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Review: Aquitaine Blockhead (Preproduction)

Since the launch of RoMaCraft Tobac in January 2012, the company has quickly expanded into three full lines of cigars, each of which contain a number of event-only, limited availability cigars. The RoMaCraft Tobac website offers a good amount of detail about the Aquitaine, noting that the filler leaf comes from three separate areas of [...]

Review: Ortega The Wild Bunch Island Jim WaHoo (Preproduction)

As you’re likely aware, Eddie Ortega announced an ambitious project in the summer of 2012 dubbed the Wild Bunch that would see him release a new cigar every month in 2013 that would be a tribute to a person that he had met through his cigar-related journeys. Ortega had this to say about the inspiration [...]

Review: Ortega The Wild Bunch Iron Mike I-Beam (Preproduction)

In July 2012, Eddie Ortega began talking about a new project he was working on, the Dirty Dozen. While he didn’t release a ton of details at the time, his fondness for social media – Facebook in particular – became a vehicle for little bits of information to be released. When the project was announced, Ortega had [...]

Review: Ortega The Wild Bunch Big Bad John Jackhammer (Preproduction)

News of a new limited run batch of cigars from Eddie Ortega started to surface on Facebook in late July, just a few weeks before the IPCPR convention and trade show happening in early August. Details remained sketchy some two months after the show as the series evolved, but things are becoming a bit clearer [...]

Review: Liga Privada No. 9 (2006)

In July 2006, the Liga Privada No. 9 made its first public debut at Drew Estate’s RTDA booth. The story has been told numerous times, but just for kicks, here’s what Drew Estate President Steve Saka said about it back before it was commercially released: Liga Privada No. 9 is the product of a cigar [...]

Review: Oliva Connecticut Reserve F Lonsdale (Preproduction)

As we have said all week, While chatting with Ian Hummel and Bryan Scholle of Oliva/Studio Tobac fame at the IPCPR Show in Las Vegas earlier in the year, it came to light that Bryan, who rolls cigars at Studio Tobac events, rolls quite a few different combinations of blends for attendees of said events. As part of my research, I [...]

Review: Cain Daytona Maduro 646 (Preproduction)

Here we are at day four of the Oliva/Studio Tobac test blend week and I must say it’s been really fun trying out these cigars with the different wrappers; it really gives you insight on what really makes a certain blend work and possibly what could make it work better. Today we are looking at [...]

Review: Oliva Serie V Maduro Lancero (Preproduction)

As I said in my first review, while chatting with Ian Hummel and Bryan Scholle of Oliva/Studio Tobac fame at the IPCPR Show in Las Vegas earlier in the year, it came to light that Bryan (who rolls cigars at Studio Tobac events) rolls quite a few different combinations of blends for attendees of said events. Ian sent me a few [...]

Review: Oliva Serie V Maduro No.4 (Preproduction)

Today we will be taking a look at the second installment in our Oliva test blend week, the Oliva Serie V Maduro No.4! As Brooks has stated, Ian Hummel was gracious enough to send us a few blends they have been playing around with for fun, among those being the Oliva Serie V Maduro No.4. [...]

Review: Studio Tobac CC-001 (Preproduction)

While chatting with Ian Hummel and Bryan Scholle of Oliva/Studio Tobac fame at the IPCPR Show in Las Vegas earlier in the year, it came to light that Bryan (who rolls cigars at Studio Tobac events) rolls quite a few different combinations of blends for attendees of said events. Well, I thought that was pretty [...]