Casa Cuevas Cigars is a new brand to hit the U.S. market. The company is owned and operated by the father and son team of Luis Cuevas Sr. and Luis Cuevas Jr. The Cuevas family owns a factory in the Dominican Republic known as Tabacalera Las Lavas. This is a factory that has produced brands […]
On June 10th, 2016, Padrón Cigars patriarch and founder José O. Padrón celebrated his 90th birthday. A few weeks later at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Padrón Cigars launched a cigar to commemorate the occasion with the Padrón 1926 Serie No. 90. The No. 90 is an extension to the popular Padrón 1926 Serie line. It is not a typical […]
The Rancho Luna Maduro is a cigar produced by JRE Tobacco Company, the vertically integrated tobacco and premium cigar operation founded by Julio R. Eiroa and his son Justo M. Eiroa. Both Julio and Justo are the father and brother of Christian Eiroa, who is best known for running Camacho Cigars before founding CLE Cigar […]
When it comes to Arturo Fuente’s Fuente Fuente OpusX line, there is the limited production OpusX and the super-limited production OpusX. Today, we are going to talk about a cigar that falls under the latter category – the Fuente Fuente OpusX Rosado Oscuro Oro. The OpusX line has been a staple of Arturo Fuente […]
The release of the Tatuaje TAA 2016 marked the sixth consecutive year that Tatuaje Cigars provided an exclusive cigar as a part of the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series of cigars. It was back in 2011, when Tatuaje Cigars Owner Pete Johnson launched the Tatuaje TAA 2011, the first Tatuaje release for the TAA. The cigar became a […]
When Nicholas Melillo launched Foundation Cigar Company in 2015, it was no surprise he chose to not to release a Connecticut Broadleaf cigar. While he was at Drew Estate, Melillo carried the unofficial title of “Chief of the Broadleafs”. Broadleaf is a wrapper he was intimately associated with while at Drew Estate working on such cigars […]
In 2016, Warped Cigars launched a new line known as Maestro Del Tiempo (meaning Master of Time). Warped Cigars is owned by Kyle Gellis and over the past three years is a company that has experienced incredible growth. For production of his cigars, Gellis has partnered with the El Titan de Bronze factory in Miami, Florida, and Casa Fernandez’s TABSA […]
This past Fall, Black Label Trading Company launched a new small batch cigar line called Santa Muerte. Santa Muerte is a figure associated with the Day of the Dead celebrations. These celebrations provide remembrance to those who have passed away. With the Santa Muerte cigar, it also pays tribute to those who are no longer with us. Day of […]
In January 2017, General Cigar Company added two new blends under its Toraño Vault line. The Vault line has been one of the focus lines under the Toraño ever since General acquired the brands of Toraño Family Cigars back in 2014. It was in 2011 when the Toraño Vault line made its debut under the moniker “Blends from the Vault”. […]
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 […]
