Over the past decade, when one looks at the brands that make up the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series, Tatuaje is one that ranks right at the top. Each year since 2011, Tatuaje has released an annual limited edition cigar to be a part of the annual TAA Exclusive Series. Seven of the […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Jochy Blanco introduced his fifth regular production line under his La Galera brand known as the La Galera Anemoi. Anemoi would be Blanco’s first Connecticut Broadleaf offering under the La Galera brand and the first new line in three years. Anemoi (pronounced: A-nem-oy) it pays homage to the winds […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Plasencia Cigars launched the third installment of its Alma series known as Alma del Fuego. It was at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show when Plasencia Cigars officially launched their own brands.The Plasencias are world-renowned for over 150 years experience in the tobacco business. Up until 2017, most of that […]
It isn’t often a cigar company puts out a 500th anniversary cigar. In fact, I think it’s pretty safe to say that 2019 was the first year. The year 2019 is significant because it is the 500th anniversary of the city of Havana, Cuba. The 2019 XX Habanos Festival saw homage paid to the occasion, […]
Over the past few years, Southern Draw Cigars has carefully been expanding the number of brands in its portfolio. The company has certainly worked hard to offer a wide range of cigars to satisfy a wide range of cigar enthusiasts. That would continue into 2019, but the company would take a different route on […]
La Gloria Cubana has always been one of the more interesting blends in the General Cigar portfolio. It’s a brand that essentially has its own boutique factory within the massive General Cigar Dominicana facility. If you look at the past decade, it certainly has been one of the more innovative brands under General. The first […]
In 2018, a small-batch limited edition cigar named Powstanie SBC18 hit the market. Powstanie is a brand owned by Mike and Greg Szczepankiewicz, the owners of Cigar Hustler. To produce their brand the Szczepankiewicz brothers teamed up with Nica Sueño, the factory co-owned by Skip Martin of RoMa Craft Tobac. SBC stands for “Surrounded by […]
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 […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Joya de Nicaragua Cigars unveiled the fourth installment of its Joya series with Joya Silver. The Joya series was first launched back in 2014 with the release of Joya Red and is intended to offer a more contemporary styled smoke in termed of packaging and blend at a […]
As I reflect back on the decade 2010 – 2019, if there is one cigar line that continues to have me scratch my head its the E.P. Carrillo Cardinal line. This was a line introduced in 2012 and it was intended to offer a bolder and stronger cigar into the E.P. Carrillo portfolio. The Cardinal […]
