Late in 2016, Quesada Cigars launched the Quesada Holiday Keg 2016. The Holiday Keg is an extension to the Quesada Keg line. The Quesada Keg has been a seasonal release for the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations designed to be paired with an Irish Stout. With the Quesada Holiday Keg 2016, it is a cigar meant to […]
My Father The Judge is the fourth regular production line under the Garcia family’s My Father Cigars’ self-titled brand. The Judge introduces a new Sumatra offering cigar into the company’s portfolio. While My Father Cigars has produced Sumatra wrapper blends for companies such as Tatuaje and Ashton, you have to go back to 2009 when […]
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 providing a score for a first time. It might be a blend we […]
Whether its the version from Habanos SA or the brand in Altadis U.S.A.’s portfolio, the Montecristo brand is one of the most iconic brands known to cigar enthusiasts. At 2015’s IPCPR Trade Show, Altadis celebrated its 80th anniversary for Montecristo and went all out with three major showcase releases (highlighted by the Montecristo 80th Anniversary No. 2). Going into […]
The Négociant Monopole is billed as a joint collaboration release between Tatuaje Cigars and L’Atelier Imports. It was back in 2012 when Tatuaje Cigars’ founder Pete Johnson launched L’Atelier Imports. L’Atelier Imports was spun off as a separate company from Tatuaje in which Johnson would partner with his brother K.C. Johnson and friends Dan Welsh and […]
The Plasencias are one of the iconic families in the cigar industry. With farming and factory operations in Nicaragua and Honduras as well as additional farms in Costa Rica and Panama, they have worked to produce cigars for many brands in the cigar industry. In addition, many might forget that the Plasencias have also put their name on several cigars. Most […]
Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews 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 […]
Last month, General Cigar Company formally announced a new line under its Partagas brand known as the Partagas Heritage. The cigar is a project that comes out of the General Cigar Dominicana factory located in the Dominican Republic. This is a project was spearheaded by General Cigar Dominicana Vice President of Operations Jhonys Diaz. According to Diaz, the Partagas […]
When Davidoff CEO Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard became CEO in 2011, one of the initiatives he put in place was a theme of innovation. This has resulted in Davidoff producing products which might be out of what is considered the company’s comfort zone. One theme that has been making its way through the Davidoff portfolio has been […]
In 2016, Alpha Cigar Company launched a unique line of cigars known as Alpha Absinthe Infused. As the name indicates, this line is infused with a spirit known as absinthe. Absinthe is a highly alcoholic beverage that is distilled with herbs and botanicals. The name “absinthe” comes from Artemisia absinthium, the scientific name for its […]
