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 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, General Cigar introduced its third Hoyo La Amistad cigar done in collaboration with AJ Fernandez, the Hoyo La Amistad Black. The Hoyo La Amistad Black added a dark oscuro offering into the Hoyo La Amistad line. Over the past 2 years, AJ Fernandez has worked with many companies, but […]
In 2015, Viaje Cigars launched a cigar known as the Viaje Jalapeño. One thing Viaje Cigars was well-known for its themed releases. The Viaje Jalapeño introduced a farm-grown peppers theme. The Jalapeño would come in a very unique figurado shape that was made famous with the Viaje Exclusive Chiquito which one could argue looks like a […]
In 2015, the AVO brand underwent a significant makeover. With the makeover, the brand introduced some packaging changes and there was some consolidation of the lines in the portfolio. As a part of the consolidation, two lines under the AVO brand were dropped, these were the AVO Maduro and the AVO Signature. The consolidation left […]
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 2016 IPCPR Trade Show was one of the busier ones for La Palina Cigars. One cigar that made its debut at the 2016 Trade Show was a line called El Año 1896. The El Año 1896 became the first all box-pressed line to be introduced by La Palina Cigars. This was a cigar that […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Miami Cigar and Company formally launched the Nestor Miranda Collection 75th Anniversary cigar. 2018 is a year for anniversaries and milestones in the cigar industry. For Miami Cigar and Company founder Nestor Miranda, February 14th, 2018 would mark his 75th birthday. The company made a decision to release a […]
The past year at Davidoff has seen the company reach into its rich history and re-release many of its classic blends from its past. One can certainly argue a driving factor has been the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Deeming Regulations which require pre-market approval for new releases. Davidoff has done this through several mechanisms. […]
Over the past two years, AJ Fernandez has had the opportunity to put his own footprint on a series of legendary Cuban brands that have non-Cuban versions sold in the U.S. market. These brands include: Montecristo, Romeo y Julieta, H. Upmann, Gispert, Hoyo de Monterrey, Ramon Allones, and Punch. For the Punch brand, Fernandez developed a […]
