JD Temptation Habano Claro One rule of thumb I have consistently said when it comes to Indie Cigars is that it must do two things: 1) Bring something special to the table; 2) Have the ability to push something out of a retailer’s humidor. For the past couple of months, I’ve been hearing a lot […]
Avo LE08 Tesoro One thing I will be looking to do is balance some of the new reviews with some reviews of existing cigars (a.k.a. what I will refer to as “Classic Cigars”). Last year, when the Avo Limited Edition 2010 was released, it gave me a whole new appreciate for the Avo line as […]
La Aurora Escogidos Belicoso When I usually go into a humidor out of town, I usually try to find something different than I do not have access to on the homefront. To my surprise, when I walked into W.Curtis Draper in Bethesda, MD, I was surprised to see the La Aurora Escogidos Belicoso. I wasted […]
The Emilio Grimalkin Last month, I had one of the best revelations of the 2011 year – the AF1 by Emilio Cigars. The experience with the AF1 was phenomenal for me as I really enjoyed the cigar. In fact, I went as far as to give this cigar a “Memorable” in terms of an assessment. […]
Zino Platinum Z-Class Series by Davidoff Most cigar enthusiasts know the name Zino – it is a brand of cigars under Davidoff named after the man who founded the company – Zino Davidoff. What often gets forgotten is that the Zino Platinum line was established nearly eight years ago to go after the new, younger […]
Ambos Mundos No 1 Toro The Ambos Mundos (which means “both worlds”) line was introduced by Tatuaje Cigars in 2009. The intent of this line was to help Tatuaje Cigars capitalize on the “value cigar market”. Namely, cigars in the $5.00 – $7.00 range. Value-priced cigars are particularly sought after by retailers as with the […]
Last year was a phenomenal year for Torano Family Cigars. There were three outstanding releases including the Brigade, Single Region, and the Master. With a lot of excitement around the new releases, it was also nice to see some attention made to the classic cigars in their line. In addition to the new cigars, last […]
The Viaje Exclusivo Short is the latest vitola released under the Viaje Exclusivo line from Viaje Cigars. Viaje has garnered a reputation for not only releasing small micro-batches of cigars (I coin this term for under 500 boxes), but releasing one or two vitolas at a time (such is the case with their popular “Skull […]
2011 is already been a great year for cigar releases. In each cycle of cigar releases there are always some more anticipated releases than others. This Spring, the cigar releases in the pipeline for Perdomo have been on the radar of many enthusiasts in the cigar industry. One of these new releases has just began […]
While it did take me a while, I am now convinced that Nicaraguan tobacco is the best in the world. In fact a lot of times people ask me “Do you like Cubans?”, I reply that I prefer Nicaraguan cigars. My reason is that I’ve seen the variety with what the tobaccos from this part […]
