HVC Cigars has announced its 2023 Black Friday Limited Edition Cigar. This year’s release is a 4 1/2 x 56 Petit Gordo Robusto featuring a San Andres wrapper from Mexico over all Nicaraguan tobaccos. Company President and Founder Reinier Lorenzo says the blend went heavier on tobaccos from the Jalapa region to create a unique […]
Over the past two years, HVC Cigars made a couple of significant moves toward vertical integration. In June 2021, the company announced it would be handling its own distribution which includes warehousing and order fulfillment. Almost a year later in June 2022, the company announced it was opening its own factory – Fabrica de Tabacos […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, HVC Cigars will introduce a regular production Connecticut Shade Cigar into its portfolio, the HVC Hot Cake Golden Line. The HVC Hot Cake Golden Line comes from Fabrica de Tabacos HVC S.A., the factory that HVC Cigars’ owner Reinier Lorenzo opened. The blend features an […]
In 2023, HVC Cigars made a bold move. After over a decade of producing some highly acclaimed cigars at the Aganorsa Leaf factory, HVC Cigars’ owner Reinier Lorenzo made the decision to open his own factory, Fabrica de Tabaco, and start shifting production to come from there. While Lorenzo still maintains some production at Aganorsa […]
At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, HVC Cigars released a cigar to commemorate its tenth anniversary – appropriately titled the HVC 10th Anniversary cigar. HVC Cigars was founded by Reinier Lorenzo in 2011, the name HVC stands for Havana City. It pays homage to Havana, Cuba where Lorenzo grew up in post-revolution […]
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 […]
Next month, HVC Cigars will introduce a second size to its HVC 10th Anniversary line, the HVC 10th Anniversary 54. This new size will add a 5 x 54 vitola to the line. The HVC 10th Anniversary was a limited release in 2021 that originally came in a 6 1/2 x 50 Toro. The new […]
Last year, HVC Cigars’ owner Reinier Lorenzo announced he was opening his own factory, Fabrica de Tabacos HVC S.A de Reinier Lorenzo. He soon released a cigar called HVC Selección No.1 to commemorate the first line produced out of the facility. The Selección No. 1 was a San Andres Maduro offering. Next month, Lorenzo will […]
HVC Cigars has announced its 2022 Black Friday Limited Edition Cigar. The big change is the 2022 HVC Black Friday will be coming from the HVC Boutique Factor in Estelí, Nicaragua. Previous installments of the Black Friday Series have been coming from the TABSA Factory. The cigar is a 5 1/2 x 50 Robusto featuring […]
On Episode 238 of the Prime Time Show, we welcome Reinier Lorenzo of HVC Cigars back to the show. It’s been a while since we caught up with Reinier and a lot has happened. He has recently opened up a factory, taken control of his distribution, and worked on many exciting projects. We’ll get alll […]
