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 […]
Cigar Dojo has announced its latest collaborative project is with Cubariqueño Cigar Company. Today the online social media community announced it is teaming up with Cubariqueño to release the Protocol K9. The cigar will be sold through Famous Smoke Shop and will go on sale Friday, March 23rd. The Protocol K9 project is unique because […]
Note: The Cigar of the Year Countdown will not publish on Monday December 25, 2017. There will still be regular daily content to enjoy on that day. The countdown resumes on Tuesday December 26th. “The Protocol Themis Toro cigar is one I could recommend to both novice and experienced cigar enthusiasts…and it’s one worthy of a box […]
Earlier this year, Cubariqueño Cigar Company released its third regular production line, the Protocol Themis. With the Protocol Themis, Cubariqueño added a Connecticut Shade wrapper offering into the company’s portfolio joining the Habano-wrapped Protocol and the San Andres Maduro-wrapped Protocol Probable Cause. Like all of Cubariqueño’s cigars, the Protocol Themis is produced at Erik Espinosa’s La Zona factory in Estelí, […]
It was the third IPCPR Trade Show for Juan Cancel and Bill Ives‘ Cubariqueño Cigar Company. This year the company used a strategy that worked last year, introduce a new line and a lancero line extension. Cancel and Ives have “lived the dream” that many cigar enthusiasts desire – namely going from cigar enthusiast to brand owner. When we […]
The boys of Cubariqueño Cigar Company are heading to “Prime Time”! For Episode 12, we welcome Juan Cancel and Bill Ives, co-founders of Cubariqueño Cigar Company – the makers of Protocol Cigars. We will talk about how these two passionate cigar enthusiasts turned brand owners are doing in their third year in business. In our […]
The boys of Cubariqueño Cigar Company are heading to “Prime Time”! Tune into Episode 12 of the welcome Juan Cancel and Bill Ives, co-founders of Cubariqueño Cigar Company – the makers of Protocol Cigars. We will catch up how these two passionate cigar enthusiasts turned brand owners are doing in their third year in business. In our Debonaire Ideal segment, […]
