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 […]
Back in January Cubariqueño Cigar Company released a limited small batch release known as the Protocol John Doe Series. Protocol John Doe keeps to Cubariqueño’s theme of law enforcement and is appropriate for the project. John Doe is the name given to an unidentified male body until identification can be made by next of kin. 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 […]
The AVO Improvisation LE19 is the seventh installment in the AVO Cigars’ Improvisation Series. It is the latest in a long line of limited edition AVO Cigars that can be traced back to 2001 with the release of the AVO 75th Anniversary cigar. Each subsequent year through 2014 the series was for the most part an annual release with a different […]
Earlier this year, Debonaire House announced it was releasing a third blend under its Indian Motorcycle brand, the Indian Motorcycle Connecticut Shade. It’s the sixth blend to be released by Debonaire House and the second Connecticut Shade cigar in the Debonaire House portfolio. When the Indian Motorcycle Connecticut Shade was announced, Debonaire House also announced […]
Back at the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Villiger Cigars North America was quietly showcasing a cigar at its booth known as La Meridiana. The Villiger La Meridiana is a cigar line that had already been successful in the European market, and the plan was for a widespread release of La Meridiana into the U.S. market […]
The La Palina Blue Label Toro TAA Exclusive is the third TAA Exclusive cigar to be a produced by Bill Paley’s La Palina Cigars. The cigar was included as a part of the 2018 TAA Exclusive Series which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the TAA. For La Palina, 2018 was also the third consecutive year […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Drew Estate introduced the fourth blend under its Herrera Estelí line, the Herrera Estelí Brazilian Maduro. Herrera Estelí was the first brand introduced by Drew Estate Master Blender Willy Herrera after he joined Drew Estate back in 2012. At the time the Brazilian Maduro was introduced, Drew Estate decided […]
The CAO brand is one that has been around for well over two decades. While it is now a brand under General Cigar’s portfolio, it had never produced an exclusive cigar for the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA). That changed in 2018 with the release of the CAO Estelí as a part of the 2018 […]
Prior to the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Gran Habano Cigars announced a cigar called Blue in Green. If the name Blue in Green sounds familiar, it’s probably because that is the title of a song from Miles Davis’ album, Kind of Blue. The Blue in Green is a regular production Connecticut Shade. This “Gran Habano […]
