Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews 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 […]
As the name indicates, the Estrada 1st Edition is the first cigar from Casa de Estrada Cigar Company. Casa de Estrada was founded by Chaz Kline. Kline operated a tobacco store in Omaha, Nebraska, but in 2013 Kline took the jump that many of the retail side have done – moving over to brand owner. […]
The Serino Royale Maduro XX is one of four blends by Serino Cigar Company. Serino Cigar Company is run by industry veteran Tony Serino. For over two decades, Serino has worked in the industry importing and selling premium bundle cigars. With the Serino Royale line, Serino unveils his own super premium line. To produce this line, […]
Recently the Torano Cigars brand under General Cigar Company has rolled out four new blends under the Torano Vault. These blends are significant because they are the first new Torano blends developed by General Cigar since it acquired the brands of Torano Family Cigars back in 2014. The Torano Vault line made its debut back in 2011 under […]
The Davidoff Art Edition 2016 is the second installment in a cigar line that is tied to the Davidoff Art Initiative. The Davidoff Art Initiative that was announced in December 2013 at the Art Basel festival in Miami Beach, Florida. As a part of this initiative, Davidoff would establish an art residency to help emerging artists (including one […]
The Tatuaje Skinny Chuck is one of ten cigars that make up the Tatuaje Skinny Monsters collection. Skinny Monsters is a sampler of ten 6 x 38 petite lanceros based on various Tatuaje Monster Series releases. Since 2008, the Tatuaje Monsters Series has been an annual release right before Halloween. For each installment of the series, a different blend with […]
The La Jugada Claro is the latest regular production line by MoyaRuiz Cigars. La Jugada was the brand that started it all for the company founded by Danny Moya and Nelson Ruiz. It was in 2013 when the company released its first blend, the San Andres Maduro La Jugada Prieto. This was followed up several […]
The Guayacan Rojas Reserve is a line that was introduced at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show. The Rojas Reserve gets its name from Noel Rojas, who is the owner of Guayacan Cigars and the man behind the blend. The Rojas Reserve became the fifth blend to be released by Guayacan. What is different about this cigar is […]
Earlier this year, Viaje Cigars released an off-shoot of its popular Viaje Exclusivo line called the Viaje Exclusivo Reserva. This cigar combines two concepts that Viaje has used in various lines over the past years. First up, the cigars are box-pressed versions of the Viaje Exclusivo blend. Secondly, the “Reserva” part involves uses tobaccos that […]
This past June, Camacho Cigars rolled out its latest regular production cigar, the Camacho Powerband. Since the historic re-launch of the brand in 2013, Camacho Cigars has used the month of June to do a major launch of a regular production line. In 2013, Camacho launched its rebranded portfolio. This followed in 2014 with the release of Camacho Ecuador and […]
