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Review: Padilla Invictus Toro (Prerelease)

As part of the complete overhaul of his company’s offerings, Ernesto Padilla will be releasing a foursome of new cigars this summer, one of which is the Miami-made Invictus. Made at El Titan de Bronze, the Padilla Invictus will be rb, each with an initial production of 100 ten-count boxes: Robusto (5 x 54) — $12.50 (Boxes [...]

Weekly News (June 4, 2012)

Editor’s Note: After finally getting caught up this past week, we got a bit behind thanks to a bug that seemed to have plagued all but two bloggers from this past week’s Drew Estate Cigar Safari media tour. We should be caught up soon, although both Brooks and I are still not feeling 100%. In [...]

News: Ernesto Padilla Plans Major Portfolio Makeover

Things are changing at Padilla that will mean a near complete overhaul of blends. Ernesto Padilla told halfwheel that he is discontinuing four of his prominent lines: 1932, Artemis, Dominus and Miami — all of which were most recently made at factories owned by Eduardo Fernandez and Paul Palmer’s Tabacalera Tropical. Coming instead will be [...]