At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, JRE Tobacco Company launched two extensions to its Aladino brand. The first was a formal launch of the long-awaited Aladino Maduro, which had been soft-launched to select retailers in the months prior to the trade show. The second was a limited release known as the Aladino Corojo Reserva. Like […]
MQBA is a new brand launched by Mel Shah and Bombay Tobak. Bombay Tobak is best known for the brands of MBombay and Gaaja. The MQBA launch marks Bombay Tobak’s foray into a single farm vintage release. The tobacco for MQBA comes from a farm in Ventana, Ecuador that the company has been leasing since 2008. As a […]
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 […]
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 term “Unicorn” has become a buzz word in the cigar industry. It refers to a cigar that is considered collectible and often difficult to obtain for various reasons. It was a name that Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust founder Steve Saka decided to use for his third installment of his Muestra de Saka series, the […]
At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, Altadis U.S.A. showed off a cigar under its VegaFina brand known as the VegaFina Añejado 7 Años Robusto Extra Pigtail. VegaFina is one of many brands in Altadis U.S.A.’s portfolio. When it comes to the VegaFina brand, while it is seen in the U.S. market, it has been one that […]
The La Vérité is a brand of limited edition cigars that come from Pete Johnson and Tatuaje Cigars. Johnson is not only known as a world-renowned cigar maker, but someone who has an affinity for the wine industry. With La Vérité, Johnson was able to bridge these two passions. The La Vérité borrows a concept from the wine […]
At the end of 2015, Villiger North America, the U.S. operation of global tobacco giant Villiger Sons Limited, reached a crossroad. For several years, Villiger North America had been tasked to make an impact in the premium handmade cigar market. The effort was proving not to be profitable and was disconnected with its customers. Villiger had […]
The Debonaire Daybreak is the fifth blend to be released by Phil Zanghi‘s Debonaire House operation. Debonaire House consists of two distinct brands, Debonaire and Indian Motorcycle Cigars. Up until the release of Daybreak, both Debonaire and Indian Motorcycle Cigars consisted of a Habano and Maduro wrapped blend. With Daybreak, Zanghi ventures into some different […]
Back in 2016, Steve Saka and Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust released their second regular production line, Mi Querida. This was Saka’s long-awaited Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper offering. When Mi Querida was first introduced, there were four sizes that were made generally available to retailers. Simultaneously, there were also four additional sizes which were introduced in a […]
