The name Manuel Quesada is well-known to the cigar community. And when you’ve met him, you know about the passion that he brings to the table. In the past couple of years, Quesada has been associated with the highly successful Quesada and Casa Magna brands, but it was the Fonseca line where Quesada had his […]
Last month, I was blown away by A.J. Fernandez’s new San Lotano Connecticut stick. To quote what I said, “might be one of the best Connecticut Shade wrappers I have ever had!” Therefore I was very excited to try another San Lotano stick that was released this year. I decided to give the San Lotano […]
Prior to go to IPCPR 2010, our team had a series of prep meetings on how we were going to attack the trade show. One task was to really look for the Indie Cigars that would stand out and have something special. As part of his prep work, my friend Stace had done some research […]
At the IPCPR, one cigar company I came across was Bad Dog Cigars. Bad Dog Cigars have been doing some interesting things with their line of cigars. There is some innovative stuff going on with their wrappers – particularly involving the release of exotic wrappers from Brazil and Zimbabwe (hopefully I will have more on […]
My Viaje Satori In the “indie” cigar market (or commonly called boutique cigar market), Viaje has been building a reputation that is helping distinguish themselves from their competition. Viaje has been employing a “micro batch” process for its cigar releases. Namely, it is producing the majority of its boxes in small batches (i.e. under 500 […]
Since I’ve gotten a lot of new sticks at IPCPR that still might require aging or are still in prototypes, I’ve opted to introduce a concept called the “Pre-Review”. I know that isn’t exactly good grammar, but this will allow me to post some initial impressions of cigars that fall into those categories I mention. […]
