At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, ADVentura Cigars introduced a new line known as La Llorona. La Llorona is a tale from pre-Hispanic Latin American folklore. She is a vengeful ghost that roams the seas mourning her dead loved ones, which she herself killed. ADVentura is very much a theme-based brand. ADventura […]
Cigar Review: Ferio Tego Timeless Limited 10 Years
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Buy One, Ferio Tego, Review, Timeless
When Ferio Tego acquired the cigar brands from Nat Sherman International, one of the brands it acquired was the Timeless Collection. The Timeless Collection is a very important brand in the history of both Nat Sherman and Ferio Tego. The brand made its debut in January 2012 with the Timeless Dominican, a cigar that today […]
Cigar Review: West Tampa Tobacco Co. Black Toro
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Buy One, Review, West Tampa Tobacco Co
Today we take a look at the second of the inaugural releases by West Tampa Tobacco Company, the West Tampa Tobacco Co. Black. West Tampa Tobacco Company was formed by two former alumni of General Cigar Company, Rick Rodriguez and Gus Martinez. Rodriguez is best known for spending over a decade as the blender/ambassador for […]
Cigar Review: Kristoff PCA 2022 Signature Series
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 2022 PCA Exclusive Series, 85-87, Kristoff, Review, Try a Sample
For several years, many companies have been offering exclusive cigars to those retailers that attend the annual IPCPR/PCA Trade Show and place an order. In 2021, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) made an attempt to somewhat formalize these trade show releases into an exclusive series. The second year of this program was 2022 and Kristoff […]
Cigar Review: Muestra de Saka – The Bewitched by Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Buy One, DTT, Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust, Review
In 2022, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust released the sixth installment of its Muestra de Saka series, The Bewitched. The story of the Bewitched goes back to 2021 when the company released a special limited edition cigar to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Owl Shop of Worcester. Following that release, a decision was made with the […]
Cigar Review: Aganorsa Leaf Guardian of the Farm Cerberus Gran Robusto
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 85-87, AGANORSA Leaf, Guardian of the Farm, Review, Try a Sample
Aganorsa Leaf has been well-known as one of the premier growers of tobacco in not only Nicaragua but worldwide. The company has been best known for its Corojo, Criollo, and Habano tobaccos and has developed many blends using these tobaccos for itself as well as for many other cigar companies. While many of these blends […]
Cigar Review: Casa Cuevas Sangre Nueva Double Perfecto
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Buy One, Casa Cuevas, Review
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Casa Cuevas Cigars would introduce its eighth regular production line, Sangre Nueva. Sangre Nueva means “New Blood” and it was an appropriate name. This was a cigar line that was spearheaded by Alec Cuevas, who now is the company’s Director of Brand Development. Alec would become […]
Cigar Review: Crowned Heads Four Kicks Mule Kick Limited Edition 2022
William Cooper Reviews 1 Comment 88-90, Buy One, Crowned Heads, Review
In 2022, Crowned Heads released the Four Kicks Mule Kick Limited Edition 2022 (LE 2022). If you go back into the history of Crowned Heads, the Mule Kick is the oldest limited edition line in the company’s portfolio going back to 2012. It was in that year that there was a batch of Ecuadorian Habano […]
Cigar Review: 1502 Aniversario 10 (Toro)
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 1502, 88-90, Buy One, Global Premium Cigars, GPC, Review
Last year, Global Premium Cigars celebrated ten years of the 1502 brand. To commemorate the occasion, the company introduced a new regular production line under the 1502 brand – appropriately titled the 1502 Aniversario 10. It was Global Premium Cigars’ first new regular production line under the 1502 brand since 2016 (when the company launched […]
Cigar Review: Davidoff Limited Edition 2022 Gran Toro (Discovery Series)
William Cooper Reviews No Comments 88-90, Buy One, Davidoff, Review
If you follow the Davidoff brand since mid-2017, the focus has been on limited editions. It was in 2017 that Davidoff released its last core line, the Davidoff Winston Churchill Late Hour. The limited editions that have been released since then have either been old limited editions that have been brought back for another one, […]