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 or it might be a blend […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, Fred Rewey and Nomad Cigar Company showcased three cigar lines that would come out of James Brown’s Fabrica Oveja Negra operation. At the time, the cigars were introduced in a limited fashion in order to avoid an August 8, 2016 deadline imposed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration […]
When Caldwell Cigar Company began in 2014, the company launched three premium lines under the umbrella of the Caldwell Collection. These lines include Long Live the King, The King is Dead, and Eastern Standard. Since then, these lines have now started to morph into brands of their own as there have been several extensions introduced. […]
2018 is going to go down as the year of the anniversary in the premium cigar business as across the industry many brands and personalities are celebrating milestones. In the case of My Father Cigars, the company is celebrating two milestones. It’s the 15th anniversary of company patriarch Don Pepin Garcia setting up shop at […]
Recently a common thead across the brands of Davidoff has been the resurrection of several discontinued lines. Back in 2013, the Camacho brand underwent a major revamping. As a part of the overhaul, there was new packaging introduced as well as several re-blends of some of Camacho’s long-time brands. At that same time, several other Camacho […]
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 […]
The Viaje Juntos 2018 is the fourth installment in Viaje’s series of collaborative cigars. Launched in 2014, the line was originally called the Viaje Collaboration series for the first two installments, but due to trademark issues, the series was rebranded as Viaje Juntos in 2016 for the third release. The name “Juntos” means “together” and it keeps to the […]
With many cigars, the origin of the brand often stems with a retail operation – and this is certainly the case with the Davidoff brand. It was back in 1968 when Zino Davidoff launched the Davidoff brand. At the time, the brand was manufactured in Cuba by Cubatabaco. Eventually, Zino would become disenchanted with the […]
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 providing a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, La Flor Dominicana released the latest installment of its Factory Press series. This year’s release was simply dubbed the La Flor Dominicana Factory Press. It was the first Factory Press release that La Flor Dominicana had released in four years. The Factory Press series has three signature characteristics: First, […]
