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 […]
Over the past two years, AJ Fernandez has had the opportunity to put his own footprint on a series of legendary Cuban brands that have non-Cuban versions sold in the U.S. market. These brands include: Montecristo, Romeo y Julieta, H. Upmann, Gispert, Hoyo de Monterrey, Ramon Allones, and Punch. For the Punch brand, Fernandez developed a […]
At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, La Flor Dominicana showcased a new offering called La Volcada. La Volcada is the latest in a series of limited production releases we have seen over the past few years by La Flor Dominicana. Other releases include Chapter One (2013), Capitulo II (2014), La Nox (2015), Andalusian Bull (2016), […]
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 […]
At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, Plasencia launched the second installment of its Alma series known as Alma de Campo. The 2017 Trade Show was also the official launch of the brands of Plasencia Cigars. The Plasencias are world-renowned for over 150 years experience in the tobacco business. Up until last year, most of that […]
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 or it might be a blend […]
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 […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Fred Rewey and Nomad Cigar Company showcased three cigar lines that would come out of James Brown’s Fabrica Oveja Negra operation. At the time, the cigars were introduced in a limited fashion in order to avoid an August 8, 2016 deadline imposed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration […]
In 2017, Cubariqueño Cigar Company announced its third regular production line, the Protocol Themis. The Themis added an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper offering into the company’s portfolio. The following year Cubariqueño would add a lancero vitola as the first line extension of Themis. This was a similar strategy the company took with its previous two lines, […]
2018 marks the 50th anniversary of when Zino Davidoff established the Davidoff White Label brand. While the centerpiece of the 50th anniversary has been the re-release of the Davidoff Diademas Finas as the 50th-anniversary cigar, the company has done other things throughout the year to mark the occasion, including putting special 50th-anniversary bands on select White Label […]
