La Flor Dominicana introduced the La Volcada at this year’s IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas. The cigar is named after a move in the tango dance where the gentleman dips his female partner and she bends her leg back towards him. The move is shown as a silhouette on the band. The La Volcada […]
JRE Aladino Cazador
The JRE Aladino was a cigar line I didn’t give much attention to when it first came out. I’m not exactly sure why because I’ve been a big fan of Camacho Cigars since they first started. The Eiroa family are the premier growers of corojo which they call “authentic corojo”. Their “authentic corojo” is how […]
Casa Fuente Double Robusto
If you’ve ever been to Las Vegas and you are a cigar smoker, your trip was a disaster if you didn’t visit Casa Fuente at least once. It’s a pilgrimage for any cigar smoker. They have many rare Fuente cigars including some Opus X vitolas that you can only get at Casa Fuente in the […]
Brian’s The Week In Smoke, Issue 114
It’s been a busy week, but not so busy that I didn’t light up an interesting assortment of cigars. And since it’s been a minute and a half since I did one… It’s once time again for another issue of Brian’s The Week In Smoke. In case this is your first Week in Smoke, be […]
United Cigar Bandolero Vanidosos
The Bandolero is a cigar from United Cigar that also distributes Atabey and Byron cigars. We’ve reviewed these cigar before, but I haven’t had any of them since that review. They are a little hard to find and no shops near me, at the time, carried United Cigar. The cigars from United Cigar are blended […]
Top 10 Cigars of 2017
It’s list making season and it’s about time we posted one for Stogie Review. Due to some scheduling difficulties, we’re a little later posting it this year than we planned. But better late than never, right? This year we went with a different approach, abandoning separate lists and opting instead for a single, official Stogie […]
Herfin’ Heads: Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Muestra de Saka Nacatamale
A lot of people have asked us when we were going to do another Herfin’ Heads cigar review video. The answer is today. The technical terrors have been tamed (knock on cedar coffin), and we have a joint video review of the Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Muestra de Saka Nacatamale ready for viewing at your […]
CLE The First 20 Years Colorado Robusto
Earlier this year, CLE quietly introduced a new line extension to The First 20 Years with The First 20 Years Colorado. Christian Eiroa said he was trying to get a perfect colorado color. reddish brown hue, with his corojo for quite awhile and has finally done it. This cigar is a Honduran puro made in […]
Tatuaje TAA 2014/2017
The Tatuaje TAA 2014/2017 is a cigar that might seem a little confusing if you haven’t been following the annual releases of the exclusive Tobacconist Association of America (or TAA) line. It’s commonly referred to as simply “TAA 2017”, but hang on a second, the band says 2014. What’s going on here? It isn’t a […]
Davidoff Winston Churchill Late Hour Churchill
Davidoff introduced the Winston Churchill Late Hour as an extension of their Winston Churchill cigar line at this year’s IPCPR. The Late Hour is named after time of day that Winston Churchill found most of his inspiration and creative spark, the late hours. What makes this cigar unique is that the Nicaraguan Condega Visus tobacco […]