Rocky Patel Fifty Probably the most anticipated cigar being released by Rocky Patel Premium Cigars is the Rocky Patel Fifty. At the 2011 IPCPR, these cigars were on display. This cigar has been in the works for some time and is coinciding with Rocky Patel’s 50 birthday – which occured earlier this year. Word is […]
Macanudo Cru Royale Poco Gordo At the 2010 IPCPR, Macanudo introduced two new blends to their line – Macanudo Vintage 1997 Maduro and the Macanudo Cru Royale. These cigars continued a trend started back in 2008 when Macanudo introduced the Macanudo 1968 – bring cigars in the medium and full range into their portfolio. The […]
Late Harvest Estate Grown (R), new Skull and Bones (L), Oro (C) Viaje has become the masters of the microbatch release process. While this year, Viaje plans to produce another batch of their Satori and two new vitolas of the Skull and Bones (called Little Boy and Fat Man), they also displayed their latest blend […]
Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Limited Edition 2011 w bonus Don Pepin Garcia’s son Jaime Garcia is making his mark in the cigar industry. Last year’s release of the Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial (my #14 Cigar of 2010) and the recent My Father Limited Edition 2011 (as well as great work on the Limited Edition 2010) […]
Earlier this year a new boutique/indie line of cigars was launched called “Martin Family of Cigars”. Specifically, these have become known as the “Pedro Martin Cigars”. The cigars are named after renowned cigar blender Pedro Martin who recently passed away. However Pedro’s daughter Maria Martin who was formerly with Camacho has integrated several of her […]
Pinar Del Rio Liga Especial Reserva Superior 2011 has been a very good year for Abe Flores and his team at Pinar del Rio Cigars. Over the past year, he has grown his PDR 1878 line to four blends. At the 2011 IPCPR show, Flores showed off a cigar that already had been getting some […]
Shame on me for not having a picture on this one, but Alec Bradley was also active at the 2011 IPCPR Trade Show. Earlier this year, Alec Bradley unveiled a their American Classic Blend. This was released prior to IPCPR and was Alec Bradley’s foray into the Connecticut Shade craze that has hit the cigar […]
While the Tatuaje Fausto series has been on the radar of a lot of cigar and specificaly Tatuaje enthusiasts, there is one other blend that has caught the attention of many – the all-Connecticut Broadleaf Tatauje La Casita Criolla. La Casita Criolla translates from Spanish to English “The Little Native House”. A lot of information […]
Charlie Torano During my visit to the 2011 IPCPR, my focus was primarily on evaluating and reviewing technical information around cigars. I did not plan on conducting any formal interviews, but when the folks at Torano Family Cigars asked me if I wanted to interview Charlie Torano, this was something I could not turn down. […]
Drew Estate Undercrown The Undercrown marks the first new line under Drew Estate Cigars since the Liga Privada line was launched three years ago. There are a couple of reasons why Undercrown has generated an excitement and buzz around the 2011 cigar releases. For starters, Drew Estate is a company that has built itself on […]
