Room 101 Conjura Edition – Papi Chulo At IPCPR 2011, when I visited to Matt Booth’s “booth” at Davidoff, he gave us an insight into a new line extension to the Room 101 Conjura Edition as well as what is in store for that particular blend’s line. A new vitola is being added to the […]
Room 101 Connecticut – unbanded sample From talking to retailers and media, it seems as though a big theme for the 2011 cigar year has been the Connecticut/ Ecuadorian shade wrapper. There have been some very good Connecticut/ Ecuadorian shade wrapper cigars introduced this year including the E.P. Carrillo New Wave Connecticut, J&D Temptation Claro, […]
Room 101 Connecticut (615 vitola) One of the highlights of these year’s show was paying a visit to the Room 101 “room” in the Davidoff “booth”. The Room 101 brand was founded by Matt Booth who gained fame for making jewelry, accessories, and clothing for the Hollywood scene. Booth soon extended his “lifestyle” to include […]
June 2011 was certainly a busy-month in the cigar industry. Many cigar manufacturers and retailers are in the preparation stages for the 2011 IPCPR Trade Show. It is usually around this time when cigar manufacturers begin to release information about what they plan to unveil at the show. Independent of IPCPR, there is a ton […]
Room 101 Cigars has posted information on their web-site about their third release, the Room 101 Namakubi. Details can be seen on the Room 101 Blog about the background of the cigar. It pays homage to Samurai culture. Cigar Aficionado also put information on this. Blend Profile Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Honduran Generoso seed Filler: […]
Lately I’ve been trying to take this web-site into more of a hard-core direction in terms of cigar information. I’m not sure how successful this transition has been, but I’m trying. There are times where I realize I do need to take a step back and have a little fun. With tonight being the first […]
Christian Eiroa did an interview with Cigar Aficionado today where he announced the new Camacho Super Limitado. By the name of the cigar – this will be a super limited series. Eiroa has accumulated about 24 different blends since 1996 and has decided to release these to select retailers. He is intending only to make […]
In my previous review, I mentioned that a group of us got together for a Smoker’s Roundtable and smoked the Illusione 2 and Crowned of Thorns. This was a cigar I had not had before. Well for the second smoke of the roundtable, I was treated to another cigar I had not had – the […]
This has been one of the roughest weeks the Cigar Industry has endured in some time. Word is now coming out that the legendary Sal Fontana has passed away. Sal had been ill for sometime. He was 86 years old. A World War II veteran, Sal was also one of the brain-trusts with Camacho Cigars. […]
This is some dated news that was reported in Cigar Aficionado, but still noteworthy to mention. A fire occurred this past December 23rd at the Camacho Cigars’ warehouse in Danli, Honduras. While nobody was hurt in the fire, it did destroy quite a bit of Connecticut-seed Ecuadorian tobacco. This tobacco is used to as wrappers […]
