Joya de Nicaragua has announced that the 5 1/2 x 54 vitola in their upcoming Joya Red line will be renamed from Cardinal to Canonazo. Accoding to the company, the name change was “due to a conflict” with the name. The Joya Red was announced one week ago, the cigar is a Nicaraguan puro being […]
Cigar Pre-Review: Recluse Amadeus by Iconic Leaf Cigar Company
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Recluse Amadeus Toro by Iconic Leaf Cigar Company The Recluse Amadeus is the soon to be released third line by Iconic Leaf Cigar Company. For this cigar Iconic Leaf introduces its first Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper offering into the line. At the same time, the company stayed true to their roots by making a box-press […]
Cigar News: Warped Cigars La Colmena to Launch at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show (2014 Preview)
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Warped Cigars will introduce their second Miami line, La Colmena at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show in July. La Colmena (which translates to “The Beehive”) will be rolled at the El Titan de Bronze factory in Little Havana under the supervision of factory owner Sandy Cobas. According to Warped Cigars, La Colmena’s inspiration was drawn […]
Cigar News: A.J. Fernandez New World Coming Soon
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A.J. Fernandez Cigars will be launching a new cigar called “New World”. The cigar will be showcased as a part of Cigar Dave’s “Smoke on the Water II” event on August 16, 2014 in Grand Island, New York (Buffalo area). No specific details on the blend or sizes of the line have been disclosed […]
Cigar News: Espinosa Cigars Announces 601 La Bomba Warhead II (Cigar Preview)
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Coming off the successful debut of 2013’s 601 La Bomba Warhead, Espinosa is bringing back the 601 La Bomba Warhead in a new vitola and transformed packaging for 2014. The company also announced that the Warhead would now become an limited production, annual release. Dubbed the Warhead II, this cigar will debut at the 2014 […]
Cigar News: E.P. Carrillo INCH C-99 Announced (Cigar Preview)
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E.P. Carrillo INCH C-99 (Photo Credit E.P. Carrillo Facebook page) E.P. Carrillo will be adding a new blend into its INCH line. Yesterday the company showed photographs on its Facebook page of the new E.P. Carrillo INCH C-99. This cigar features a new blend that includes a Corojo C-99 wrapper. Plans are to launch […]
Cigar News: Joya Red by Joya de Nicaragua (Cigar Preview)
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Joya de Nicaragua will introduce a new cigar called Joya Red at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show. Over the years, Joya de Nicaragua has built a reputation for strong and powerful cigars. The Joya Red is designed to show the company can make cigars outside that profile and make a cigar in the medium strength […]
Cigar News: Tortuga 215 Coyote Negro from Legacy Brands Coming for IPCPR (Cigar Preview)
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Victor Vitale of Legacy Brands was a guest on the 6/3/14 edition of Cigar Chat and broke news of a new release coming under the Tortuga brand. The Tortuga 215 Coyote Negro will introduce a Brazilian Mata Fina wrapper blend to the line and will be available in two sizes. A pre-release of one of […]
Cigar News: Nestor Miranda Collection Revamps Nestor Miranda Line (Cigar Preview)
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Nestor Miranda Collection (Photo Credit Nestor Miranda Collection Facebook page) As has been hinted out for several months, the Nestor Miranda line is undergoing a major re-vamping. The packaging and branding is being updated, and the line will now consist of a Connecticut, Habano, and Maduro option. Last week, the Nestor Miranda Collection made its […]
Cigar News: REINADO announces First Grand Empire Reserve Ecuador Edition (Cigar Preview)
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REINADO Cigars has made the announcement of its new Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper cigar. The REINADO Grand Empire Reserve Ecuador will be released in a 6 x 38 petit lancero. It not only marks the first Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade cigar by REINADO, but its first non Niccraguan puro. The cigar will also make its debut at […]