La Gloria Cubana Sanson The La Gloria Cubana Sanson is an 8 x 60 limited production cigar targeted for General Cigar retailers in the southeast United States. According to Victoria McKee of General Cigar, the blend for the Sanson was one of the blends that was developed for the La Gloria Cubana Trunk Show Twenty […]
#12: CAO Concert The CAO Concert is our selection for #12 on the 2012 Cigar of the Year countdown. This marks the second release by the CAO brand since it was acquired by General Cigar Company. The Concert was launched at the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show. The name of the cigar is meant to pay […]
British American Tobacco International is adding a new cigar to its Dunhill brand. Cigar Aficionado has provided some preliminary information to the new Dunhill Aged Reserva Especial 2003. This cigar is positioned as a limited edition cigar. Perhaps as interesting as the new cigar is that the article quotes Dunhill Cigars head Yves […]
#30 – La Gloria Cubana Trunk Show Twenty Twelve Liga LR-1 Coming in at #30 – and kicking off the 2012 Cigar of the Year Countdown is the La Gloria Cubana La Gloria Cubana Trunk Show Twenty Twelve Liga LR-1. In 2010, La Gloria Cubana had three cigars in the 2010 Cigar of the Year countdown. […]
La Gloria Cubana Trunk Show Twenty Twelve Liga LR-1 The La Gloria Cubana Trunk Show Twenty Twelve Liga LR-1 was one of two cigars released by General Cigar’s La Gloria Cubana brand at the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show. These two new cigars continue the tradition of innovation established by the La Gloria Cubana blend. For […]
La Gloria Cubana Trunk Show Twenty Twelve Liga YG-23 The La Gloria Cubana Trunk Show Twenty Twelve Liga YG-23 was one of two cigars released by General Cigar’s La Gloria Cubana brand at the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show. We were one of the first media outlets to tell the story of these new cigars. […]
Foundry by General Cigar Company Right before the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show, General Cigar Company announced a new cigar called Foundry. The Foundry is significant because not only did it mark a new cigar, but it marked a new brand in the General Cigar Company portfolio. The theme around Foundry is the Steampunk movement. […]
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide […]
Cohiba Edicion Diamante 2012 Back at the 2011 IPCPR Trade Show, General Cigar Company launched a special chest humidor containing with 150 cigars of a new blend called the Cohiba Edicion Diamante. This offering was geared at serious cigar collectors. In addition to coming in the humidor, the cigar itself featured a rare Cameroon wrapper […]
(Miami, Florida) October 09, 2012— The Menendez family is beaming with pride due to a recent induction in the Cigar Aficionado Hall of Fame. The Menendez family has a long and storied history in cigar lore which has continued on to spread post-communist Cuba. Alonso Menendez, Cuban citizen and master of the tobacco trades in Cuba would be proud of where […]
