Kristoff Tres Compadres Toro The Kristoff Tres Compadres cigar was introduced at the 2023 PCA trade show in Las Vegas, NV. The Tres Compadres is a cigar specially crafted to celebrate three long time friends: Glen Case, Kristoff founder, Rolando Villamil, friend and mentor, and Chuck Finch who was a close high school friend of […]
On the Smoking Syndicate Roundtable 18, the Cigar Coop Coalition tackles the Black Label Trading Company (BLTC) Orthodox in the Toro size. Black Label Trading Company (BLTC) has certainly been known for its bold blends. In recent years blender James Brown has truly expanded his horizons becoming very successful at creating cigars across the spectrum. With Orthodox, […]
Late in 2023, Rocky Patel Cigars released their most extravagant cigar to date, Conviction, which was announced at the 2023 PCA trade show. The Conviction is a two country tobacco blend featuring tobaccos from Mexico and Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan tobacco is from the Rocky Patel farms in Condega and Esteli. The Conviction features a double […]
Aging Room Cigars released a new cigar line at TPE 2023 called the Quattro Nicaragua Sonata. This cigar line is a brand of the well-received Quattro Nicaragua cigar line that won Cigar of the Year in 2019 from Cigar Aficionado. Rafael Nodal, owner of Aging Room Cigars, is a well-known music lover and he decided […]
Earlier this year, Aganorsa Leaf released the new iteration of the Supreme Leaf. They used the toro size they previously used in 2020, but this time, the cigar is round instead of a boxed press. This is the first time they have used a round format instead of the box press. From the Aganorsa Leaf […]
The Smoking Syndicate teams up with El Oso Fumar Takes to review the Tatuaje Avion 13 Tuxtla. This is an edited version of the live show that was showcased on El Oso Fumar Takes Episode #252 on Facebook. Wrapper: Mexican San Andres Binder: Double Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Country of Origin: Nicaragua Vitola: Perfecto Size: 6 […]
Crowned Heads released a new limited edition cigar late in 2022 to commemorate their move to NASCA for some of their cigar lines. Someone instrumental in this move was Gustavo Cura, who was in charge of Oliva’s tobacco farms and interests in Nicaragua, at the time. Gustavo helped Crown Heads in Nicaragua while they were […]
AJ Fernandez Cigar released another line extension of the New World in the Dorado. Dorado means “gold” in Spanish and this cigar is named Dorado because most of the tobacco comes from AJ Fernandez’s farm in Nicaragua called Dorado. He called this farm Dorado because of the golden tint of the soil and the slightly […]
The Powstanie Wotjek 2021 was released in November of 2021 and is the third release of the Wotjek or “War Bear” blend. Each year it has been a different size and this year the Wotjek was released in a boxed press toro that features a barber pole using Ecuadorian Habano and San Andres Maduro wrapper […]
Aganorsa released their latest edition to the Guardian of the Farm series late last year named Cerberus. Cerberus is the mythical Greek three-headed dog that guards the gates of hell or the underworld…unless you’re an IT person like me, then is something completely different. The Cerberus is a lonsdale size coming in a 6 x […]
