East India Trading Company Red Witch The Red Witch was is the second line of cigars to be released under the Gurkha Cigar Group subsidiary, the East India Trading Company. It was in 2011 when the East India Trading Company was launched. This subsidiary has been focused around providing a premium cigar at a value […]
Casa Fernandez Aganorsa Leaf Maduro – El Supremo The 2012 IPCPR Trade Show saw Casa Fernandez introduce the Casa Fernandez Aganorsa Maduro. This release saw Casa Fernandez introduce a maduro offering using Aganorsa leaf tobacco. This offering complements the company’s original Casa Fernandez Aganorsa Leaf – which is a Nicaraguan Corojo wrapped cigar featuring 100% […]
Perla del Mar by J.C. Newman – Perla G vitola The Perla del Mar is a new line of cigars that has been recently launched by J.C. Newman Cigar Company. First information of the Perla del Mar came out last April. While the Perla del Mar was showcased at the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show, it […]
La Gloria Cubana Piramide Supra The La Gloria Cubana Piramide Supra is one of three 2012 regional releases by the La Gloria Cubana. These three regional releases have been targeted to be longer, larger ring gauge cigars. The Piramide Supra was a release that was targeted for the northeastern U.S. market. The cigar comes in […]
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/scored cigar. Today, we provide […]
Viaje Super Shot 2013 Corojo – 10 Gauge At the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show, Viaje Cigars’ president Andre Farkas told us that the Viaje Super Shot would be making a return in 2013. Last month Farkas made the announcement on this year’s Super Shot. The difference would be in addition to the Super Shot […]
Dona Flor Seleção Today we take a look at a cigar called the Dona Flor Seleção. Dona Flor is a cigar company that specializes in Brazilian-based tobacco blends. Several of the tobacco blends they have released are Brazilian puros – meaning all of the tobacco comes from Brazil. In the case of the Seleção, this […]
CAO Right Coast Earlier this week, we reported on the CAO Right Coast. This is a limited production, regional release by General Cigar Company aimed at retailers in the Southeastern United States. The cigar has a trapezoid-shaped viola. As David Jones of the Tiki Bar Online pointed out to me, this was a similar vitola […]
Nat Sherman Timeless Collection (Nicaragua) At the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show, Nat Sherman unveiled a Nicaraguan puro blend as a part of its Timeless Collection. Earlier in 2012, Nat Sherman released the first blend of the Timeless Collection. This marked the first national launch of the Michael Herklots era at Nat Sherman. The original Timeless […]
Surrogates Crystal Baller The Surrogates Crystal Baller is one of four cigars that was launched by L’Atelier Imports in 2012. L’Atelier Imports is a spinoff company to Tatuaje Cigars. Tatuaje founder Pete Johnson was involved with the launch of the company, but the operations are separate and run by Johnson’s brother K.C. Johnson, Johnson’s […]
