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Review: Sancho Panza Escuderos (ER Germany 2011)

Despite being one of Habanos S.A.’s oldest brands, established in 1848, Sancho Panza has one of the smallest portfolios of any of the Habanos lines. In 2010, when Habanos S.A. released the Sancho Panza Quijote for Altadis S.A., the Spanish distributor of Cuban cigars, it was the first Sancho Panza Edición Regional and quite possibly [...]

Redux: La Gloria Cubana Deliciosos (ER Cuba 2009)

Launched in 2005 as a way to bring certain marcas into different regions of the world, Habanos S.A.’s Edición Regional program finally produced a cigar for its home country in 2010, as the La Gloria Cubana Deliciosos Edición Regional Cuba was released at the Habanos Festival in February of that year. Available for purchase only on [...]

News: Habanos S.A. Completes 2011 Releases

A brief news post on CubanCigarWebsite.com has confirmed that all of 2011′s scheduled releases from Habanos S.A. have been delivered. The cigar that completed the 2011 release schedule was the Por Larrañaga Legendarios, an Edición Regional for Spain that was released in the past few weeks. The Legendarios measures 6  3/4 (170mm) x 50, a [...]

Review: Ramón Allones Belicoso (2005)

In 2005, Habanos S.A. released a limited addition Ramón Allones Belicoso that was only available in the United Kingdom. This release was actually before the Edición Regional program was in effect, so while this release is essentially one of the first ERs, it is not officially labeled as one. In fact, there was almost no fanfare [...]

Review: Punch Northern Lights (ER Nordic 2009)

At one point in time, Punch was the strongest brand in the world. Today, not so much. Despite not having the status similar to Cohiba, Montecristo or Romeo y Julieta, Punch has dominated the Edición Regional series with 18 of the 105 released ERs baring the Punch crown, second only to Ramón Allones’ 19 releases. [...]

Review: Por Larrañaga Robusto (ER Alemania 2010)

The Por Larrañaga brand traces its history to 1834, when it was registered by Ignacio Larrañaga, making it the oldest marca in the Habanos S.A. portfolio that is still made. It was also the first factory to make machine made cigars. It is currently referred to as a marca local, a local brand with minor market [...]

Review: Vegas Robaina Maestros (ER Spain 2007)

Last week I mentioned that there was a Vegas Robaina regional release that was identical in size to the El Rey del Mundo Vikingos that was also released in 2007, the Vegas Robaina Maestros. For those that are unfamiliar with the Edición Regional program, here’s the brief summary from last week: In 2005, Habanos S.A. introduced a new [...]

Review: Ramón Allones Selección Suprema (ER Italia 2005)

For those of you that don’t know, in 2005, Habanos S.A. introduced the Edición Regional (Regional Edition) series to consumers around the world. I think CubanCigarWebsite.com says it best: The series comprises special limited production cigars made exclusively for a regional market, and are available for a one or two year period.  After this, Habanos [...]

Weekly News (May 2, 2011)

Late cigar news is better than no cigar news? Apologies, it’s been a hectic day, shouldn’t happen again. Now for things you care about… A week without Tatuaje news? Almost. A week without Viaje news? Absolutely not. A week with any other news? Yes. Info for new products from Habanos S.A., Nestor Miranda, La Caridad [...]

Review: Ramón Allones Lusitanos (ER Portugal 2010)

Ramón Allones released their first Edición Regional series of the year a few months ago and we enjoyed quite a bit. The second Ramón Allones release this year in the Regional Edición series is the Petit Edmundo sized Lusitanos for the Portugal Region.  If you know me, you know that I have been nothing but [...]