The Wayfarer is the second brand released by Serino Cigar Company. It follows up the company’s first line, Serino Royale. Serino Cigar Company is run by industry veteran Tony Serino. After working two decades in the industry importing and selling premium bundle cigars, in 2016 Serino started his own super premium line. To produce his blends, Serino […]
The Debonaire Daybreak is the fifth blend to be released by Phil Zanghi‘s Debonaire House operation. Debonaire House consists of two distinct brands, Debonaire and Indian Motorcycle Cigars. Up until the release of Daybreak, both Debonaire and Indian Motorcycle Cigars consisted of a Habano and Maduro wrapped blend. With Daybreak, Zanghi ventures into some different […]
At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, E.P. Carrillo announced the return of the E.P. Carrillo Elencos line. The story of Elencos traces back to 2010 at the time when Ernesto Perez-Carrillo’s E.P. Carrillo brand was in its infancy. Ernesto had released the first of his Edición Limitada series known as the E.P. Carrillo Edición Limitada […]
In 2012, Jeff Borysiewicz, the owner and founder of Orlando’s Corona Cigar Company, purchased a farm in nearby Clermont, Florida. Borysiewicz’s goal was simple – he wanted to bring back growing tobacco to his home-state of Florida. At one time Florida was known as a tobacco-producing state, but for the past three decades, this business […]
The 2012 by Oscar Barber Pole is a shop exclusive cigar to Carolina-based cigar retailer The Cigar Shop. The 2012 by Oscar line was launched by Oscar Valladares & Company in 2017 as a line to commemorate company founder Oscar Valladares’ five years in the cigar industry. It also was his company’s first all box-pressed […]
At the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, Pete Johnson and Tatuaje Cigars showcased the third installment of the La Vérité series. Very simply, La Vérité is a project that borrows from the wine industry in that it uses tobaccos from a single vintage year from a single farm. In this case, the vintage year […]
At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, Plasencia Cigars unveiled the Plasencia Cosecha 146. For over 150 years, the Plasencia family has been synonymous with growing tobacco and handling the production of cigars. Over the past year, the Plasencias have launched their own brand, Plasencia Cigars. The name Cosecha translates to “harvest” and for the Cosecha […]
The MBombay Classic Torpedo is the newest vitola to be introduced to Bombay Tobak’s MBombay Classic line. This past November, the MBombay Classic Torpedo was made available to attendees at Cigar Aficionado’s Big Smoke event. This past week company owner Mel Shah announced the release of the MBombay Classic Torpedo. What is unique about this […]
The Montecristo Grupo de Maestros Private Batch II series is a limited release by Altadis U.S.A. that made its debut in 2016. The Grupo de Maestros team represents some of Altadis’ most skilled cigar makers and they have been involved with some high-profile Altadis releases. In 2015, there was a release called the Montecristo Grupo de Maestros […]
It’s hard to believe that it has been five years since Asylum Cigars was founded. Asylum Cigars is a partnership between Christian Eiroa and Tom Lazuka. The brand has built a strong and diverse portfolio of offerings during these years and is credited for spearheading the 60+ ring gauge movement. At the same time, the […]
