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 Tobacos. Owned by Ryan Rodriguez and his father Frank, Familia Rodriguez Tobacos focuses on small batch production. With the Ohana Pulse, there were two blends announced – an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper version […]
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 […]
The Rancho Luna Maduro is a cigar produced by JRE Tobacco Company, the vertically integrated tobacco and premium cigar operation founded by Julio R. Eiroa and his son Justo M. Eiroa. Both Julio and Justo are the father and brother of Christian Eiroa, who is best known for running Camacho Cigars before founding CLE Cigar […]
The Viaje Juntos 2016 is a project that was a collaboration between Viaje Cigars and Quesada Cigars. In 2014, Viaje launched the Viaje Collaboration series. As the name indicated, the Collaboration series was a project where Viaje collaborated with another member of the cigar industry to produce a cigar. Due to trademark issues, last year the series was rebranded as […]
When it comes to Arturo Fuente’s Fuente Fuente OpusX line, there is the limited production OpusX and the super-limited production OpusX. Today, we are going to talk about a cigar that falls under the latter category – the Fuente Fuente OpusX Rosado Oscuro Oro. The OpusX line has been a staple of Arturo Fuente […]
The release of the Tatuaje TAA 2016 marked the sixth consecutive year that Tatuaje Cigars provided an exclusive cigar as a part of the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series of cigars. It was back in 2011, when Tatuaje Cigars Owner Pete Johnson launched the Tatuaje TAA 2011, the first Tatuaje release for the TAA. The cigar became a […]
