At the beginning of 2022, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust released an off-shoot blend of its popular Sin Compromiso line known as Sin Compromiso Paladin de Saka. If you have followed Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust and the career of its owner/blender Steve Saka, you will know that doing offshoot blends based on existing lines is […]
One of the pioneers in the large ring gauge movement was Perdomo Cigars. It was back in the early 2000s when Nick Perdomo introduced a line called the Perdomo Inmenso. It was a line well ahead of its time, as it featured some very large ring gauge cigars. Over the past decade, large ring gauges […]
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 rescoring or giving a score for the first time. It also might be a blend […]
If there is one thing Steve Saka has been known for throughout his career it’s creating offshoot blends from his tried and true lines. We’ve seen this while he was at Drew Estate when he created the Undercrown Corona ¡Viva! line as well as some of the Liga Privada Unica Serie line. When he formed Dunbarton […]
Late in 2017, came word that Cubanacan Cigars was repackaging and re-launching its self-titled premium cigar line. It was the company’s first major announcement in nearly two years. In 2015, the company separated with Hirochi Robaina and Omar González-Alemán resulting in the distribution of the HR and Soneros lines through Cubanacan coming to an end. […]
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 […]
Pier 28 Premium Cigars is a company owned by Tim Wong. Wong is the West Coast Territory Manager for Espinosa Premium Cigars. In 2016, he took a step into brand owner as he worked with Espinosa Cigars’ La Zona factory to release Pier 28 Premium Cigars. Pier 28′ first release was the Pier 28 Habano […]
La Madrina is one of several brands offered by Dapper Cigar Company. Dapper Cigar Company is a brand founded by a cigar enthusiast named Ian Reith. Based out of Fresno, California, Reith’s background is in the Information Technology (IT) space. After falling in love with cigars, Reith set out to learn as much as he could […]
The Isabela StarDust is a small batch, limited edition cigar by Isabela Cigar Company. The company is the brainchild Johnny Piette, who in 1997 would connect with a Cuban Cigar Master named Vincente Ortiz. Ortiz had a small factory located in the Little Havana area of Miami. He would eventually become a mentor to Piette. […]
