Fuente y Padrón Legends, the high-profile collaboration which was first announced back in 2020, was once again showcased at this year’s 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. Last year, the Fuente y Padrón Legends made their debut at the 2022 PCA Trade Show. The products were showcased in an area located between the Arturo […]
Cigar News: Padrón Black PB. 97 Makes Debut at PCA 2023
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Padrón Cigars introduced a pair of cigars that were made exclusively for retailers who were PCA Show attendees – the Padrón Black PB 97. Following the formula used for many Padrón releases, the Padrón Black PB 97 will be available in a Natural and Maduro format. […]
Cigar News: Padrón Introduces Updated No. 1 Cigar of the Year Sampler
In 2021, Padrón Cigars added to its record for Number One Cigars of the Year when it captured its fourth Number One cigar with the Padrón 1964 Anniversary Series Torpedo Natural. Now the company has updated its No. 1 Cigar of the Year Sampler to include that cigar. Information on the sampler was communicated to […]
Cigar News: Padrón Family Reserve No. 96 Heads to Retailers Next Week
The Padrón Family Reserve No. 96, a 5 3/4 x 52 line extension to the Padrón Family Reserve line that was first introduced at the 2022 PCA Trade Show as an exclusive to attendees, is finally heading to retailers next week. The No. 96 is the seventh installment of the Padrón Family Series. Dubbed the […]
Prime Time Special Edition 134: Aging Experiment #5, Part 1: Padrón Family Reserve No. 46 Maduro
Tonight we begin Aging Experiment #5 as we discuss and smoke the Padrón Family Reserve No 46 Maduro. With the “Aging Experiment” Series, Bear and Coop smoke a cigar, smoke another cigar of the same blend and size six months later, and a third cigar one year later. The idea is to see how the […]
Announcement: Prime Time Special Edition 134 -Aging Experiment #5, Part 1: Padrón Family Reserve No. 46 Maduro
Tonight we begin Aging Experiment #5 as we discuss and smoke the Padrón Family Reserve No 46 Maduro. With the “Aging Experiment” Series, Bear and Coop smoke a cigar, smoke another cigar six months later, and a third cigar one year later. The idea is to see how the cigar responds to aging over a […]
Agile Cigar Review: Padrón Family Reserve No. 95 Maduro
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 re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Agile Cigar Review: Padrón Family Reserve No. 95 Natural
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 re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
PCA 2022 Report: Padrón Cigars
Over the years, Padrón Cigars has had some high-profile launches at the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) and its predecessor shows (IPCPR, RTDA). When it came to the 2022 PCA Trade Show, nothing came close to what we saw with the collaboration with Arturo Fuente for Fuente y Padrón Legends. While this might not be a […]
Cigar News: Fuente y Padrón Legends Makes Debut at 2022 PCA Trade Show
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, the joint project between Arturo Fuente Cigars and Padrón debuted. The principals of the project, Jorge Padrón and Carlos “Carlito” Fuente Jr. created cigars to honor their fathers, the late José Orlando Padrón and Carlos Fuente Sr. The twist is that each principal blended a cigar […]