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News: Tres Reynas to Return With Corona Size, New Look

The collaborative project between Janny García of My Father and Patricia and Raquel Quesada of SAG Imports/Quesada is set to return again to the annual IPCPR trade show and convention. As mentioned during an appearance on Kiss My Ash, Terence Reilly of SAG Imports has confirmed to halfwheel the line will return this July in [...]

News: W. Curtis Draper’s Announces 126th Anniversary Cigar from My Father

On Friday, W. Curtis Draper in Washington, D.C. posted a picture to their Facebook page of a new cigar coming from My Father Cigars that is being made in celebration of the store’s 126th anniversary. Details of the cigar have not been released at this time, though it will make its official debut at the [...]

News: La Dueña Adds No. 13 Toro Gordo Box Pressed Vitola

News of a new size to My Father Cigar’s La Dueña line surfaced on Friday, a Toro Gordo Box Pressed vitola called No. 13. Grace Sotolongo of My Father Cigars sent out a picture of the new cigar via her Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts:   According to a representative from My Father Cigars, the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Review: 3 Reynas Torpedo (Prerelease)

Officially debuted at IPCPR, the 3 Reynas is the latest cigar being distributed by SAG Imports, although the cigar itself is a collaboration between the Quesada and García families. Patrick has the full details of the cigar from his news story back in June: Following up on the news of Tres Reynas, a new collaborative project between [...]

Weekly News (July 2, 2012)

Editor’s Note: Yesterday marked six months of halfwheel. Brooks and I still haven’t spoken at all about the relatively minor anniversary, but given each member of our staff once ran a cigar blog – six months is oftentimes a lot longer than most of these last. Over the next few weeks, particularly leading into IPCPR, [...]

News: Tres Reynas Coming From Quesadas & Garcías

Following up on the news of Tres Reynas, a new collaborative project between the Quesada and García families, Patricia and Raquel Quesada shared some more details about the cigar and its origins. The name Tres Reynas, which means Three Queens, wasn’t the first choice. The project was originally slated to be called Tres Hermanas, or Three [...]

Review: La Dueña Petit Robusto (Prerelease)

In the early parts of last year, Charlie discovered a trademark for La Dueña that was registered by Pete Johnson of Tatuaje. A month later, Janny García tweeted about smoking a La Dueña, at which Charlie made the prediction that La Dueña, which translates into the owner, designating the female owner, was in fact a [...]

Review: My Father Flor de las Antillas Toro

On March 16, 2012, My Father showed off their newest creation, Flor de las Antillas, for the first time at Federal Cigar’s 91st anniversary party. Not much was known about the release at that time, but more details have emerged since then. We now know that the Flor de las Antillas is a Nicaraguan puro [...]