In terms of limited edition cigars, one trend that has become quite popular is one themed around the Chinese New Year. Over the years companies such as Davidoff, Drew Estate, Maya Selva, and Tabacalera SLU (VegaFina) have all released cigars with a theme. In 2019, General Cigar Company came out with its version. The cigar […]
Today we take a closer look at a cigar type we typically don’t review, but is one of the best selling cigars in the world – the Quorum Maduro. Quorum Maduro is one of three blends offered by J.C. Newman Company under the Quorum brand. Quorum is a brand of value-based Cuban sandwich cigars. As […]
If there is one cigar in the Lars Tetens portfolio that caught a lot of cigar enthusiasts’ attention, it was the Lars Tetens SS. The “SS” stands for “Spicy Sweet” and that is exactly the experience one is going to get. Lars Tetens is best known for its “conditioned” cigars. These cigars incorporate essential oils, […]
La Unica is a value-priced brand in the J.C. Newman Cigar Company portfolio produced at Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia. Over the years, the Fuente and Newman families have forged a strong partnership. The Fuentes handle production for many of the J.C Newman brands while J.C. Newman handles the U.S. distribution for the Arturo Fuente […]
When Tatuaje – The Bride was released in 2018, it became the 13th blend released in the Monsters Series. At that time Pete Johnson pretty much had said 13 blends would be the limit. Of the 13 blends, 11 of the 13 had been released in the full-sized Monster format for Halloween. The two […]
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 […]
Several years ago, Drew Estate introduced a shop exclusive brand to a Deadwood, South Dakota retailer known as Deadwood Tobacco. These were a series of Maduro cigars containing aromatic tobaccos that achieved a cult following nationwide. In 2016, Drew Estate would take the line national and make it a regular production offering. Since the line […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Royal Agio Cigars unveiled the second installment of its Balmoral Serie Signaturas line with the Paso Doble. Balmoral is the premium cigar brand under Royal Agio Cigars and in particular, the Balmoral Serie Signaturas is a line the company created to collaborate with other leading cigar makers. The first […]
Since Cubariqueño Cigar Company launched in 2015, the company has slowly built a solid line of regular production offerings. Concurrently the company has also launched a series of small batch limited edition cigars. 2019 would be a year where Cubariqueño would release four such offerings. These four releases included Protocol John Doe Series, Protocol Jane […]
While you might not think about it, one of the largest and oldest cigar companies in the world comes out of the country of Italy – and it’s Toscano Cigars. The company celebrated its 200th anniversary in business in 2018. Toscano has certainly been a popular brand in Italy and Europe for many years. While […]
