This week I lit up the latest addition to the Cohiba brand, the more accessibly priced Cohiba Blue. When Ben and I were down in the Dominican Republic touring the General Cigar facilities we got to see the boxes being painted in the factory. The process was fascinating to watch and I’ve been looking forward […]
Guaimaro Robusto
Guaimaro Cigars is the brainchild of Esteban Disla, co-owner of Nica Sueno, the cigar factory of RoMa Craft cigars. Disla partnered up with Skip Martin and Mike Rosales to create RoMa Craft Tobac which produces some of the hot cigars on the market. RoMa Craft’s most famous of which are the Cromagnon and Aquitaine lines, […]
Caldwell Blind Man’s Bluff Robusto
I’m switching things up again this week. My schedule made it difficult to set aside the time it takes to do a video, so I thought I’d borrow a page from Ben’s book do a written review. Or is that steal a page? I’m also swiping most of his format for this review as well. […]
Crowned Heads Las Mareas Olas
The Las Mareas was released in 2016 by Crowned Heads as a more Cubanesque style cigar than the rest of the lines. The cigars were first released in limited quantities with a single silk ribbon at the foot in two sizes and then had a full release at IPCPR in 2016 in four sizes. The […]
Avo Improvisation Limited Edition 2017
The Avo Limited Edition cigars are always really good cigars and this year’s Improvisation should be no exception. This year’s Avo limited edition is a first on two fronts. One, it’s a box press cigar and, two, it’s in a 60 ring gauge. I’m glad they did a box press when they decided to do […]
Partagas Ramon y Ramon Maxim Grande
There are a number of reasons to review the Partagas Ramon y Ramon. To begin with, we haven’t yet. That is generally reason enough. Then there’s the whole regenerated vintage tobacco thing. That’s also interesting. But the real reason I’m lighting up the Ramon y Ramon this week is that I won a box on […]
Aguila Cigars – Flight Review – CONTEST (Contest ended)
I was recently approached by iHavanas to review their new Aguila cigar line produced in Nicaragua. iHavanas is mainly known for being one of the premier sellers of Cuban cigars, but with the growing interest in Europe for Nicaraguan cigars, iHavanas has brought out their own Nicaragua cigar for this new and growing fan base. Not […]
Davidoff Anniversario No. 3 702 Series
Davidoff released a new series called the 702 Series in February 2017. The 702 Series use a special Ecuadorian Habano wrapper grown exclusively for these cigars at the San Juan finca near Cotopaxi in Ecuador. The tobacco is a hybrid of 3 cuban seed habano tobaccos. The farm is set in the foothills of the […]
Drew Estate Undercrown Shade Flying Pig
Released at the 2016 IPCPR, Drew Estate added their famous Flying Pig size to the Undercrown Shade line. This is the sixth Flying Pig release from Drew Estate following the Flying Pigs from Liga Privada No. 9, T52, Kentucky Fired Cured, Feral and Undercrown. The Flying Pig is a very unique small perfecto size with a […]
Camacho Check Six
Camacho Cigars introduced the Check Six at the 2016 IPCPR as an extension to the Brotherhood series of cigars. The Brotherhood is a limited edition line of cigars that is released annually and released in only one size. This years release, Check Six, is named after the phrase for a soldier, marine, airman or sailor to […]