Gary Griffith Gary Griffith, who was a founder of the Emilio Cigars brand, and then built a nine company distribution arm with House of Emilio has departed. House of Emilio issued a statement on social media announcing Griffith’s retirement from House of Emilio, Emilio Cigars, and his retail responsibilities at Delaware Cigars. In a statement […]
Nomad Esteli Lot 8613 (Photo Credit: Nomad Cigar Company) Nomad Cigar Company has announced its latest release, Nomad Esteli Lot 8613. The Nomad Esteli Lot 8613 marks the company’s fifth regular production line. For this release, owner Fred Rewey goes to Nicaragua and AJ Fernandez’s Tabacalera Fernandez to create this cigar. On the Nomad web-site, […]
Nomad C-276 Robusto The Nomad C-276 is the fourth regular production cigar released by Nomad Cigar Company. The cigar made its debut at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas. 2014 saw Nomad Cigar Company add two regular production lines, the Nomad Connecticut Fuerte and the C-276. Company president Fred Rewey has divided his […]
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 re-assess […]
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 previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide an […]
Ezra Zion FHK Truth The Ezra Zion FHK marked the fifth line to be released by Ezra Zion Cigar Company. The cigar had an official release on January 1st, 2014 – making it for all practical purposes the first cigar to get released for the calendar year of 2014. The cigar was a major departure […]
The Mia Dora cigar has been a long awaited cigar from Emilio fans. It was back in March 2013 when brand developer Gary Griffith announced the project. Today, Emilio Cigars has finally announced the availability of the Mia Dora. Griffith has said the Mia Dora cigar is a tribute to the woman in his life […]
It was exactly two years ago today when an announcement was made that a company called Global Premium Cigars and Gary Griffith’s Emilio Cigars entered into a distribution agreement. At the time, Global Premium Cigars was an unknown Nicaraguan-based manufacturer. Headed by its CEO and founder Enrique Sanchez Icaza, Global Premium Cigars was making a line […]
This past weekend, Rodrigo Cigars launched a new web-site and some details the first release of the Corona Project were posted. The Corona Project has been a limited edition project that has been in the works for sometime. The first release is being dubbed “Vol. 1” The plan with the Corona Project is to create […]
Nomad Cigar Company has launched its first lancero. The Nomad Connecticut Fuerte Lancero was officially launched at Manyunk Cigar Lounge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 18th. The Connecticut Fuerte Lancero becomes the sixth vitola in the Connecticut Fuerte line. Nomad Cigar Company owner Fred Rewey has been hinting for some time that a lancero would […]
