Back in 2014, Espinosa Cigars would release a cigar that became a game-changer for the company known as the Espinosa Laranja Reserva. The thing that made this cigar a game-changer was the use of a Brazilian wrapper known as “Laranja” because of its orange-colored hue (Laranja is Portuguese for orange). Five years later, Espinosa […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. While we typically use these to review different sizes or different ages, from time to time we will also use these to explore a newer brand. Today we take a look at a newer brand from Troianiello Cigars with the Troianiello Maduro Robusto. […]
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 […]
At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, ACE Prime launched a new offering under its Luciano brand known as the Fiat Lux by Luciano. The Luciano brand is named for Luciano Meirelles, the owner and face of ACE Prime. Fiat Lux is a Latin expression for “let there be light” from the intellectual […]
In 2021, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) made a major change in its portfolio of premium cigar brands. Previously, the premium cigar brands were under General Cigar Company, but 2021 saw STG split off several brands that were under General Cigar Company into a separate subsidiary known as Forged Cigar Company. Forged Cigar Company would have […]
At the end of 2019, one of the more surprising stories that hit the news was the acquisition of the Fonseca brand by My Father Cigars from the Quesada family. The Fonseca brand was established in Cuba by Don Francisco Fonseca. The Dominican version of the Fonseca brand has been made by the Quesada family […]
Over the past nine years, Davidoff has revamped many of its non “Davidoff” brands. We’ve seen major makeovers of the Camacho, Avo, Cusano, and Winston Churchill brands. 2021 would see the Zino brand undergo a major change. For many years Zino has been positioned as an ultra-premium brand. Most of the releases over the past […]
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 […]
Earlier this year, General Cigar released a new Hoyo De Monterrey cigar under its Excalibur sub-brand known as the Hoyo de Monterrey Excalibur Black. For a period from 2016 to 2019, much of the focus of the Hoyo brand was around the Hoyo La Amistad sub-brand, a line of contemporary-looking cigars produced in Nicaragua by […]
In 2020, ACE Prime would introduce the Pichardo Maduro. This would become the first offering in the ACE Prime portfolio to feature a Brazilian Arapiraca wrapper. ACE Prime is a company that launched in 2019. It was founded by Luciano Meirelles and Don Eradio Pichardo. Each of the principal owners have launched a namesake brand, […]
