The CroMagnon Black Irish is a limited production cigar that comes from RoMa Craft Tobac. CroMagnon was the line that started it all for RoMa Craft Tobac, as it is the company’s regular production Connecticut Broadleaf line. Back in 2013, the company released a candela version of the CroMagnon EMH (5 x 56) known as the […]
Early in 2015, La Flor Dominicana unveiled a unique project known as the Special Football Edition cigar. That release of the La Flor Dominicana Special Edition was designed to be a regional exclusive to the state of Arizona, which happened to be the state hosting the NFL’s championship game. The cigar featured a cut out […]
In 2017, Gran Habano cigars brought its the latest installment under its S.T.K. brand, the Gran Habano S.T.K. Black Dahlia by George Rico into widespread distribution. Gran Habano Cigars is a fourth generation company that today is run by the father and son team of Guillermo and George Rico. S.T.K. stands for “Stay True Kid” and […]
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 […]
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 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, La Palina Cigars introduced the La Palina Nicaragua line. As the name indicates, it is a line being produced in Nicaragua. When Bill Paley first resurrected the La Palina brand back in 2010, he went to the Graycliff factory in the Bahamas to produce his first line, the La Palina […]
Just prior to the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust announced it was putting into widespread release the second installment of its Muestra de Saka series, the Muestra de Saka Nacatamale. The Muestra de Saka line is a limited production line where it follows a model of “one size, one blend”. Dunbarton Tobacco […]
The Alec Bradley Black Market Illicit TAA Exclusive is a part of several new exclusive releases that have been made available to the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) by several manufacturers for 2017. It is the second time Alec Bradley has done an exclusive release for the TAA. Back in 2013, Alec Bradley unveiled an […]
At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, Cornelius & Anthony Cigars unveiled two new cigars that essentially would round out the company’s portfolio. One cigar was the Cornelius & Anthony Aerial – which became Cornelius & Anthony’s first Connecticut Shade cigar. The second cigar was Cornelius & Anthony Señor Esugars – the company’s first Maduro offering. With Señor Esugars, […]
In 2012, Jeff Borysiewicz, the owner and founder of Orlando’s Corona Cigar Company, purchased a farm in nearby Clermont, Florida. Borysiewicz’s goal was simple – he wanted to bring back growing tobacco to his home-state of Florida. At one time Florida was known as a tobacco-producing state, but for the past three decades, this business […]
