La Flor Dominicana Air Bender Maduro At the 2011 IPCPR trade show, one of the highlights from La Flor Dominicana was the upcoming release of its new maduro version of its popular Air Bender cigar. While much of the buzz was around the innovative packaging of this cigar, I think ultimately people were genuinely interested […]
Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 3 The Litto Gomez Diez series is a line of cigars that was introduced by La Flor Dominicana several years ago. It is a line Dominican puros that take all of its tobacco’s from Gomez’s La Canela farm in the Dominican Republic from a single crop year. In 2006, […]
La Flor Dominicana has announced that a new blend featuring a double claro wrapper will be hitting retailer shelves very soon. Double Claro is the technical term for what is commonly known as a candela wrapper. Candela wrappers are distinguished by their green color. In 2011, candela releases by Viaje and Illusione certainly generated some […]
La Flor Dominicana Factory Press IV Ever since the initial release of the Factory Press series by Litto Gomez and La Flor Dominicana a few years ago, the cigars in this series have long been sought after by many cigar enthusiasts. According to Gomez, the genesis for the Factory Press series is as follows: For […]
Photo from La Flor Dominicana via Facebook Fans of La Flor Dominicana have always looked forward to the Factory Press limited series. La Flor Dominicana is now getting ready to ship its fourth installment of this series – the La Flor Dominican Factory Press IV. For this series, the cigar gets a new wrapper and […]
Most of the month of August has been spent on IPCPR wrap-up. There were three major news stories that broke at the end of the month. Major Stories First up, the cigar industry lost a legend. Edgar M. Cullman Sr, the longtime chariman, chief executive, and president of General Cigars passed away on August 28th […]
La Flor Dominicana Colorado Oscuro No. 5 Vitola – My Sample In the world of cigars, all cigars are works of art to me. I love to look at a cigar’s appearance from wrapper, to foot, to cap. If these handmade gems are not works of art, then I don’t know what is. At the […]
La Flor Dominicana Colorado Oscuro The La Flor Dominicana Colorado Oscuro probably isn’t a cigar release that is a surprise to anyone. However when I visited the La Flor Dominicana booth at IPCPR 2011, this cigar was one of the most visually striking cigars of the event. The plan is for this to be a […]
La Flor Dominicana Cheroot Over the past month, I have reviewed two cigars that I’ve now referred to as “ice pick” styles. The first was the powerhouse “El Perrito War of Flavors” by La Gloria Cubana. The second was covered in my previous assessment – a retail exclusive by My Father Cigars to Empire Cigars […]
I’ve been pretty critical of Cigar Aficionado’s Top 25 list of Cigars over the past few years. While many of us might gripe about this list, this is still the barometer for what our industry looks at. When your cigar makes this list, you have arrived. When you are a retailer and you have a […]
