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 […]
Black Works Studio (BLK WKS) has announced the return of the S&R, the company’s second release. S&R returns with the same sized Lancero, Corona Gorda, and limited edition culebra offerings. S&R was first released in 2018. It is the first Sumatra blend by James Brown in his portfolio. The remainder of the blend consists of […]
Emilio Cigars has the Emilio LJZ Limited Edition. The LJZ is a line that was first released in 2016. LJZ is a cigar that pays homage to Louis J. Zucca, the grandfather of Emilio Cigars owner Scott Zucca. The Limited Edition uses a modified blend including using two wrappers (Nicaraguan Habano and Sun Grown). The remainder […]
Dissident Cigars has announced three small-batch lines – Rant, Rave, and Tirade. These are three new blends that are being incorporated into the portfolio. If the names sound familiar, they were originally vitola names in the Dissident Soapbox when the brand was first introduced in 2013. When Benjamin Holt acquired the brand, he overhauled the […]
Black Label Trading Company’s Super Deluxe, a cigar that was announced on the Prime Time Virtual Trade Show in July is now heading to retailers. The cigar features a San Andres Maduro wrapper over an Ecuadorian Habano binder and Nicaraguan fillers. The cigar is available in three box-pressed sizes: Petite Corona, Robusto, and Lancero. Each […]
While it was hard for Oveja Negra Brands to top the very busy 2019 season, two of its foundation brands each have a new limited release for this summer. First up Black Works Studio has a new release for its popular Killer Bee line. This one is the Killer Bee Swarm. It’s the fifth blend […]
Black Works Studio has announced a new extension to its Killer Bee line known as the Killer Bee Swarm. This limited edition cigar marks the brand’s Fabrica Oveja Negra foray into the world of Cameroon wrappers. The Killer Bee Storm consists primarily of a Cameroon wrapper, but it also has a Maduro and candela linear […]
Black Label Trading Company has announced it is shipping its Corona Larga and Robusto sizes of its Bishops Blend 5 Year Anniversary line. These two sizes join the Lancero size that was shipped last month. Bishops Blend has an annual release under the Black Label Trading Company brand. The Corona Larga (6 1/4 x 48) […]
The year 2020 marks the fifth anniversary of Black Label Trading Company’s Bishops Blend and this year the company will release a special lancero size to commemorate the occasion. According to the Black Label Company, the lancero is being released to encourage sales to its retailers during the challenging times of the COVID-19 threat. The […]
Next month Dissident Cigars was planning on releasing the 2020 edition of its Home release. However, in order to support its retail partners during the Coronavirus pandemic, the company has announced a partial allocation of the Home release to select retailers. “I was waiting until next month when the whole of the shipment was stateside […]
