Early in 2017, Camacho Cigars announced the Camacho BXP line. This introduced a series of box-pressed offerings to the Camacho Corojo, Camacho Connecticut, and Camacho Ecuador lines. Box-pressed cigars are not only new to the Camacho brand, but they are relatively new to Camacho’s parent company Davidoff. The introduction of these box-pressed cigars can be considered an extension […]
Earlier this year, Southern Draw Cigars had a national launch for a new Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade offering known as Rose of Sharon. The Rose of Sharon is the company’s second Connecticut Shade cigar following up the QuickDraw Connecticut. While the QuickDraw Connecticut is a line that focuses on smaller, thinner connoisseur sizes, the Rose of […]
David P. Ehrlich is the second brand launched by Mike Bellody’s MLB Cigar Ventures. The slogan for MLB Cigar Ventures is “Developed by Legends, Smoked by Connoisseurs” and that has been the philosophy adopted by Bellody as he has built his brands. For his Imperia brand, Bellody worked with Manuel “Manolo” Quesada to come up […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, General Cigar unveiled the Hoyo de Amistad – a collaboration done with master blender AJ Fernandez. The Hoyo La Amistad is the second release under the Hoyo de Monterrey brand’s Hoyo line. Back in 2015, the Hoyo de Monterrey brand celebrated its 150th anniversary. At that time, a limited commemorative cigar […]
The Viaje Exclusivo line is one of the most well-known lines in the Viaje portfolio. The Exclusivo blend is a Nicaraguan puro that started out as a personal blend for company founder Andre Farkas. Over the years, Farkas has done many different sizes of the Viaje Exclusivo blend in limited editions, small batches and shop exclusives. […]
The 2016 IPCPR Trade Show was quite a busy one for Casa Fernandez as it unveiled several new lines. Over the years, Casa Fernandez has produced blends revolving around its world renowned Aganorsa Farm tobacco. While the Casa Fernandez brand had produced blends in Honduras at Fabrica de Tabacos Raices Cubanas S. de R.L. (Raises Cubanas), over the past few […]
The Fratello Oro is the third line to be released from Omar de Frias’ Fratello Cigars. When de Frias launched his company in 2013, he released Fratello, a Habano wrapper offering. Two years later he added his second line, the Fratello Bianco – a line that features a San Andres Maduro wrapper. With the Fratello Oro, de Frias fills a […]
Casa Cuevas Cigars is a new brand to hit the U.S. market. The company is owned and operated by the father and son team of Luis Cuevas Sr. and Luis Cuevas Jr. The Cuevas family owns a factory in the Dominican Republic known as Tabacalera Las Lavas. This is a factory that has produced brands […]
On June 10th, 2016, Padrón Cigars patriarch and founder José O. Padrón celebrated his 90th birthday. A few weeks later at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Padrón Cigars launched a cigar to commemorate the occasion with the Padrón 1926 Serie No. 90. The No. 90 is an extension to the popular Padrón 1926 Serie line. It is not a typical […]
Just prior to the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show Ohana Cigars announced its fourth line, the Ohana Pulse. Ohana is a brand produced by Familia Rodriguez Tobaccos. Owned by Ryan Rodriguez and his father Frank, Familia Rodriguez Tobaccos focuses on small batch production. With the Ohana Pulse, there were two blends announced – an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper version […]
