In 2021, United Cigar relaunched a brand known as Abuelo. The Abuelo is a brand that was released over 20 years ago when United Cigars owner David Garofalo’s brother-in-law John was going to become a grandfather. Shortly after the brand’s release, John passed away and the brand essentially became dormant. Fast forward to 2021, […]
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 […]
United Cigars has announced it is bringing back its limited-edition Cigar Bar. The plans are to make the United Cigar Bar an annual release as part of the United Cigars Series Unidas collection. Series Unidas is a series of collaborations with which United Cigars partners with leading manufacturers. In the case of the Cigar Bar, […]
Julio R. Eiroa, who emigrated from Cuba following the Cuban revolution to become one of the world’s premier leaders in tobacco agriculture and production, was the recipient of Cigar Journal’s 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was selected by the staff on Cigar Journal. When honored, Mr Eiroa made a rare virtual appearance during Cigar […]
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 rescoring or giving a score for the first time. It also might be a blend […]
For the past few IPCPR/PCA Trade Shows, if you walked to one of the ends you would run into the JRE Tobacco Company booth. There has been a myth that the ends of the Trade Show floor is not the best location for a booth, but don’t tell that to JRE Tobacco Company. Each year […]
A fourth size is coming to JRE Tobacco Company’s Aladino Corojo Reserva line. This new size is in the form of a box-pressed figurado marking the first time a box-pressed offering as a well as a figurado offering has been done in the Corojo Reserva line. The Aladino Corojo Reserva Figurado measures 54 x 6 […]
JRE Tobacco is adding two new sizes to the Aladino Vintage Selection line in the form of a Toro (6 x 50) and Elegante (7 x 38). The line extensions will have a full launch at the 2021 PCA Trade Show in Las Vegas with a soft launch this month for the retailers who have […]
“JRE Tobacco Company has certainly been on a roll for the past two years, and the Aladino Cameroon Robusto is another feather in the cap for the company. The Aladino Cameroon Robusto fires on all cylinders. It delivers excellent flavor, has excellent construction, and delivers its share of complexity.” Wrapper: Honduran Grown Cameroon Binder: […]
JRE Tobacco Co. will be adding a fourth size to its Aladino Cameroon in the form of a lancero. The new size will be an exclusive to Blue Smoke of Dallas retail store until it gets a national release at the Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) 2021 in May 2021. The Aladino Cameroon Lancero features the […]
