Punch released a limited edition cigar last year called the Punch Egg Roll. This year, to celebrate the Year of the Rat in the Chinese calendar, Punch is releasing another limited edition called the Chop Suey. This year, the cigar is being released in a panatela size that is supposed to showcase the tobaccos chosen […]
Romeo y Julieta Cazadores
I’ve usually never liked much from the Romeo y Julieta line from Cuba except the churchills. Their flavor profiles just wasn’t something I cared for. In 2016, I bought a box of Cazadores on a flash sale for a great price, so I figured I’d give them another try as the Cazadores is a very […]
Villiger Cuellar Black Forest Toro Gordo
I have to admit, I’m not that familiar with many of the Villiger cigar lines. It’s not that I’ve been avoiding them, but most of my shops I frequent just don’t carry their cigars. That’s why I was happy went I got a box in the mail with a sampler of their new Cuellar Black […]
Drew Estate Launches Liga Privada Unico Year of the Rat to Celebrate Chinese New Year
Drew Estate announces today the launch of the Liga Privada Unico Year of the Rat for upcoming Drew Diplomat events to coincide with the Chinese New Year. The Liga Privada Unico Year of the Rat will be showcased at the upcoming TPE trade show held in Las Vegas, NV on January 29th-31st. The Liga Privada […]
E.P. Carrillo Rebel Rebellious 52
A few years ago, E. P. Carrillo did a complete restructuring of their cigar line portfolio that included rebranding all the lines and reduction of some of the cigar lines. One of the few new lines that were introduced during that time was the E.P. Carrillo Rebel Rebellious. This new cigar kind of flew under […]
Southern Draw Cedrus Toro
Southern Draw has been exploding on the cigar scene for a while now and has been releasing from very interesting cigar lines. One of their more popular blends in the Cedrus released initially in 2018 at IPCPR. The Cedrus pay homage to the Lebanese Cedar tree that has been used for a few millennia in […]
Balmoral Anejo XO Nicaragua Toro
This year at IPCPR, Balmoral Cigars introduced a new line extension to their Anejo XO line called Nicaragua. This new line uses select tobaccos from Nicaragua for the wrapper and filler. They use a Nicaraguan Habano tobacco for the wrapper and an unknown Nicaraguan tobacco in the filler. You can watch our interviews with President […]
H. Upmann Nicaragua by AJ Fernandez Finca La Lilia 2009
Altadis released the H. Upmann Nicaragua by AJ Fernandez Finca La Lilia 2009 in September of this year as a limited edition extension to the popular H. Upmann Nicaragua by AJ Fernandez line. The tobaccos used are from the first tobacco crop from AJ Fernandez farm, La Lilia, in 2009. The cigar is only available […]
RoMa Craft Tobac Baka Bantu
Probably one of the most anticipated, if not the most anticipated cigar release of IPCPR 2019, was the RoMa Craft Baka. The Baka is RoMa Craft’s first cigar line release using Cameroon tobacco. The origins of the cigar go way back with Skip Martin and Jack Torano teaming up to try to blend a cigar […]
Road Show Interview with Jon Huber of Crowned Heads
In September, I was lucky enough to meet up with our friend, Jon Huber of Crowned Head Cigars, during one of their Roadshow events that happened to be at one of my local shops, Harbor Cigars, in Destin, FL. The event was standing room only with great cigars, great deals, and great food and drinks. […]