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Redux: Padilla 1932 Oscuro Torpedo

Originally released in 2007, the aptly named Padilla 1932 Oscuro used the Pepín rolled 1932 blend, and covered it with a then five year-old Nicaraguan Corojo Oscuro wrapper. Only 300 boxes of 45 cigars each were released,  each of which included 15 of three different vitolas: Churchill, Robusto and Torpedo. Here is what I said about the Padilla 1932 [...]

Review: Gran Habano S.T.K. Miami Barracuda

Last year, Gran Habano announced a new project, S.T.K. Miami, a new series of special lines made at Gran Habanos new Miami factory. The projects are intended to be small batch in nature using limited tobaccos. The first two S.T.K. releases were announced and released last year: Opium and Zulu Zulu. Earlier this year, Abe [...]

Review: Tatuaje Miami Tan FF

In November of 2009, Pete Johnson shipped Dan Welsh of New Havana Cigars fame a batch of 6 3/4 x 49 Torpedoes that were originally slated to be the Tatuaje Cojonu 2009, which measures at 6 3/4 x 48. The slightly more than 2,000 cigars were eventually labeled Tatuaje Miami FF starting the somewhat sporadic [...]

Review: Crémo Classic Excelsior (Prerelease)

Today we will be taking a look at a cigar that has yet to be released, the Crémo Classic Excelsior! Handcrafted in “Little Havana” (Miami, Florida) the Crémo brand is a revival of sorts of an old New York City brand that gained much popularity in the early 20th century. The company which rose out of beautiful [...]

Review: Padilla 8 & 11 (2011) (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… At the 2011 IPCPR show in Vegas, I talked with Ernesto Padilla (of Padilla Cigars fame) about many things, but one of the most interesting tidbit I picked up was that he was reblending the classic Padilla 8 & 11 cigar in a Robusto vitola, and that it [...]

Review: Casa Miranda Chapter One Robusto

I’ve enjoyed many of the cigars released by Miami Cigar & Co., with my personal favorite being the Special Selection Danno 2010. When Miami Cigars announced that they would be releasing the Nestor Miranda Grand Reserva and the Casa Miranda at IPCPR 2011, they immediately went on my short list of cigars to try. In [...]

Review: Tatuaje Brown Label Especiales

So Thursday was supposed to be Tatuaje/Pepín day, but then an airline got in the way and threw some things off, anyways, here we are, twenty-four hours late, to the minute. It’s the classic Tatuaje, the Brown Label, or for the Pete Johnson purists who probably despise this site thanks to our lack of Havana [...]

Review: Padilla 1932 Oscuro Torpedo

For those of you that don’t know…. Back before the infamous split of Pepin and Padilla around March of 2008, they produced a limited edition 1932 Oscuro, which (as the name implies) was the awesome 1932 blend with an Oscuro Wrapper attached…The Padilla 1932 Oscuro were only available in limited edition humidors consisting of 45 [...]

Review: Robert Burns (1930s)

[Editor's Note: This is the second review in a new section on the site titled "Vintage Smokes", in which we will be reviewing some extremely aged cigars...In order to be considered for this section, the cigars reviewed will be AT LEAST 20 years old, and will consist of both Cuban and non Cuban cigars...Also, there [...]

Review: Tatuaje SW Reserva Maduro

For those of you that don’t know… The Tatuaje SW Reserva Maduro is yet another limited edition stick, made for a specific purpose and store, and consists of only 200 boxes of 25 sticks each. The story behind the making of this stick is as interesting as it is tragic. According to Pete Johnson, owner [...]