Sam Leccia is back. After an absence of more than two years from the premium cigar industry, Leccia is excited to announce the launch of Leccia Tobacco. The Leccia Tobacco brand will encompass a variety of different products, beginning with the Spring release of its first cigar brand called “Black and White.” Black and White […]
“E” by BOTL, LLC BOTL, LLC has officially launched their second cigar – simply titled “E”. The announcement of the launch was made on the 3/30/13 Cigar Authority Show in which BOTL LLC President Marc Aub along with Mike Daversa were guests. The “E” cigar is not a surprise as in February, the “E” […]
A few weeks ago, we noted some information that appeared to indicate the Sam Leccia was getting ready to return to the cigar industry. Today, an article that appeared on Cigar Aficionado.com confirmed Leccia’s return, announced his new company as well as the lines that will be launched. Leccia’s company will be called Leccia Tobacco […]
It appears that Sam Leccia’s return to the cigar industry is coming soon. Yesterday some information on twitter indicated not only Leccia’s return, but that Torano Family Cigars will once again be poised to be his distributor. Leccia was once the face of the Cain and Nub brands from Oliva Cigar Company. Late in 2010, both […]
February 7th, 2013. Miami, Florida. – Torano Family Cigar Company is proud to announce that they have been officially appointed by Brother of the Leaf, LLC as their sole distributor in the USA as of February 15th, 2013. Torano will distribute Palio cutters, lighters and BOTL, LLC’s brand new cigar line “E”. The agreement marks […]
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we provide a […]
The purpose of this list is not to expand our Top 30 to Top 40. These are not cigars 31 to 40 being listed. In alphabetical order, we list ten honorable mentions that came oh so close to making the countdown and deserve recognition as very good smokes. Why ten more cigars after already ranking […]
Torano Salutem The Torano Salutem was one of two new blends launched by Torano Family Cigars at the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show. The Salutem follows up the release of the Torano Master Maduro that had be launched prior to the trade show. With the Salutem, the big”first” by Torano is the incorporation of Cameroon tobacco into the filler. Torano […]
The Torano Master Maduro is the second blend in the Master Series by Torano Family Cigars. The series is is a joint effort by Charlie Torano and his “master roller” Julian Felipe Sosa. The first blend in the series, the Master by Carlos Torano was released in 2010. This was a cigar that scored highly in […]
This cigar conversation was a change of pace for what we covered at the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show – and it provided one of the more fascinating discussions from the 2012 IPCPR. In this video, I sit down with Humberto Areas and Cleveland Cook from a company called CIHYA (an acronym for Can I Have […]
