In 2015, two cigar enthusiasts named Juan Cancel and Bill Ives were convinced to take the plunge into the world of brand owners and release a cigar under their own Cubariqueño Cigar Company. For several years, Cancel and Ives had promoted the Espinosa Cigars brand on social media, so to produce their cigar, they turned […]
Cigar News: Cubariqueño Cigar Company Releasing Protocol Themis Lancero
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Cubariqueño Cigar Company is releasing its long-awaited Protocol Themis Lancero release. The lancero becomes the third size in Cubariqueño’s Connecticut shade line. Protocol Themis is the third line released by Cubariqueño Cigar Company, following the Protocol and Protocol Probable Cause lines. With each of those previous releases, a lancero line extension followed in the year […]
Prime Time Episode 54: Juan Cancel and Bill Ives, Cubariqueño Cigar Company
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On Episode 54, we bring back the Cubariqueño boys, co-founders Juan Cancel & Bill Ives. Cubariqueño has a new release for 2018, the Protocol Official Misconduct – and we will discuss the project at length with Juan and Bill, plus catch up on all of the happenings at Cubariqueño. Our Debonaire Ideal segment is one for […]
Announcement: Prime Time Show Episode 54 – Juan Cancel & Bill Ives, Cubariqueño Cigar Co. 10pm EST, 7pm PST
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On Episode 54, we bring back the Cubariqueño boys, co-founders Juan Cancel & Bill Ives. Cubariqueño has a new release for 2018, the Protocol Official Misconduct – and we will discuss the project at length with the Juan and Bill, plus catch up on all of the happenings at Cubariqueño. Our Debonaire Ideal segment is […]
Cigar News: Cubariqueño Cigar Company to Introduce Fourth Line with Protocol Official Misconduct
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Cubariqueño Cigar Company has announced the release of its fourth line, Protocol Official Misconduct. Once again, the name of the line keeps to the theme of law enforcement as owners Bill Ives and Juan Cancel serve as police officers and Bill Agathis is an attorney. Produced at Erik Espinosa’s La Zona factory, the Protocol […]
Cigar News: Cubariqueño Cigar Company Adding Protocol Probable Cause Corona Gorda
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Cubariqueño Cigar Company has announced a line extension to its Protocol Probable Cause line. A new 5 5/8 x 46 Corona Gorda will become the fourth vitola for the company’s maduro offering. Protocol Probable Cause was the second blend released by Cubariqueño. The blend features a San Andres Maduro wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler. […]
Agile Cigar Review: Protocol Probable Cause Robusto by Cubariqueño Cigar Company
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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 […]
Cigar News: Cubariqueño Cigar Company’s Protocol K9 Becomes Latest Cigar Dojo Collaboration
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Cigar Dojo has announced its latest collaborative project is with Cubariqueño Cigar Company. Today the online social media community announced it is teaming up with Cubariqueño to release the Protocol K9. The cigar will be sold through Famous Smoke Shop and will go on sale Friday, March 23rd. The Protocol K9 project is unique because […]
2017 Cigar of the Year Countdown: #25: Protocol Themis Toro by Cubariqueño Cigar Company
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Note: The Cigar of the Year Countdown will not publish on Monday December 25, 2017. There will still be regular daily content to enjoy on that day. The countdown resumes on Tuesday December 26th. “The Protocol Themis Toro cigar is one I could recommend to both novice and experienced cigar enthusiasts…and it’s one worthy of a box […]
Prime Time Episode 28: Live from La Zona Palooza 2017
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For Episode 28 of the Prime Time Show, we broadcasted from Espinosa Cigars World Headquarters in Miami at their annual La Zona Palooza event for 2017. We had the whole Prime Time team a part of this broadcast. Bear and Coop were on the ground in Miami whuke Aaron broascasred from California We break from […]