Since he resurrected his grandfather’s brand back in 2010, Bill Paley has taken La Palina Cigars on a steady trajectory of growth. Paley has grown his portfolio with a wide variety of blends partnering with several leading cigar manufacturing factories. In 2016, Paley took the next step for La Palina by having the opportunity to deliver a cigar as […]
The Tatuaje Skinny Jason 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 the Tatuaje Monster Series blends. 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 Tatuaje Skinny Hyde 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 Tatuaje Skinny Tiff 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 […]
Back in 2013, Alec Bradley Cigars launched a seasonal release around St. Patrick’s Day known as the Alec Bradley Black Market Filthy Hooligan. The Filthy Hooligan is based on the Alec Bradley Black Market blend, but made some blend tweaks and most importantly replaced the Black Market’s Maduro wrapper with a Candela wrapper. Since 2013, the […]
Monte Pascoal is a line of all-Brazilian tobacco cigars that are made in Brazil. About 3 to 4 years ago, this was a brand that was gaining some traction in the U.S. market. However, the brand would eventually lose its distributorship and started to fade from the U.S. market. Earlier this year, word came that […]
The Balmoral Anejo XO is a line of cigars made by Royal Agio Cigars. Royal Agio Cigars is a company based in Duizel Netherlands. Last year the company made news when it announced that Drew Estate would handle its U.S. distribution. Just prior to the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, the Balmoral Anejo XO was announced. […]
Earlier this year, the Tobacconist Asssociation of America (TAA) announced its annual TAA Exclusive Series. This is a set of cigars released by various manufacturers that are only available to retailers that are TAA members. The TAA Exclusive Series has grown over the past few years and 2015 represents the most ambitious release to date as […]
Arturo Fuente Unnamed Reserve 2014 The Arturo Fuente Unnamed Reserve 2014 is the third installment in what seems to have become an annual limited production release by Arturo Fuente Cigars. For the most part, this has been a series that not only is not only “unnamed”, but has a cloud of mystery around it. There […]
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we re-assess […]
