San Lotano Oval Habano Limited Edition Pigskin Super Smoke Figurado XLVIII The San Lotano Oval Habano Limited Edition Pigskin Super Smoke Figurado XLVIII is a cigar that was quietly released by A.J. Fernandez Cigars. It was released to commemorate the Super Bowl XLVIII being held in the New York / New Jersey metropolitan area. As such […]
Pinolero Maduro by A.J. Fernandez At the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show, A.J. Fernandez Cigars introduced its second blend in its Pinolero line. As the name indicates, the Pinolero Maduro brings a maduro wrapper offering into the line. The Pinolero was introduced the prior year in a sun grown Nicaraguan wrapper offering. That original Pinolero brought […]
Zino Platinum – The Make of L.A. Zino Platinum -The Make of L.A.” is the second line released by the Zino brand paying homage to the culture of a city. For this release, the city is Los Angeles, California. Earlier this year, Zino had released the Zino Platinum Make of New York line. A preview of the […]
El Cedro Corona Gorda El Cedro is the first release by boutique cigar company El Cedro Cigars. The company was founded by Anwar Elboustani. The company and cigar are a tribute to the men and women who serve in America’s Armed Forces. Elboustani served as a translator for the U.S. Navy in Iraq and got hooked […]
BOTL™LE2013 Corona Gorda The BOTL™ LE2013 Corona Gorda is one of three ultra limited release vitolas released by Drew Estate for the online forum Brothers of the Leaf (BOTL.org). The cigars have been distributed through Tim Podwika’s online store Podmancigars.com. The cigar was a project of Podwika’s that started while he visited Drew Estate on its […]
Davidoff Madison Avenue 25th Anniversary The Davidoff Madison Avenue 25th Anniversary is one of two commemorative cigars released by Davidoff to commemorate a quarter century milestone. In this case the Davidoff Madison Avenue 25th Anniversary commemorates the 25th Anniversary of the company’s flagship site in New York City located on Madison Avenue. The company also […]
Pedro Martin Limited Edition Back in late 2012, Maria Martin, owner of Martin Family of Cigars discussed a project on Kiss My Ash Radio that would be her Martin Family of Cigars company’s first limited edition cigar – the Pedro Martin Limited Edition. In 2013, a big change would happen as Gurkha Cigar Group would […]
The E.P. Carrillo Edicion Limitada 2013 is the fourth installment of the company’s annual limited series. This is one of two annual limited production releases that are for the most part “one and done”. While the other limited line, the Short Run has typically been released in multiple vitolas, the E.P. Carrillo Edicion Limitada series is […]
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 previously assessed/score cigars. Today we look at the […]
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 previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we re-assess the Ezra […]