The La Palina Goldie Churchill, the eighth installment of the La Palina Goldie Series has now arrived at retailers. The cigar was originally showcased at the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show as the La Palina Goldie Julieta, but since then has been given a new name. The Churchill is the same 7 x 48 cigar that […]
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 might be a blend we […]
While this was the 10th IPCPR Trade Show for Cigar Coop, it was also the 10th IPCPR Trade Show for Bill Paley and La Palina Cigars since he resurrected his family’s brand name. It’s been interesting to watch La Palina’s evolution over these past ten years. Last year I noted that when La Palina launched […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, La Palina Cigars will introduce the eighth installment of its annual Goldie series. This one features the iconic 7 x 48 Julieta size. The Goldie line was created as a tribute to Goldie Drell Paley, the wife of Sam Paley – who founded the La Palina brand back in […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, La Palina Cigars will introduce a value priced Gordo offering known as Double Digit. Double Digit will be a 6 x 60 offering packaged in 50-count boxes. Pricing will be set at $6.99 per cigar or $350.00 per box. The blend consists of an Ecuadorian wrapper with a blend […]
The La Palina Blue Label Toro TAA Exclusive is the third TAA Exclusive cigar to be a produced by Bill Paley’s La Palina Cigars. The cigar was included as a part of the 2018 TAA Exclusive Series which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the TAA. For La Palina, 2018 was also the third consecutive year […]
Once again, La Palina will release an exclusive cigar to the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA). According to a report by Cigar Aficionado, the La Palina Silver Label Toro will make its debut at the TAA’s annual convention being held at Casa de Campo from March 17 through March 21. The report states the La […]
The La Palina Blue Label, a cigar previously offered as an exclusive cigar to the Tobacconists Association of America for 2018, is now becoming a regular production line in the La Palina portfolio. In addition to the TAA Toro size becoming regular production, La Palina will also add Robusto and Gordo offerings. The blend for […]
Maria Sierra, the acclaimed Cuban roller who built a second career in the United States at the famed iconic El Titan de Bronze factory in Little Havana has passed away. She was 70 years old. Sierra’s career spanned six decades. She started out as an apprentice at Cuba’s Fabrica de Tabacos El Laguito, which at […]
The 2016 IPCPR Trade Show was one of the busier ones for La Palina Cigars. One cigar that made its debut at the 2016 Trade Show was a line called El Año 1896. The El Año 1896 became the first all box-pressed line to be introduced by La Palina Cigars. This was a cigar that […]
