The year 2019 would mark the eighth consecutive year that La Flor Dominicana would be a part of the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series. In 2019, La Flor Dominicana would release not one, but two cigars to the TAA. These cigars have been branded the La Flor Dominicana TAA 50th Segunda Edición. […]
The Joya Copper is the fifth installment of Joya de Nicaragua’s “Joya” series. The Joya series was launched back in 2014 with the release of Joya Red and is intended to offer a more contemporary styled smoke in terms of packaging and blend at a reasonable price point. When it comes to the Joya series, […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, General Cigars showed off what was a new installment to its Amazon Basin series, the CAO Orellana. The CAO Orellana is described as a “prequel” to the CAO Amazon Trilogy series, but for all practical purposes, it is the fourth blend to be released in the series. The CAO […]
Since JRE Tobacco Company launched in 2016, the brand that has become the workhorse blend of the portfolio has been Aladino. In 2019, JRE Tobacco would introduce its fourth blend under the Aladino line with the Aladino Connecticut. While JRE Tobacco already has a Connecticut Shade cigar with the Tatascan Connecticut, that cigar is sweet-dipped. […]
In 2019 La Palina Cigars released its fourth exclusive release to the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA), the La Palina Silver Label. It was also the third consecutive year that La Palina unveiled a new blend as a part of the TAA Exclusive Series. At the time it was announced, it was billed as the […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Cubariqueño Cigar Company launched a new line known as Protocol Sir Robert Peel . The Protocol Sir Robert Peel is a line that consists of two blends – a Natural (Rosado) and a Maduro (Pennsylvania Broadleaf). Protocol Sir Robert Peel would bring the total number of regular production blends to […]
One of the companies that have been a staple of the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series is La Flor Dominicana. Since 2012, La Flor Dominicana has delivered a limited edition cigar to the TAA Exclusive Series. In 2019, La Flor Dominicana would release not one, but two cigars to the TAA. These cigars […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Espinosa Cigars launched the second installment of its limited-edition Las 6 Provincias series, the Las 6 Provincias MTZ. This is a series that pays homage to the pre-Castro era of Cuba with the packaging and banding reflecting that. The name Las 6 Provincias means “six provinces” – and it […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Joya de Nicaragua released a new cigar under its Antaño brand known as the Joya de Nicaragua Antaño CT. The CT stands for Connecticut and that is because the Antaño CT is a Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapped offering under its Antaño brand. The Antaño is perhaps the best-known brand […]
Over the past few years, AJ Fernandez has been certainly making his mark on putting his own impression of several legacy brands that have originated in Cuba. We’ve seen this with brands such as Punch, Hoyo de Monterrey, Montecristo, Romeo y Julieta, Gispert, Trinidad, and H. Upmann. The first release for the H. Upmann brand […]
