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News: J. Fuego Adds Connoisseur, Drops 777 Maduro

Jesus Fuego of J. Fuego Cigar Co. recently shot a video with Brandon Puckett of Cigar King in Scottsdale, Ariz., and announced several bits of news, including a new line called the J. Fuego Connoisseur. The new line will debut in mid-April, and Fuego describes it as a “very rich blend” that uses an Ecuadorian Sumatra [...]

IPCPR 2012: General Cigar Co.

For General Cigar Co., IPCPR 2012 was about FOUNDRY and FOUNDRY. Or so was the case outside of the large booth of the company that parents CAO, Cohiba, Hoyo de Monterrcey, La Gloria Cubana, Macanudo, Partagas, Punch and others where all anyone wanted to talk about was the center of the General booth. Inside there [...]

Press Release: Don Sixto By Plasencia

Introducing Don Sixto by Plasencia, a new collection developed by the Plasencia Group. Don Sixto will be marketed and distributed exclusively by General Cigar, marking the first collaboration between the two companies which entered into a joint venture in March, 2010. According to Nestor Plasencia, president of The Plasencia Group, “We’re excited to release our [...]

News: Daniel Marshall Set to Release Cigar in Gold

Famed humidor maker Daniel Marshall is set to release a special version of his DM2 Gold line, wrapped in gold. Next week, Marshall will begin shipping a limited edition humidor containing five 6 1/4 x 54 Torpedos wrapped in gold  in honor of his company’s 30th anniversary. As far as the cigar goes, it’s a [...]

Review: Mayorga Torpedo

For those of you that don’t know… Mayorga is perhaps the definition of a boom brand. Introduced in 1995, in debt from day one, sold to a major company by 2001. Mayorga was the brainchild of brothers Martin Mayorga and Carlos Mayorga, both of whom were in their twenties when the brand launched. By 1997, [...]

Weekly News (November 28, 2011)

Editor’s Note: The first story in the news this week is surrounding a new Rocky Patel, and it’s a bit controversial. I explain the details after the jump, but it’s led to a lot of speculation amongst manufacturers, consumers and retailers as to what really went on. Truth be told, there is one common denominator, [...]

Review: Humo Jaguar Robusto

Today we will be taking a look at a cigar from Nestor Plasencia and the distributors at Miami Cigar & Co., the Humo Jaguar! This past February 2011 marked the first annual Honduran Cigar festival otherwise known as the Humo Jaguar, a place and time dedicated to all the Honduran tobacco producers of cigars sold [...]

Review: Xikar HC Series Habano Colorado Salomon Limitado (Prerelease)

Today we will be taking a look at one of the larger cigars introduced at this years IPCPR, the Xikar HC Series Salomon Limitado! Xikar has been one of the most innovative cigar accessory manufacturers since their start in the mid 1990s, the Xikar Cutter is one of the most recognizable cigar tools out there [...]

IPCPR 2011: La Aurora and Miami Cigar & Co.

Too much. In a year were many manufacturers made it very clear they were aware of the amount of new releases collectively, Miami Cigar & Co. and La Aurora seemed to have missed the meeting. Jason Wood explained that it was the first time where La Aurora had offered a plethora of new releases, but [...]

IPCPR 2011: Quesada

I saw Terence Reilly pretty early into my stay into Vegas. I had a good conversation with one of the key players at Quesada/MATASA/SAG Imports, about a variety of things, but particularly about the present and future of the company his uncle, Manuel “Manolo” Quesada, sits at the helm of. The IPCPR show was relatively [...]