At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Tatuaje Cigars showcased a new regular production line, the Tatuaje Havana VI Verocú Blue. While Tatuaje Cigars is well-known for some very high-profile limited edition releases, the company has a strong portfolio of regular production core offerings. Personally, I became quite excited when the Tatuaje Havana VI […]
Today, we appraise the Cuba Aliados Original Blend. Two years ago, Oliva Cigar Company made a surprising move when it acquired three Honduran brands from the family of the late Rolando Reyes Sr: Cuba Aliados, Puros Indios, and Roly. When Oliva was ready to roll out the first wave of Cuba Aliados under its stewardship, […]
Today, we look at a second blend from Foundation Cigar Company’s Olmec line, the Olmec Maduro. Olmec debuted at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, and like many lines in the Foundation Cigar portfolio, it pays homage to a particular culture. In this case, the culture is the Olmecs, the earliest known major […]
In 2004, Rocky Patel decided to launch a value-priced cigar that wouldn’t have any cigar bands, and would be packaged in 100-count crates. The cigar was dubbed The Edge and it became a huge hit for Patel’s Rocky Patel Premium Cigars company. Today the brand has now extended to eight different lines. The cigars now […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Espinosa Cigars introduced the fourth installment of its limited-edition Las 6 Provincias series, the Las 6 Provincias CMW. This annual limited edition series pays homage to the pre-Castro era of Cuba. The name Las 6 Provincias means “six provinces,” – and it refers to the six […]
StillWell Star cigar brand from Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust incorporates pipe tobacco into the filler. While some might be surprised DTT and its founder Steve Saka would release pipe tobacco cigars, it turns out this is not something totally out of his wheelhouse. It turns out that for over 30 years, Saka has also been […]
In 2021, Plasencia Cigars launched an offshoot of its Alma Fuerte brand known as the Plasencia Alma Fuerte Colorado Claro. When Plasencia Cigar decided to bring its own brand to market, one of the first blends it introduced was the Plasencia Alma Fuerte. This cigar went on to become a very successful line. The Alma […]
Toward the end of 2022, Davidoff released the 12th installment of its Chinese Zodiac series, the Davidoff Year of the Rabbit. The Chinese Zodiac series is an annual limited edition ultra-premium series that is highly anticipated by Davidoff cigar enthusiasts each year. While the Chinese New Year’s start falls between January 21st and February […]
In 2022 Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) decided to give the Sancho Panza brand a makeover. If you aren’t familiar with Sancho Panza, it is a brand named after a character from the literary work Don Quixote. It is a brand that has its roots in Cuba going back to 1848, but STG now has the […]
Back in 2003, Pete Johnson was launching Tatuaje Cigars. His first release was the famed Tatuaje Selección de Cazador (a.k.a. Brown Label). He also launched a bolder, spicier version of the Selección de Cazador known as Cojonú. Cojonú is a play on the Spanish word cojones – which means balls. The Cojonú series was intended […]
