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News: El Centurion Slated for 2013 Return

My Father Cigars has announced some early details of their 10th anniversary celebration this year, as the El Centurion marca is slated to return to store shelves in 2013. Janny Garcia and Jose Ortega of My Father Cigars announced the return of El Centurion on the January 5th, 2013 episode of Kiss My Ash Radio. [...]

Review: Don Pepin Garcia Series JJ Salomon

It’s July 22nd, which means it’s about one cigar and one story—the Don Pepin Garcia Series JJ and Jeremiah Cruz Jr. We’ve explained it a few times before, including a year ago when I reviewed the JJ Lancero: In 2005, the newcomer Don “Pepín” García introduced the Series JJ, a cigar that he worked on with [...]

Redux: Padilla 1932 Oscuro Torpedo

Originally released in 2007, the aptly named Padilla 1932 Oscuro used the Pepín rolled 1932 blend, and covered it with a then five year-old Nicaraguan Corojo Oscuro wrapper. Only 300 boxes of 45 cigars each were released,  each of which included 15 of three different vitolas: Churchill, Robusto and Torpedo. Here is what I said about the Padilla 1932 [...]

Review: Tatuaje Miami Tan FF

In November of 2009, Pete Johnson shipped Dan Welsh of New Havana Cigars fame a batch of 6 3/4 x 49 Torpedoes that were originally slated to be the Tatuaje Cojonu 2009, which measures at 6 3/4 x 48. The slightly more than 2,000 cigars were eventually labeled Tatuaje Miami FF starting the somewhat sporadic [...]

News: My Father Changes Packaging to Three Lines & Discontinues JJ Maduro

My Father Cigars has changed packaging on its Don Pepin Garcia (Blue Label), JJ and Cuban Classic (Black Label) lines. The changes went into effect earlier this month. “You could tell that they were from the same family before, but if you were just looking at the box it could have been made at three [...]

Weekly News (October 3, 2011)

Editor’s Note: The biggest news of the week was the Friday announcement from the attorneys for Pepín García indicating the legal matter of El Rey de los Habanos had been settled. Our original story contained an error referring to the separate matter of Tabacalera Cubanas as “lawsuit” instead of “dissolution.” (To be clear both companies [...]

News: El Rey de los Habanos Lawsuit Settled

The legal battle over El Rey de los Habanos is over. Shortly before trial was set to begin, the long-rumored settlement has materialized. Details are unsurprisingly unavailable, but the following statement was obtained from the firm (Dorta y Ortega) representing Pepín García: This email is being written on behalf of Mr. Omar Ortega. This email [...]

Weekly News (August 1, 2011)

Editor’s Note: I apologize for the delay in the news, server issues have prevented publishing. The original editor’s note reads as follows… And today is the day where things return back to “normal” here at TheCigarFeed. Our IPCPR booth coverage is done, the recap will be out shortly and tomorrow the 2011 list will be [...]

Lancero50 Redux

Some Random Thoughts… Lanceros are a Pain in the Ass to Photograph — Or at least if you try to stand them up. They are long and thin. Light enough for any bit of wind to pick them up and blow over, and a tiny base makes it difficult for them to even stand up. [...]

Review: El Centurion Lancero

I started Lancero50 with what I consider the perennial favorite amongst the mainstream releases as the best regular production Lancero on the market today, the My Father No. 4. And so fittingly, on Father’s Day nonetheless, I end with another cigar from the García family, one of the most prized and cigar that many thought [...]