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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Back in January Cubariqueño Cigar Company released a limited small batch release known as the Protocol John Doe Series. Protocol John Doe keeps to Cubariqueño’s theme of law enforcement and is appropriate for the project. John Doe is the name given to an unidentified male body until identification can be made by next of kin. In […]
The AVO Improvisation LE19 is the seventh installment in the AVO Cigars’ Improvisation Series. It is the latest in a long line of limited edition AVO Cigars that can be traced back to 2001 with the release of the AVO 75th Anniversary cigar. Each subsequent year through 2014 the series was for the most part an annual release with a different […]
Earlier this year, Debonaire House announced it was releasing a third blend under its Indian Motorcycle brand, the Indian Motorcycle Connecticut Shade. It’s the sixth blend to be released by Debonaire House and the second Connecticut Shade cigar in the Debonaire House portfolio. When the Indian Motorcycle Connecticut Shade was announced, Debonaire House also announced […]
Toscano Anno Domini 1492 is a cigar that comes from Italian-cigar maker Manifatture Sigaro Toscano. 2018 was a year when many companies and brands celebrated anniversaries, but for Toscano it was very special as the brand was celebrating its 200th anniversary. This is a cigar company that makes some very unique cigars. Long before it became trendy, […]
Late in 2018, Crowned Heads released a limited edition offering under its Headley Grange brand known as the Crowned Heads Headley Grange Black Lab LE 2018. The Black Lab would showcase the Connecticut Habano Maduro wrapper. It’s a wrapper that Crowned Heads has been using on several releases coming from Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr’s Tabacalera La Alianza. […]
Since 2012 one of the staples of the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Release series has been La Flor Dominicana. With 2018 being the 50th anniversary of the TAA, it was no surprise that La Flor Dominicana would be invited to the party. If you look at the history of La Flor Dominicana’s participation […]
