Nestor Miranda Collection Habano The Nestor Miranda Collection made its debut in mid 2014. With Miami Cigar and Company celebrating its 25th Anniversary, the company decided to use this occasion to revamp most of its current Nestor Miranda branded offerings. As a result, the Nestor Miranda Special Selection line has been rebranded the Nestor Miranda […]
Cigar Review: La Flor Dominicana 1994 Rumba
La Flor Dominicana 1994 Rumba In 2014, La Flor Dominicana company founders Litto And Ines Gomez celebrated twenty years in the cigar business. To commemorate the occasion, La Flor Dominicana released a new cigar line for that occasion – the La Flor Dominicana 1994. The original company founded by the Litto and Ines was called […]
Cigar Review: Lavida Habana (LH) Maduro LH52
Lavida Habana (LH) Maduro LH52 Back in October, we reported on a company that would be entering the United States market called Lavida Habana (LH) Premium Cigars. The company was founded by tobacconists Nick Syris and Omar Nasr. The line of cigars started out as an offering for private clientele, but soon started making their […]
Cigar Review: VegaFina Nicaragua Robusto by Altadis
VegaFina Nicaragua Robusto At Inter Tabac 2014 in Dortmund Germany, Altadis showcased a new cigar as a part of its VegaFina brand called VegaFina Nicaragua. The cigar was shortly released to the European market afterwards and now has made its way to the U.S. market. There is no surprise by this roll-out as VegaFina has been […]
Cigar Review: Swag Black VIP by Boutique Blends Cigars
Swag Black by Boutique Blends Cigars The Swag Black is one of four cigars launched by Boutique Blends Cigars at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show. The Swag Black is the fifth blend to be released under the Swag brand. The origins of the Swag line date back to 2010 when the company was still operating under […]
Cigar Review: Tatuaje TAA 2014
Tatuaje TAA 2014 The Tatuaje TAA 2014 is one of eight cigars that were released in 2014 exclusively for retailers who are members of the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA). This marks the fourth consecutive year that Tatuaje has made available a cigar to the TAA realizers. For the Tatuaje TAA 2014, brand owner Pete […]
Assessment Update: Viaje Stuffed Turkey White Meat 2014
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/score cigars. Today, we re-assess […]
Cigar Review: CAO Colombia Vallenato
CAO Colombia Vallenato At the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show, the CAO Cigars brand under General Cigar Company unveiled the new regular production CAO Colombia. The CAO Colombia becomes the latest cigar to be a part of CAO’s World line – which pays homage to different regions of the world. It becomes the fourth regular production […]
Cigar Review: La Palina Black Label Robusto
La Palina Black Label Robusto At the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show, La Palina Cigars launched its seventh line, the La Palina Black Label. This line marks the second project done between Bill Paley’s La Palina Cigars and Abe Flores PDR Cigars factory. This follows up the PDR-made La Palina Classic, had been launched at the 2012 […]
Assessment Update: Viaje Stuffed Turkey Dark Meat 2014
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/score cigars. Today, we re-assess […]