The David P. Ehrlich PLM Series is the fifth blend to be released by Mike Bellody‘s MLB Cigar Ventures. The MLB Cigar Ventures portfolio consists of two brands: Imperia, produced at the Quesada Cigars factory and David P. Ehrlich, a line produced at Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr’s Tabacalera La Alianza. The PLM Series is the second blend […]
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 […]
Prior to the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars announced a series of releases it would be showcasing once the trade show opened. There was one new line which was not pre-announced that made its debut at the Trade Show, and that was TAVICUSA. If the name TAVICUSA sounds familiar, it is because […]
The past two years have seen AJ Fernandez emerge as a cigar maker for many leading brands. While the brands in the Altadis and General Cigar portfolio have definitely seen Fernandez’s influence, there have been many other companies. Just before the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, one company that announced a project with Fernandez was Boutique […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust introduced a new extension to its Todos Las Dias line known as the Todos Las Dias Mas Fuerte Thick Lonsdale. While this cigar introduces a 6 x 46 size into the Todos Las Dias line, it actually is a modification of the original blend. According […]
Back in 2014, James Brown and Black Label Trading Company released the first iteration of Morphine. While Black Label Trading Company has always focused on a small batch model, Morphine would be the company’s first limited edition release. Since then a lot has changed. In 2015, Brown moved into his own factory, Fabrica Oveja Negra. […]
Just before the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Alec Bradley Cigars announced it was releasing a “mystery cigar” at the trade show. It used to be common for many companies to wait for the trade show to unveil their offerings, but with the rise of more media channels, many companies now choose to make announcements prior to IPCPR […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Crowned Heads introduced a new regular production line known as Le Carême. It would become the company’s first regular Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper offering. Crowned Heads had released some Connecticut Broadleaf cigars in a limited capacity with the Mason Dixon line as well as the regional release Tennessee Waltz (for […]
The Espinosa Reggae is one of two cigars released by Espinosa Cigars in 2017 highlighted by the use of Jamaican tobacco in the filler. The Reggae actually had a limited debut in 2016 as a part of the Espinosa Backroom Series, a line of cigars offered to Espinosa-branded lounges nationwide. At the time, the Reggae […]
2018 marked a year of anniversaries in the cigar industry. Many different companies and brands have different ways of commemorating such occasions. One denominator that is common to many of them is the release of a commemorative cigar for an anniversary. 2018 is a big year for Joya de Nicaragua. It’s the company that has […]
