Over the weekend, information has come out from Padron Cigars on a line extension to the Padron 1964 Anniversary series. A 6 x 60 vitola is being added to both the Padron 1964 Natural and Maduro lines. According to Cigar Aficionado, the vitola will be called the No. 4. The name is a change in […]
W.Curtis Draper, a retailer with two stores in the Washington DC/ Bethesda, Maryland area has announced a series of store exclusive, limited edition cigars from four leading cigar manufacturers. The series is being dome to commemorate Drapers 125th Anniversary. The four cigar manufacturers selected to blend the anniversary cigars are: Tatuaje Cigars La Aurora Cigars […]
The 2011 Cigar of the Year Countdown is in the history books. There were 30 cigars that were listed as Epic Encounters. As I mentioned when this list began, perhaps the hardest part was choosing which cigars would make the list, and what didn’t. Below I have listed ten honorable mentions. Some will say now […]
The month of October was probably one of the more exciting months in the cigar industry. This month marked not only the heart of the Fall release cycle for cigars, but some major releases. Overall, this was a great month to be a cigar enthusiast. Let’s take a look at some of the releases that […]
Padron Family Reserve 85th In 2008, Padron Cigars launched their Family Reserve line with an initial release called the Padron Family Reserve No. 44. The significance of the 44 was to represent the 44th anniversary of Padron cigars. The plan was for each year, a new blend to be released commemorating the company’s anniversary (up […]
Padron 1926 Serie Maduro When I decided to form a Cigar Hall of Fame, I made a decision to select one “wildcard” cigar per year. When I started looking at candidates, I went through a lot of my favorites and essentially it came down to a battle of two Padrons: the Padron 1964 Anniversary and […]
Padron 1926 Serie Maduro Cigar Coop Hall of Fame Inductee Name: Padron 1926 Serie Maduro Inductee Category: Cigar (Wildcard Selection) Inductee Year: 2011 Each year a wildcard selection will be made to the Cigar Hall of Fame. A wildcard is an additional selection outside the #1 cigar and memorable smokes from the year before – […]
Padron Family Reserve 85th Maduro One piece of information I found out from IPCPR 2011 was that the Padron Family Series No. 47 was rebranded the Padron Family Series 85th in honor of Jose O Padron’s 85th birthday. Unfortunately I did not have much more information than the rename. From the appearance of the 85th […]
Padron Family Reserve 85th So I will preface this by saying I don’t have too much more to say about this release other than the Maduro was on display at the 2011 IPCPR. The big news essentially is that this cigar – which was being known as the Padron Family Reserve 47th Anniversary has been […]
Padron 1964 Anniversary Torpedo Last month (June 2011), I put up on my monthly “battle of the cigars” (formerly “battle of the stogies). In that matchup, I pitted two Padron cigars that are considered classics in the industry – the Padron 1926 Maduro and the Padron 1964 Maduro. I admit, when the poll came back, […]
