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Redux: E.P. Carrillo New Wave Connecticut Divinos

Back in March of 2011, E.P. Carrillo put his entry into the ever-fluid marketplace that is Connecticut-wrapped cigars, the E.P. Carrillo New Wave Connecticut. While it was originally released in three vitolas, a fourth has since been added. Here is what I said in my original review back in March of 2011: E.P. Carrillo absolutely nailed this [...]

Review: La Gloria Cubana Trunk Show Liga LR-1 (Prerelease)

Since being selected as one of the brands in the General Cigar portfolio to get a significant amount of focus and attention, La Gloria Cubana has steadily added new products over the past few years that have blended design and product innovation. Their latest release, Trunk Show, which debuted at IPCPR 2012, is no exception. [...]

Review: Foundry Wells (Prerelease)

One of the most interesting releases of the IPCPR show in Orlando was a new line from General Cigar called Foundry. It is described as “the brainchild of Michael Giannini,” based off of his fascination with the steampunk movement and innovators.  Says the press release: General Cigar is proud to introduce FOUNDRY, a new boutique [...]

Review: Jameson La Resolución (Prerelease)

For Jameson Cigars’ latest release, owner Brad Mayo dug into the history books a bit and came up with a name that hasn’t been seen for over 150 years. La Resolución is a Cuban brand from the mid 1800s, a fairly obscure marca with relatively little turning up in a Google search of the name. What does exist is [...]

Redux: Quesada Q d’etat Molotov

I seem to be in the minority about the early February release of the Quesada Q d’etat, the Molotov. For me, the inaugural release of the Q d’etat release did not live up to the strides Quesada had made with the España, Oktoberfest and Tributo. While I found plenty of flavor, it wasn’t very appealing [...]

Review: La Aurora Preferidos Diamond (Prerelease)

Announced in April and introduced at IPCPR 2012 in August, the La Aurora Preferidos Diamond is the latest expansion in the Preferidos line. Charlie posted the details of this back in July: La Aurora has confirmed its newest Preferido will be one with a Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. The cigar, which will be known as Preferidos [...]

Review: Quesada Oktoberfest Kaiser Ludwig

Back in August of 2011, Quesada released a blend that was specifically blended to be paired with an Oktoberfest style beer. Appropriately dubbed the Oktoberfest, the cigar line was first released in two different vitolas at the IPCPR show in Las Vegas: the 6 x 65 Über and the 5 1/2 by 52 Bavarian. For 2012, it was [...]

Review: AVO 25th Anniversary Edition

Introduced at IPCPR 2012, the AVO 25th Anniversary Edition celebrates Avo Uvezian’s quarter of a century in the cigar business. Avo was born into a very musical family and started playing the piano at three years old. Over the years he has enjoyed a very successful career as a composer and pianist. As a nod towards [...]

Redux: Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story Maduro (2011)

The Arturo Fuente Hemingway Short Story Maduro has been one of the hardest cigars to find over the last fifteen years. That changed a bit last year, when it was introduced in very limited quantities at the IPCPR show in Las Vegas in 2011. As they have done with other cigars in the past, Fuente [...]

Review: La Flor Dominicana Limitado V (Prerelease)

In 2002, Litto Gomez released the first Limitado cigar, a 6 1/2 x 54 Toro that used an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper over Dominican filler and binder.  Roughly every two years since, a new Limitado has been introduced, and the newest version the Limitado V was introduced at the IPCPR show in Orlando, Florida last week. [...]