At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, JRE Tobacco Co, showcased a fifth size under its Aladino Maduro line with a 5 x 44 Corona-sized offering. It was a little over a year ago when JRE Tobacco introduced its Aladino Maduro – the second blend under its Aladino brand. The Aladino Maduro would be a different […]
Cigar Review: Cohiba Connecticut Robusto
Two years ago, General Cigar Company hired Sean Williams to be the face of its Cohiba brand. Williams had built a name for himself in the cigar industry as the owner of Primer Mundo Cigars. Bringing in Williams was a strategic move because he was both a popular and knowledgable face in the cigar industry. […]
Cigar Review: Davidoff Winston Churchill Limited Edition 2019 Robusto
At the start of 2019, Davidoff announced a new limited edition cigar under its Davidoff Winston Churchill line called the Davidoff Winston Churchill Limited Edition 2019. It’s the second limited edition cigar to be released under the Davidoff Winston Churchill brand since the brand’s relaunch in 2015 following the Davidoff Winston Churchill Limited Edition 2016. […]
Cigar Review: La Sirena Aniversario Especial
This year marks the tenth anniversary of La Sirena Cigars, and the company has released a limited edition cigar to mark the occasion – the La Sirena Aniversario Especial. Over the years, La Sirena has established partnerships with many leading cigar manufacturers in the leading cigar countries of the world. These countries have included Nicaragua, […]
Cigar Review: 601 La Bomba Bunker Buster FUBAR by Espinosa Cigars
This past July the 601 La Bomba Bunker Buster FUBAR by Espinosa Cigars became the 14th installment in South Florida based retailer Smoke Inn’s MicroBlend Series. The MicroBlend Series is a series of exclusive cigars made for Smoke Inn. It’s actually the second installment of the series done by Espinosa Cigars by Smoke Inn. It […]
Cigar Review: Casa Cuevas La Mandarria
Just prior to the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show came word of a new limited edition cigar by Casa Cuevas Cigars known as La Mandarria. It was earlier this year when Casa Cuevas Cigars was the victim of a major robbery to their Miami, Florida warehouse that wiped out a good chunk of their inventory. The […]
Cigar Review: Nestor Miranda Special Selection Toro (2019) by Miami Cigar and Company
In the mid-2000s, Miami Cigar and Company President Nestor Miranda would turn to his friend Don Pepin Garcia to create a signature cigar with Nestor’s name on it. That cigar would be the Nestor Miranda Special Selection. At the time, Miami had built a reputation distributing cigars for others – most notably La Aurora and […]
Cigar Review: VegaFina Gran Reserva 2019 (Toro)
In 2018, the VegaFina brand celebrated its 20th anniversary and released a special limited edition cigar with the VegaFina Gran Reserva 20 Aniversario. VegaFina is a brand that is under Imperial Tobacco’s Tabacalera S.A. group. It is a brand that is sold in the U.S. market under Altadis U.S.A. While VegaFina might not be as […]
Cigar Review: Diesel Whiskey Row Sherry Cask Robusto
The Diesel Whiskey Row Sherry Cask is the second project done between General Cigar, AJ Fernandez, and Rabbit Hole Distillery. In 2018, the trio worked together for the original Diesel Whiskey Row. This is a cigar that featured a San Andres Mexican binder aged in a bourbon barrel from Rabbit Hole Distillery. Fernandez then used […]
Cigar Review: Espinosa Laranja Reserva Escuro Corona Gorda
Back in April, Espinosa Premium Cigars began shipping a new offering known as the Laranja Reserva Escuro to retailers. The Laranja Reserva Escuro introduced a dark wrapper offering highlighted by a Brazilian Mata Fina wrapper, the first major Espinosa Cigar to feature this wrapper. Last November, at Espinosa’s annual La Zona Palooza event it holds […]