Earlier this year at IPCPR 2016 in Las Vegas, NV, Padron released a new commemorative cigar called the Padron 1926 Serie No. 90 to celebrate the 90th birthday of Padron Cigars founder, Jose O. Padron. The Padron Anniversary, in both the 1926 and 1964, are legendary cigars. They are considered to be one of the […]
Southern Draw Firethorn Pome
Southern Draw released a new line extension with the Firethorn adding a lancero size called the Pome. The Pome is the same blend as the rest of the Firethorn line using an Ecuadorian habano rosado wrapper. Robert Holt, owner of Southern Draw, teamed up AJ Fernandez to make the Firethorn which is rolled in AJ’s […]
Guardian of the Farm Apollo Seleccion de Warped
This year at IPCPR in Las Vegas, Warped announced a collaboration with Casa Fernandez Cigars to produce a line of cigars called Guardian of the Farm. This new line was created by Max Fernandez of Casa Fernandez and Kyle Gellis of Warped Cigars to pay tribute to the dogs that guard the tobacco farms in […]
Hoyo La Amistad Robusto
This July at IPCPR 2016, Brian and I were taken around the General Cigar Company’s booth by Victoria McKee-Jaworski, director of public relations for General Cigar Company, who showed us their new offerings. Several things caught our eye, but none more than the newest offering by Hoyo de Monterrey, La Amistad, which you can watch […]
Mega Review: Tatuaje Skinny Monsters – Happy Halloween!
Earlier this year, Tatuaje released their 3rd spinoff from the Tatuaje Monster line with the Skinny Monsters. The Skinny Monsters follow the Little Monsters and the Pudgy Monsters as spinoffs where they are the same blend of their larger, special released Monsters, but is a smaller format, excluding the The Chuck and The Tiff, which were […]
Foundry Cigars Time Flies
One of the most interesting cigar brand displays at IPCPR this year was the Foundry Cigars display in the General Cigar booth where they were debuting the new Foundry Cigars Time Flies. The Time Flies is a collaboration between Foundry Cigars and AJ Fernandez. There are two different versions of this cigar: Time Flies and […]
HR Hirochi Robaina Claro Toro
Recently, Brian and I attended IPCPR in Las Vegas and ran into Spencer Drake of White Hat Distribution at their booth. They are now the distributer of the HR line of cigars. HR Cigars had been previously distributed by Cubanacan, then by La Palina Cigars, but has finally found a home with White Hat. Spencer […]
IPCPR 2016: Romeo y Julieta
Our IPCPR tour continues with Yasemin Ozoncul in the Romeo y Julieta section of the Altadis booth. Before we get into the new product she gives us a little background, telling us about her first project at Altadis, 2011’s ROMEO. That leads us into the Plasencia-made ROMEO 505 Nicaragua, a box-pressed puro that was created […]
IPCPR 2016: Avo
In this interview, Ben talks to Avo Brand Manager Scott Kolesaire about what’s new with Avo this year. Kolesaire shows off the brightly-packaged Avo Syncro Nicaragua Fogata, and runs through the details of the blend and vitolas, highlighting the new short torpedo format. The Fogata builds of last years Avo Syncro Nicaragua, which Ben reminds […]
Hererra Esteli TAA Exclusive
Last week I was hanging out at Sir Stogies when one of the regulars walked in. We exchange pleasantries and he made his way from the private lounge into the retail space to talk to the shop owner. I’m not one to eavesdrop but when I heard “Have you tried the new Hererra Esteli TAA […]