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 rescoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Late in 2020, Davidoff announced a new offering under its Zino brand known as the Zino Platinum Crown Series Limited Edition 2020. Zino is the brand that carries the namesake of Davidoff founder Zino Davidoff. It’s been positioned as a more contemporary premium brand in its portfolio. Throughout the history of the brand, it […]
While Montecristo, Romeo y Julieta, and H. Upmann continue to be the foundation brands of the Altadis USA portfolio, one brand that has been invested in is the Henry Clay brand. In 2019, Altadis announced a project known as the Immortal Trio. The first release of that line was a new regular production offering known […]
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 […]
Early in 2020, Altadis USA released a cigar under its H. Upmann brand known as H. Upmann 1844 Añejo. Altadis USA has many brands under its portfolio. H. Upmann is not only one of the more active ones, but it is also one of the oldest ones. The name “añejo” is Spanish for “old.”.In this […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Rocky Patel introduced a pair of Honduran-made blends out of the El Paraiso factory in Honduras. These cigars are the Rocky Patel LB1 and Rocky Patel Number 6. It wasn’t a total surprise to see Rocky Patel use blend codes as he is known to have a lot of […]
Earlier this year, Tabacalera S.L.U. unveiled a new limited edition cigar for VegaFina known as the VegaFina Nicaragua Puro Origen. The cigar itself features tobaccos exclusively from Nicaragua’s three main growing regions: Condega, Estelí, and Jalapa, making it a Nicaraguan puro. A Nicaraguan puro is not something new for VegaFina and the brand already has […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, General Cigar introduced a new regular production line under its CAO brand known as the CAO Session. The CAO Session is a cigar developed by CAO Master Blender Rick Rodriguez. Rodriguez got the inspiration from smoking cigars in his own “man cave” (his garage) and decided to blend a […]
Early in 2020, Viaje released a cigar known as the Viaje Zombie Farmhand Andre. If you have followed Viaje Cigars for the past decade, you will know that Viaje Cigars’ founder Andre Farkas creates themes, narratives, and storylines among his releases. Viaje Zombie Farmhead Andre ties two of these concepts together – Viaje’s Thanksgiving themed […]
Seasonal/holiday releases are not a new concept for the cigar industry, but when it comes to Thanksgiving, Viaje Cigars is the company that blazed the trail. Viaje’s Thanksgiving releases trace back to 2011 when it released its first Viaje Stuffed Turkey Cigar. The concept for a Thanksgiving cigar was originally suggested by the Stogie Review […]
