Reserva Privada

At Quesada Cigars, they showed off their newest blend made by Manuel Quesada called the Quesada Reserva Privada. Last year at Pro Cigar, the company marked its 40th anniversary with new cigars and this year it … Read More

Pro Cigar

While most of the country was shivering in the arctic cold, about 300 lucky souls spent their time in the sunny Dominican Republic last week for Pro Cigar.  This is the annual event put on by the Dominican cigar makers … Read More

Gurkha Goes Big

Gurkha Cigars, which claims to have the world’s most expensive cigar—His Majesty’s Reserve – is going upscale once more with another pricy stick.  His Majesty’s Reserve is infused with Louis XIII Cognac and that costs about $2500 per bottle … Read More

Rare Back

Punch is making its annual release of the Rare Corojo.  This was a cigar that was around for a long time, but was discontinued when there was not enough wrapper. In 2001, it was re-introduced, albeit on a limited … Read More

Anejo Romeo

Altadis USA has been giving new life to its brands.  In recent years, the company has been adding new blends to its portfolio.  Examples are the Saint Luis Rey Gen 2, H. Upmann The Banker, Montecristo Espada … Read More

New Magnus

The Quesadas are also busy with their Casa Magna line.  The Casa Magnas have been a hit since they first came out.  They were named Cigar of the Year back in 2008.  A few years back they … Read More

Oktoberfest Spring

For the past several years, the Quesada family has been releasing special cigars in the fall to coincide with Oktoberfest.  The idea behind the blend is that the cigars pair very well with the traditional German Oktoberfest beers.  … Read More

Other Smaller Smokes

Since this is a time for the smaller smokes, here are some you may have forgotten about.  The JR Ultimate is a great value cigar but many people don’t know that you can get it in a perfect winter size.  … Read More

Polar Vortex Pshaw

Ok it is winter and it is cold.  It is supposed to be cold this time of year.  But the bitter cold that has griped (Editor's Note: I think this is an appropriate typo) much of the country makes it tough to … Read More

Perfect Example

Vega Fina is a brand made in the huge Altadis USA factory in the Dominican Republic. The brand was one made primarily for the Spanish and Western European market.  Now Spain is one of Cuba’s largest customers and Cuban … Read More

Ratings

Cigar Aficionado is out with their latest cigars of the year.  Like any ratings, it is always surrounded with controversy.  Do I agree with them?  Yes and no. But the one thing about CA—their taste tests are blind and the … Read More

Ghostly smoke

Ok not really a ghost, but Spectral is a phantom-like figure…kinda like a ghost.  It also is a new-old cigar for sale from Flor de Gonzalez.  The company has been making cigars since the Boom but has … Read More

Winston Re Done

About 7 years ago a new cigar came on the scene called Winston Churchill.  It was named, aptly, for the man who not only loved cigars, shepherded Britain through World War II, but also lent … Read More

Rats

Drew Estate is saying it will be releasing a Ratzilla for the holidays.  ( No not the 16 inch rat that the press called ratzilla in Sweden.) This Ratzilla is a longer version of the Famed Dirty Rat … Read More

Embraceable Ewe

It is Thanksgiving and a time for us to be grateful for all the bounties we have.  Of course while the stores are looking ahead to Christmas (actually they started a few weeks ago) some people are talking about the … Read More

Rocky shipping

Every year at the trade show, Rocky Patel usually has several new cigars and this year was no exception.  One of the cigars he added to the line was an expansion of his Decade with Decade Cameroon.  … Read More

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