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
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
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
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
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
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