This Spring, General Cigar will formally launch a new offering under its Partagas brand known as the Partagas Heritage. According to Jhonys Diaz, Vice President of Operations at The General Cigar Dominicana factory, the blend for the Partagas Heritage features a Honduran Olancho San Agustin (OSA) wrapper. The wrapper itself was developed by Nestor Placencia for General […]
The Partagas 160 Signature Series, a cigar originally released by General Cigar Company to commemorate 160 years of the Partagas brand will be making a comeback. At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show, General Cigar announced it was releases a limited number of what it has remaining of the Partagas 160. Back in 1996, General Cigar […]
Last year, General Cigar released a cigar to commemorate its 170th anniversary of the Partagas brand. This year, a cigar is being released that pays homage to the creator of the brand, Ramon Cifuentes called Ramon y Ramon. The new Partagas Ramon y Ramon made its official debut at this year’s 2016 IPCPR Trade Show. According […]
Wasn’t this supposed to be the year where product was just going to come out of the woodwork? While General was right at the top of the amount of new releases, there actually seemed to be a little less than in previous years. The booth seemed to be slightly smaller as well – continuing a […]
Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews 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 […]
In 1995, General Cigar released the Partagas 150 to commemorate 150 years of the Partagas brand. Ten years later in 2005, the Partagas 160 commemorated the 160th anniversary. Therefore, there was little surprise prior to the IPCPR when General announced the Partagas Aniversario 170 to commemorate 170 years of the brand. At the 2015 IPCPR Trade […]
The 2015 IPCPR Trade Show brought a more streamlined look for General Cigar Company than in the past. This was reflected in a new booth design at IPCPR – which was still large in comparison to most booths, but smaller than in previous years. It was also reflected in the amount of products announced by General. While […]
At the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, General Cigar Company brought back one of its legendary cigars – the Partagas 150 in the “Don Ramon” frontmark. This cigar is being brought back for a limited run. The Partagas 150 Signature Series was originally released in 1995 by master cigar maker Ramon Cifuentes to […]
For the second consecutive year, General Cigar Company led the way in terms of new releases.. Like last year, the company pretty much kept everything under wraps until the show. The push seemed to be around five lines: Cohiba, Dunhill, CAO, La Gloria Cubana, and Michael Giannini’s Foundry Tobacco Company. Across all of the releases, […]
Partagas 1845 Extra Fuerte – Robusto Gordo The Partagas 1845 Extra Fuerte is one of new two new blends introduced into the Partagas 1845 series. The line was actually introduced back in 2012 with the launch of the Partagas 1845 Heritage. From its presentation to packaging, the Partagas 1845 Heritage marked a different cigar than many had been accustomed […]
