2019 marked the first year that Casa Cuevas Cigars would be exhibiting at the IPCPR Trade Show. Going into the show, the company would showcase a trio of cigars, the Casa Cuevas La Mandarria, and two blends under the Cuevas Reserva line. While Cuevas Reserva might have been a new brand to many cigar enthusiasts, […]
In 2019, Southern Draw Cigars celebrated its fifth anniversary. As is the case with many cigar brands when they hit a significant milestone, they release a special cigar to commemorate the occasion. In the case of Southern Draw Cigars, the company decided to go back to one of its original lines and create an offshoot […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In 2020, J.C. Newman Cigar Company is celebrating its 125th anniversary in business, but today we look at a cigar from a brand that was created for the company’s 100th anniversary. It was the Diamond Crown brand that would launch in 1996 to commemorate the occasion. At the time Newman teamed up with Carlos Fuente […]
The year 2018 was a turning point when it came for Riste Ristevski’s Jas Sum Kral (JSK) Cigars. When the year started out, Ristevski announced he was switching the production of his lines from Noel Rojas’ New Order of the Ages (NOA) factory to an obscure factory known as Tabacalera de Aragon. Later that year […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, J.C. Newman Cigar Company showcased a maduro counterpart to its Perla Del Mar line appropriately called the Perla Del Mar Maduro. Perla Del Mar translates to “Pearl of the Sea”. It is said that the early European explorers gave the country of Cuba that name. The […]
The Bolívar brand is certainly one of the world’s most iconic brands. It is most famous for being a Cuban cigar brand, but there is a non-Cuban version that General Cigar Company has marketed. It’s the brand named after Simón Bolívar, the South American military and political leader who helped lead Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Ecuador, […]
