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Redux: Cabaiguan WCD 120 REDUX

Most of Pete Johnson’s limited editions come with fanfare, but every once in a while the Tatuaje faithful seems to miss one. Such was the case with the 2007 release of the Cabaiguan WCD 120 for Washington D.C.-based W. Curtis Draper’s 120th anniversary. History almost repeated itself again five years later when the cigar was [...]

Review: Ezra Zion Tantrum (Prerelease)

In July of 2012, the team behind cigar social networking site Cigar Federation launched a brand of their own, Ezra Zion. The brand’s two releases—Honor Series Reagan and Inception, now known as Jamais Vu—were received with general praise, including finishing 22nd on the halfwheel Consensus 2012. Now it’s time for the company’s new release, Tantrum. [...]

Review: Viva Republica Guerrilla Warfare (Prerelease)

Viva Republica is a fairly new brand produced out of La Aurora’s E. León Jimenes Tabacalera factory in the Dominican Republic. Its first release, the Rapture, was launched at the IPCPR show in 2012 and the company has quite a few more blends in the pipeline for release in 2013. We broke the news on Guerrilla [...]

Review: Liga Privada Único Serie Papas Fritas (Prerelease)

If I were to do a Top 10 list simply based off of the amount of a particular cigar I smoked in the past year, finding number one would be easy. Over the course of the last 15 months, I have smoked through bundles of the newest Liga Privada, the Único Serie Papas Fritas. A [...]

Redux: Room 101 LTD Namakubi Papi Chulo

Matt Booth’s Room 101 introduced their third major line at the IPCPR show in Las Vegas in 2011. Dubbed Namakubi, the brand features an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper and uses Dominican and Honduran tobacco for the filler and binder. There are 100,000 total cigars released among five different vitolas. They are: Papi Chulo — 4 x 42 [...]

Review: Cabaiguan WCD 120 REDUX

In 2007, Pete Johnson released a limited quantity of a special Cabaiguan to commemorate the 120th anniversary of W. Curtis Draper. Five years later, W. Curtis Draper commissioned four different cigars from four different brands to commemorate their 125th anniversary. Pete Johnson’s Havana Cellars was one of the four selected and the cigar chosen was the [...]

Review: Illusione MKULTRA

In 2006, Dion Giolito decided to release limited quantities of a cigar that he deemed had not met the standards he had set for his Illusione brand. The cigar was a stronger version of his ~mk~ Corona that was part of The Original Document. Dubbed, MKULTRA, Dion once again turned to his clichés for naming. [...]

Review: Tatuaje Petit Cazadores Reserva

With all of the Tatuaje buzz going into and coming out of this years IPCPR, especially with the all broadleaf La Casita, I thought it would be fun to go back and revisit one of Pete’s big broadleaf hits from last years show … the Petit Cazadores Reserva.

Review: Viaje Exclusivo Short

Today we will be taking a look at the Viaje Exclusivo Short in our first review of “Viaje week”. There are so many Viaje LE’s that we felt we needed to review so we just decided to cram them all into one week for your viewing pleasure! The Viaje Short was rumored to be created [...]

Review: Festival Del Habanos Marevas (2000)

So, here I am, the morning on the last day in Acapulco, Mexico, and I thought I would quickly do a Review with a cigar I have been wanting to smoke for a while, the Festival Del Habanos Marevas (2000)! This is my backdrop as I look out from my room veranda… …which I have [...]