At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Cavalier Genève introduced a new regular production offering known as Prospektor. Cavalier Genève’s slogan is “smoke gold, stay gold.” Gold is a theme with many of the Cavalier Genève-branded cigars. Most of the Cavalier Genève offerings feature a 24k gold diamond affixed to the wrapper (and […]
In 2004, Rocky Patel decided to launch a value-priced cigar that wouldn’t have any cigar bands, and would be packaged in 100-count crates. The cigar was dubbed The Edge and it became a huge hit for Patel’s Rocky Patel Premium Cigars company. Today the brand has now extended to eight different lines. The cigars now […]
StillWell Star cigar brand from Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust incorporates pipe tobacco into the filler. While some might be surprised DTT and its founder Steve Saka would release pipe tobacco cigars, it turns out this is not something totally out of his wheelhouse. It turns out that for over 30 years, Saka has also been […]
Toward the end of 2022, Davidoff released the 12th installment of its Chinese Zodiac series, the Davidoff Year of the Rabbit. The Chinese Zodiac series is an annual limited edition ultra-premium series that is highly anticipated by Davidoff cigar enthusiasts each year. While the Chinese New Year’s start falls between January 21st and February […]
In 2022 Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) decided to give the Sancho Panza brand a makeover. If you aren’t familiar with Sancho Panza, it is a brand named after a character from the literary work Don Quixote. It is a brand that has its roots in Cuba going back to 1848, but STG now has the […]
In 2012, My Father Cigars would release a brand that would become one of its most successful lines from a critical acclaim and commercial standpoint. That brand was Flor de las Antillas. Translated to English, Flor de las Antillas means “Flower of the Antilles,” which pays homage to the Cuban heritage of the owners of […]
Founded in 1998, VegaFina is a brand produced out of the famed Tabacalera de Garcia in the Dominican Republic. It is primarily distributed in Europe by Tabacalera S.L.U. group, which is a sister operation to Tabacalera USA, the group that owns the brands under Altadis U.S.A.. Even though some VegaFina releases have been sold in […]
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 […]
There is quite a long history of the La Gloria Cubana brand. Folks who know me know I have an affinity for classic heritage brands, but in general, La Gloria Cubana always captures my interest. For starters, the non-Cuban version of this brand had roots in Little Havana, where it was a part of Ernesto […]
Back at the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, a company based out of Mexico City named Casa 1910 debuted. The company was founded by Manolo Santiago, Jamie Baer, and Serge Bolling. The brand captures the history and pride surrounding the Mexican Revolution which occurred in 1910. At the 2021 show, Casa 1910 opted […]
