Exactly one year prior to the publication of this assessment, it was the eve of the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas. As we usually do, it was time to make our predictions for the five hottest cigars at the Trade Show. These aren’t necessarily the cigars that are the best, but rather those […]
At the 2020 Tobacco Plus Expo, JRE Tobacco Company launched a line of cigars focused on larger, thicker cigars known as Rancho Luna Grandes. JRE Tobacco Company is best known for its Aladino brand, which is the most premium line and has grown into the workhorse brand in its portfolio. In addition, there are two […]
Once upon a time, a store exclusive cigar by a manufacturer meant something and created world excitement. Go back to 2010 and one might remember the frenzy of the Tatuaje Anarchy, the first release of Smoke Inn’s MicroBlend Series. At the time, the Tatuaje Anarchy was planned to be one of four exclusive cigars by […]
Today we take a closer look at a cigar type we typically don’t review, but is one of the best selling cigars in the world – the Quorum Maduro. Quorum Maduro is one of three blends offered by J.C. Newman Company under the Quorum brand. Quorum is a brand of value-based Cuban sandwich cigars. As […]
Earlier this year, Tabacalera S.L.U. released a limited edition cigar known as the VegaFina Fortaleza 2 Andullo. Tabacalera S.L.U. was the European sibling to Tabacalera USA which is the parent company of Altadis U.S.A. One the popular brands under Tabacalera S.L.U. has been the VegaFina brand. While VegaFina has maintained a strong footprint in Europe […]
In 2018, Gran Habano cigars introduced its fifth cigar in its Gran Reserva line known as the Gran Habano Corojo No. 5 Gran Reserva Gran Robusto 2012. The cigar is an off-shoot to the popular regular production Gran Habano Corojo No. 5. The Gran Habano Gran Reserva line incorporates well-aged vintage tobaccos. The company says […]
Recently, Cigar Coop published its The Decade List – The Impact Lines list. This was a list of cigar lines of some of the most impactful lines in the cigar industry. The line that came in at number two was the Asylum 13 line. The reason why this line placed so high was because of the […]
In 2019, E.P. Carrillo celebrated its tenth anniversary, and for the first time in three years, the company released a couple of limited editions. Since the company’s inception in 2009, the company became known for two popular limited edition series – the E.P. Carrillo Short Run and the E.P. Carrillo Edición Limitada. In 2016 the […]
If there is one cigar in the Lars Tetens portfolio that caught a lot of cigar enthusiasts’ attention, it was the Lars Tetens SS. The “SS” stands for “Spicy Sweet” and that is exactly the experience one is going to get. Lars Tetens is best known for its “conditioned” cigars. These cigars incorporate essential oils, […]
2019 saw Crowned Heads release the Four Kicks Mule Kick Limited Edition 2019. For the past few years, Mule Kick has become an annual release anticipated by Crowned Heads fans. Mule Kick started out as an off-shoot of Crowned Heads first line, Four Kicks. Im 2012, there was a batch of Ecuadorian Habano wrapper that […]
