When Ferio Tego acquired the cigar brands from Nat Sherman International, one of the brands it acquired was the Timeless Collection. The Timeless Collection is a very important brand in the history of both Nat Sherman and Ferio Tego. The brand made its debut in January 2012 with the Timeless Dominican, a cigar that today […]
Today we take a look at the second of the inaugural releases by West Tampa Tobacco Company, the West Tampa Tobacco Co. Black. West Tampa Tobacco Company was formed by two former alumni of General Cigar Company, Rick Rodriguez and Gus Martinez. Rodriguez is best known for spending over a decade as the blender/ambassador for […]
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 […]
In 2022, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust released the sixth installment of its Muestra de Saka series, The Bewitched. The story of the Bewitched goes back to 2021 when the company released a special limited edition cigar to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Owl Shop of Worcester. Following that release, a decision was made with the […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Casa Cuevas Cigars would introduce its eighth regular production line, Sangre Nueva. Sangre Nueva means “New Blood” and it was an appropriate name. This was a cigar line that was spearheaded by Alec Cuevas, who now is the company’s Director of Brand Development. Alec would become […]
In 2022, Crowned Heads released the Four Kicks Mule Kick Limited Edition 2022 (LE 2022). If you go back into the history of Crowned Heads, the Mule Kick is the oldest limited edition line in the company’s portfolio going back to 2012. It was in that year that there was a batch of Ecuadorian Habano […]
Last year, Global Premium Cigars celebrated ten years of the 1502 brand. To commemorate the occasion, the company introduced a new regular production line under the 1502 brand – appropriately titled the 1502 Aniversario 10. It was Global Premium Cigars’ first new regular production line under the 1502 brand since 2016 (when the company launched […]
If you follow the Davidoff brand since mid-2017, the focus has been on limited editions. It was in 2017 that Davidoff released its last core line, the Davidoff Winston Churchill Late Hour. The limited editions that have been released since then have either been old limited editions that have been brought back for another one, […]
One of the big stories of 2022 was the announcement that celebrity restauranteur Guy Fieri would be teaming up with Espinosa Cigars to launch the Knuckle Sandwich brand of cigars. Knuckle Sandwich Cigars is a brand produced by Espinosa Cigars and distributed by Espinosa Cigars. Over the years, company president Erik Espinosa had developed a […]
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 […]