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 […]
Cubariqueño Cigar Company has announced it will release the Protocol Themis Corona Gorda. The size will be an exclusive offering to Famous Smoke Shop in Easton, Pennsylvania. Last year, the Protocol Themis became the third blend released by Cubariqueño Cigar Company. It features an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler. The Themis Corona […]
In 2015 two cigar enthusiasts named Juan Cancel and Bill Ives started a company called Cubariqueño Cigar Company and launched a brand called Protocol. They went to the 2015 IPCPR, getting a small space at the Espinosa Cigars booth and quietly sold out of their inventory. Over the past three years, the brand has grown. In […]
In 2015, two cigar enthusiasts named Juan Cancel and Bill Ives were convinced to take the plunge into the world of brand owners and release a cigar under their own Cubariqueño Cigar Company. For several years, Cancel and Ives had promoted the Espinosa Cigars brand on social media, so to produce their cigar, they turned […]
Cubariqueño Cigar Company is releasing its long-awaited Protocol Themis Lancero release. The lancero becomes the third size in Cubariqueño’s Connecticut shade line. Protocol Themis is the third line released by Cubariqueño Cigar Company, following the Protocol and Protocol Probable Cause lines. With each of those previous releases, a lancero line extension followed in the year […]
On Episode 54, we bring back the Cubariqueño boys, co-founders Juan Cancel & Bill Ives. Cubariqueño has a new release for 2018, the Protocol Official Misconduct – and we will discuss the project at length with Juan and Bill, plus catch up on all of the happenings at Cubariqueño. Our Debonaire Ideal segment is one for […]
On Episode 54, we bring back the Cubariqueño boys, co-founders Juan Cancel & Bill Ives. Cubariqueño has a new release for 2018, the Protocol Official Misconduct – and we will discuss the project at length with the Juan and Bill, plus catch up on all of the happenings at Cubariqueño. Our Debonaire Ideal segment is […]
Cubariqueño Cigar Company has announced the release of its fourth line, Protocol Official Misconduct. Once again, the name of the line keeps to the theme of law enforcement as owners Bill Ives and Juan Cancel serve as police officers and Bill Agathis is an attorney. Produced at Erik Espinosa’s La Zona factory, the Protocol […]
Cubariqueño Cigar Company has announced a line extension to its Protocol Probable Cause line. A new 5 5/8 x 46 Corona Gorda will become the fourth vitola for the company’s maduro offering. Protocol Probable Cause was the second blend released by Cubariqueño. The blend features a San Andres Maduro wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler. […]
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 […]
