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Review: La Gloria Cubana Piramide Supra

In November of this year, La Gloria Cubana released its latest regional edition, the Piramide Supra. La Glora, alongside fellow General Cigar brand CAO, has become a fixture in the growing U.S. regional released market, and the Piramide Supra was the company’s biggest entry into the market, literally, to date. We covered most of the [...]

Review: La Gloria Cubana Gorda Gorda

With so many new cigars coming out in super sized ring gauges, it shouldn’t be a surprise that we see this new one coming from the General Cigar camp. While many cigar smokers I’ve talked to have expressed their love for smaller ring gauges and have said they think large ring gauge cigars are getting borderline [...]

Review: La Gloria Cubana Trunk Show Liga LR-1 (Prerelease)

Since being selected as one of the brands in the General Cigar portfolio to get a significant amount of focus and attention, La Gloria Cubana has steadily added new products over the past few years that have blended design and product innovation. Their latest release, Trunk Show, which debuted at IPCPR 2012, is no exception. [...]

Review: Foundry Wells (Prerelease)

One of the most interesting releases of the IPCPR show in Orlando was a new line from General Cigar called Foundry. It is described as “the brainchild of Michael Giannini,” based off of his fascination with the steampunk movement and innovators.  Says the press release: General Cigar is proud to introduce FOUNDRY, a new boutique [...]

Review: El Credito El Perrito War of Flavors

For those of you that don’t know… With the economy not showing many signs of making a full recovery any time soon, there’s been more and more releases of sub $3 Cheroot-sized cigars as of late, usually in about the same size/shape. The cigars in this category are typically small, usually around 5-6 inches, and [...]

Review: Macanudo Café Portofino

Say what? Macanudo makes a Lancero? And it comes in a tube? Well… sort of. It’s not a true El Laguito No. 1, it’s actually 7 x 34, a hair thicker than the Ninfas (7 x 33), a Slim Panatela. It’s also not a cigar that you’d really expect to be on most cigar blogs, [...]

Review: Partagas 150 C

  For those of you that don’t know… In 1995, Partagas (The Dominican Brand owned by General Cigar , not the Cuban brand) released the Partagas 150 to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the founding of the Partagas brand. The cigar sported a 18-year-old Cameroon wrapper at the time, which means (for those of you [...]