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News: Tatuaje Federal 90th Gets Formal Redux

A post on Tatuaje’s Saints & Sinners message board this week announced plans for the Tatuaje Exclusive Series Federal Cigar 90th Anniversary Redux that will be arriving in mid March, and a post on Federal Cigar’s Facebook page Wednesday afternoon confirmed the news. The cigar is a new blend but comes in the same 7 [...]

Redux: My Father S Special

Back in May of 2012 I reviewed the My Father S Special, a cigar that is only given out with box purchases at My Father events. The S Special comes in cardboard three-packs and is only made in a 5 x 50 Robusto vitola. It is rumored to be blended to taste similar to the El [...]

Review: My Father Limited Edition 2012

Back into 2010, My Father Cigars announced an extremely unique release, the My Father Limited Edition 2010. Each cigar came in its own individual coffin and each was rolled by José “Don Pepín” García and bunched by Jaime García. The blend also used the famed Pelo de Oro leaf, a tobacco strain that is notoriously [...]

Press Release: 10th Anniversary Celebration of Don Pepin Garcia and Tatuaje, May 4th, 2013

October 23, 2012 — In commemoration of the 10th year anniversary of Don Pepin Garcia and Tatuaje, both companies have come together to celebrate this special date in Miami, Florida on May 4th, 2013. The month of May marks the precise month in which Don Pepin opened up his small factory in Little Havana and [...]

Review: My Father Commemorative 911 Blend 343 Firefighter Limited Edition 2012 Connecticut

For the second year in a row, My Father and Casa de Montecristo in Chicago have teamed up to release a cigar to commemorate the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City.  Last year’s release featured a single blend with two different wrappers: Habano Rosado and Oscuro. This year’s release features a tweaked version of [...]

Review: My Father Commemorative 911 Blend 343 Firefighter Limited Edition 2012 Maduro

Last year to commemorate the 10th anniversary of September 11th, Jaime García and Casa de Montecristo released a limited edition My Father 911 343 with two different wrappers: Habano and Oscuro. Here is a little more of the back story directly from the 911 Cigars website: Last year Jeffrey Holst, a battalion chief here in Lombard Illinois, brought [...]

Review: Jaime Garcia Sur Oeste Corona

Back in May of this year, in the midst of a variety of regional editions coming from My Father Cigars Inc. and Pete Johnson’s Havana Cellars, whose cigars are made by My Father, a regional edition for accounts in Louisiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas was announced, the Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Sur Oeste, which translates into southwest. [...]

News: My Father Limited Edition 2012 Nears Shipment

My Father is preparing to release the third installment of its annual limited edition, The My Father Limited Edition 2012. Back again will be much of the My Father Limited Edition 2011 including the 6 1/2 x 52 Toro format and the blend from the 2011 release. José Ortega, VP of sales, posted an image of the cigar [...]

IPCPR 2012: My Father

There were no surprises at IPCPR this year for My Father, largely because the Jaime Garcia Limited Edition 2012 shipped the week before. The focus was long understood to be on La Dueña, and the spotlight shined solely on La Dueña. As always, the My Father booth was busy and colorful. La DueñaAll five sizes [...]

News: Jaime Garcia Limited Edition 2012 Arrives in Stores

The second rendition of the Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Limited Edition 2012 began arriving in stores over the weekend. As was alluded to at IPCPR 2011, it includes 15 Ecuadorian Connecticut-wrapped versions and a single Maduro. Last year, the innagural version of the Jaime Garcia Limited Edition shipped with just a single Connecticut version and [...]