The New El Rey Del Mundo Reserva Nicaragua Cigar

November 18, 2014 In the 25 years working for JR Cigars, I must have smoked at least 6 million premium cigars, give, or take three or four.  Most were great, some were mediocre, and a few were so bad it felt like an … Read More

Anthology

November 11, 2014 Usually when you hear Anthology, you think of a collection of stories or music. Well that would be the dictionary definition, but now from Altadis USA comes a new cigar line so named—Anthology.  Like much of the newer blends … Read More

Proud Pappy

November 10, 2014 Drew Estate is coming up with a new cigar in partnership with legendary bourbon producer Pappy Van Winkle.  The new cigar will be called the Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve and will be available sometime in the near future—pre orders … Read More

Ether

November 5, 2014 The word has come to mean that pleasantly smelling anesthetic or also a solvent.  But ether is much more.  Its meanings are like the clear air in the sky beyond the upper reaches of clouds.  Astronauts flew … Read More

Nicaragua

October 28, 2014 We all know that Nicaragua makes some great cigars. The brands there are famous…Padron, Joya de Nicaragua , Perdomo, Drew Estate, My Father among others.  While the Dominican Republic still is the leader in terms … Read More

A Spicy Connecticut

October 14, 2014 Back during the last trade show, I wrote about the new line from the Garcias—Jaime and Pepin.  It is the My Father Connecticut.  This is the family’s first venture into a Connecticut. Now most Connecticut wrapped cigars tend to be … Read More

Happy 5th

October 9, 2014 As I mentioned in the IPCPR coverage, Ernesto Perez Carrillo is marking his 5th anniversary back out on his own. Ernie, as you may recall, had El Credito – the maker of La Gloria Cubana.  It was his family’s firm … Read More

World Blends

October 1, 2014 For years, CAO has had the Italia, the Brazilia, and the Osa Sol,  but now the company has added two more blends under the concept of World Blends that includes the former.  As we wrote during the trade … Read More

Happy Birthday

September 17, 2014 While last year marked the 10th anniversaries of both Tatuaje and My Father cigars, this does seem to be the year of birthdays.  Manuel Quesada and his family marked 40 years in business earlier this year with the release of … Read More

Kuuts

September 10, 2014 Ok this is probably a name that you don’t know.  The company has been making and selling cigars in Europe for many years and only last year did it start knocking on U-S doors.  The cigars are made in Danli, … Read More

New from F-U

September 3, 2014 Yeah that is Fabrica Unidas, not what you were thnking. F-U is the home of the brands for Christian Eiroa  and they have been busy  showing a lot of new stuff at the past show.  Christian added some new extensions … Read More

Legendary

August 27, 2014 John Starks is a former all-star with the NBA.  Growing up in Oklahoma, he first played for Golden State then it was onto the New York Knicks and the All Star team.  Starks retired in 2002 and was the Knick’s … Read More

Camacho

August 21, 2014 One of the newer things at the Davidoff booth was the recently released Camacho Ecuador. The cigar with the blue band and box actually came out just before the show, but it was prominently featured at the … Read More

Black Abyss

August 14, 2014 Speaking of Jochy Blanco, he has been a busy man.  Not only does he make all of Boutique Blends cigars, but he also is making his cousin Jose Blanco’s Señoral line of cigars. (Yes they are both named Jose Blanco, … Read More

More Boutiques

August 13, 2014 Boutique Blends at the show had several interesting cigars.  If you don’t know the company you probably do know the cigars.  They are the ones behind Aging Room.  The first cigar out of that series was the M-356, which … Read More

IPCPR, continued

July 30, 2014 Crowned Heads Jon Huber over at Crowned Heads is releasing a new line addition called Jerico Hill.  This augments the original Four Kicks, Headley Grange and J.D. Howard Reserve.  The company began only in 2011 and has … Read More

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