If you followed our 2019 IPCPR Trade Show coverage, once of the most active of the smaller cigar companies in terms of delivering new product was Southern Draw Cigars. In the five years Southern Draw has been in business, it has built a solid portfolio of cigars. The 2019 cigar releases by Southern Draw followed […]
Cigar Review: Perdomo Estate Selección Vintage Limited Edition Box-Pressed Maduro Regente
William Cooper Reviews 1 Comment 91-93, Box Purchase, Perdomo, Review
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Perdomo Cigars formally showcased the return of the Perdomo Estate Selección Vintage (ESV). Perdomo is a company with a huge portfolio of FDA predicate blends and has felt the pressure to bring something new to market for the sake of bringing something new. Perdomo had much success with the […]
Agile Cigar Review: Undercrown Shade Suprema by Drew Estate
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Box Purchase, Drew Estate, Review, Undercrown
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 […]
Cigar Review: Tatuaje TAA 51th
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 2019 TAA Exclusive Series, 91-93, Box Purchase, Review, TAA, Tatuaje
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 […]
Cigar Review: La Galera Anemoi Eurus by IndianHead Cigars
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Box Purchase, IndianHead Cigars, La Galera, Review
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 […]
Cigar Review: HVC 500 Years Anniversary Teseros
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Box Purchase, HVC, Review
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, […]
Cigar Review: La Gloria Cubana Spanish Press Robusto
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Box Purchase, General, La Gloria Cubana, Review
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 […]
Cigar Review: Powstanie SBC18
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Box Purchase, Nica Sueno, Pospiech Cigars, Powstanie, Reviews
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 […]
Cigar Review: Esteban Carreras Unforgiven Toro Grande
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 91-93, Box Purchase, Esteban Carreras, Review
When it comes to Esteban Carreras Cigars, there are two things I have come to expect from the company when it comes to the IPCPR Trade Show. First is that the company will unveil a new product at the Trade Show and second, the company will keep the release under wraps until the Trade Show […]
Cigar Review: Black Works Studio NBK Lizard King
William Cooper Reviews 1 Comment 91-93, Black Works Studio, Box Purchase, Oveja Negra Brands, Review
Late in 2015, cigar maker James Brown launched his second brand known as Black Works Studio. One of the first releases under that brand was a box-pressed offering known as NBK (an acronym for Natural Born Killers). At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Brown would introduce an off-shoot of NBK that would be made available […]