Jose Blanco, from La Aurora, sits down with Walt and talks about new offerings from La Aurora, Tasting Events, Factory Tours, Pro Cigar Festival and more.
Los Blancos & El Primer Mundo
We get David Blanco (Los Blancos) and Sean Williams (El Primer Mundo) together to talk about both their new cigars for IPCPR and the Los Blanco/El Primer Mundo relationship…and David pokes fun at us LOL.
Viaje Cigars
Brian spends a few minutes talking to Andre Farkas and talks about the new Fifty Fifty by Viaje Cigars.
Interview with Ernesto Perez-Carrillo
Brian got to sit down with Ernesto Perez-Carrillo and talk about his new cigar.
CAO La Traviata (First Impressions)
There I was, visiting W.Curtis Drapers for a lunch time smoke and I run into Frank Kapp, National Sales Manager for CAO Cigars. Frank was bringing the Draper Boys a pair of samples of CAO’s new cigar, La Traviata. The Draper Boys and Frank were nice enough to share with me one of the La […]
La Flor Dominicana Limitado IV
I’m not sure what my deal is? I normally refer to myself as a mild-medium bodied purveyor of cigars. Lately though, I’ve been on a full-extra full bodied kick. Maybe its stress at work? Anxiety as we wait for my petite corona to arrive? Excitement for IPCPR? All the above? Who knows really? I’ll just […]
Cain Habano – Pre Release
Photo Credit: Ian Hummel of The Oliva Family of Cigars On Tuesday I got word from my Oliva Representative that he was out to visit my local shop, Kensington Tobacconist, and left a cigar for me to pick up. The cigar in question was the new Cain by Sam Leccia. Unfortunately, he only received six […]
Heavenly Cigars Releases an Un-Flavored Cigar
Just as you would expect, with the IPCPR Trade Show right around the corner, news of new cigars has been popping up all over. Just like the press released from EO Brands, I recently received one from the people who represent Heather Phillips and Heavenly Cigars. While at the Famous Cigar Expo, Brian and I […]
EO Brands to release Cuabo Maduro and Murcielago at IPCPR 2009
Just a few weeks ago, Brian and I were fortunate enough to partake in the Famous Cigar Expo 2009. In my writeup, I mentioned that we got to talking to Eddie Ortega and he mentioned coming out with two new cigars for the IPCPR trade show in New Orleans. This morning I received a press […]
Don Tomas Maduro
Welcome to the weekend edition of The Stogie Review! Don’t mind my new hairstyle…I’m limited with what I can do. I wish I could remember the Facebook or YouTube user who requested a “Great Torpedo” review of the Don Tomas Maduro. Sadly, my record keeping isn’t the greatest in the world. I have to admit […]