limited edition San Lotano would make its debut at the 2011 IPCPR. Overnight, Roberts put some additional information on Twitter about a new cigar making its debut at IPCPR. Most of the information is still very much […]
Things have been pretty quiet on the CAO front for 2011, but today Cigar Aficionado has reported some information around the brand. It’s not huge news, but it’s some news from the brand. Cigar Aficionado mentions two key points made by CAO Senior Brand Manager Ed McKenna. First, all of the vitolas in the La […]
Last year, one of the cigar companies that became one of the true revelations of the cigar industry was San Lotano cigars. Upon sampling these cigars from IPCPR, this was one of the brands that I felt was truly on the rise. In a lot of ways, this should be no surprise as this is […]
Clint Aaron, President of 262 Cigars contacted a bunch of cigar reviewers/web-sites to give some updates into what is happening with his company for late this year, early next year. I was honored when he pinged me to give some insights and has given the green light to share some information with others. First up, […]
Probably the most anticipated release in the cigar pipeline right now is EO Brands’ 601 La Bomba. Back in February, I posted some preliminary information on this cigar which was high level. The release date is still targeted for May 11th, 2011. Currently, Cuenca Cigars in West Hollywood Florida has a pre-release on this cigar. […]
Lately I’ve been trying to take this web-site into more of a hard-core direction in terms of cigar information. I’m not sure how successful this transition has been, but I’m trying. There are times where I realize I do need to take a step back and have a little fun. With tonight being the first […]
Cigar Dave released some more information about the blend of the new release of the A.Turrent Triple Corojo under the Altadis umbrella. The A.Turrent Triple Corojo is an all-Corojo cigar. It is not the first all-Corojo cigar being released this year. The Martin Family of Cigars is releasing the Pedro Martin Corojo that will have […]
One cigar line that has been really garnering a lot of attention is the new La Palina El Diario – meaning “everyday smoke”. La Palina’s William Paley is intending this to be a cigar that one can reach for as a quality everyday cigar. Unlike the current Family Series and 1896 lines which are produced […]
One of the other spring released planned by E.P. Carrillo is the launch of the E.P. Carrillo Elencos series. This is one of five planned releases for the calendar year. The Elencos series is actually a rebranding of E.P. Carrillo’s E.P. Carrillo Edicion Limitada 2010. This cigar was actually ranked #8 on Cigar Aficionado’s Top […]
As reported almost two weeks ago, 2011 seems like it is going to be a huge year for the folks at E.P. Carrillo with five planned releases for the calendar year. One of the big launches planned is for a Connecticut wrapper E.P. Carrillo – this is being branded the E.P. Carrillo New Wave Connecticut. […]
