The year 2018 was a turning point when it came for Riste Ristevski’s Jas Sum Kral (JSK) Cigars. When the year started out, Ristevski announced he was switching the production of his lines from Noel Rojas’ New Order of the Ages (NOA) factory to an obscure factory known as Tabacalera de Aragon. Later that year […]
Villiger’s La Libertad brand is one that has undergone some significant changes. The brand was simply known as La Libertad when it was launched in 2010. In 2017, Villiger Cigars introduced new packaging for the U.S. market. As a part of those changes, the Villiger name was added to La Libertad’s packaging for the first […]
La Gloria Cubana has always been one of the more interesting blends in the General Cigar portfolio. It’s a brand that essentially has its own boutique factory within the massive General Cigar Dominicana facility. If you look at the past decade, it certainly has been one of the more innovative brands under General. The first […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, J.C. Newman Cigar Company showcased a maduro counterpart to its Perla Del Mar line appropriately called the Perla Del Mar Maduro. Perla Del Mar translates to “Pearl of the Sea”. It is said that the early European explorers gave the country of Cuba that name. The […]
The Bolívar brand is certainly one of the world’s most iconic brands. It is most famous for being a Cuban cigar brand, but there is a non-Cuban version that General Cigar Company has marketed. It’s the brand named after Simón Bolívar, the South American military and political leader who helped lead Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Ecuador, […]
Since 2014, Crowned Heads has been a part of the exclusive series of cigars made for Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) retailers with its “The Angel’s Anvil” series. Each year the company has released a different blend with different packaging. 2019 was no exception as the company released “The Angel’s Anvil 2019.” Crowned Heads has […]
For the past six years, My Father Cigars has emerged as a staple in the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA)’s Exclusive Series. For its 2019 TAA Exclusive Series installment, the company provided a cigar off the brand that started it all for company founder Don Pepin Garcia, the eponymous Don Pepin Garcia Original (a.k.a. Don […]
Back during the earlier days of Viaje nearly a decade ago, the company was gaining a reputation for its seasonal themed releases. Some of the more popular themes included: Holiday Blend (Christmas), TNT (Fourth of July), and Candela (St. Patrick’s Day). While interviewing Viaje Cigar founder Andre Farkas for their IPCPR media coverage, the crew […]
Since Cubariqueño Cigar Company launched in 2015, each year the company has released a new regular production blend into its portfolio. The year 2019 was a little different as Cubariqueño would unveil two blends under a new line known as Protocol Sir Robert Peel in the form of a Natural and Maduro. Protocol Sir Robert […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Joya de Nicaragua Cigars unveiled the fourth installment of its Joya series with Joya Silver. The Joya series was first launched back in 2014 with the release of Joya Red and is intended to offer a more contemporary styled smoke in termed of packaging and blend at a […]
