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Review: Ramón Allones Belicosos (ER Germany 2010)

Continuing with the ever popular Cuban Edición Regional series, Ramón Allones first ER release of the year is a Belicoso for the Alemania region.  According to cubancigarwebsite.com: The tobacco blend for this German Regional Edition is made with specifications from the 1950s. The first old style Havana cigar made in decades. It’s a 5 1/2 x [...]

Review: Vegas Robaina Famosos (1997)

For those of you that don’t know… In 1997, a new brand of Cuban cigars was born… Vegas Robaina. Named after the legendary Alejandro Robaina, who you may recall passed away in April, it uses tobacco from the premium Vuelta Abajo region of Cuba. In fact, Robaina is the only Cuban grower to have a [...]

Review: Punch Diademas Extra (ER Italia 2009)

For those of you that don’t know, in 2008, the Punch Diademas Extra (Edición Regional Italia), part of the Regional Edition Series out of Cuba was scheduled to be released. Unfortunately, there were significant delays, reportedly due to the fact that the first batch of gold foil used the wrap the cigar was lost, the [...]

Review: El Rey del Mundo Choix de L’Epoque (ER U.K. 2009)

For those of you that don’t know… In 2009, El Rey del Mundo released the Choix de L’Epoque, (a French name, translating “The Choice of the Age”, which honestly seems a bit pretentious to me in retrospect) the UK Regional Edition exclusively Distributed by Hunters & Frankau. There were 2,000 dress boxes of 25 produced, [...]

Review: Romeo y Julieta Julieta

For those of you that don’t know. At the yearly XII Festival del Habano in Cuba (which took place in February), Habanos released three new, very different cigars as well as a multitude of Edición Limitadas and Regional Edicións , which I won’t get into here, including the Cohiba Behike (which I reviewed here), the [...]

Review: Cohiba Behike BHK 54

For those of you that don’t know. In 2006, Cohiba released one of the most expensive cigars in the world, the (original) Behike. Only 4,000 cigars were produced, and they only come in boxes of 40, each with a price tag of $440, and each rolled by only one person at the El Laguito factory [...]

Review: Montecristo C (EL 2003)

I smoked and reviewed this cigar while in Acapulco, Mexico photographing Luke’s (“Benzopyrene” on the boards) wedding. He had been saving this up for both of us to smoke (we each had a sample of the cigar) and we reviewed it together while we sipped rum and listened to the beach. For those of you [...]

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 [...]

Review: Ramón Allones Celestiales Finos (ER Asia Pacific 2009)

For those of you that don’t know, in 2009, Habanos S.A. released yet another Edición Regional, this time for the  Asia Pacific. The Exclusive Distributor of the Ramón Allones Celestiales Finos is Pacific Cigar and only 4,000 numbered boxes of 25 cigars were released (100,000 cigars total). This cigar, who’s official name is Britanicas, by the [...]

Review: Por Larrañaga Los Andes (ER Peru)

For those of you that don’t know there’s yet another entry in omnipresent Edición Regional series coming out of Cuba, the Por Larrañaga Los Andes is a 2009, exclusive to Peru that is one of the hardest to find REs I have found. The Exclusive Distributor is Vegas del Caribe, and there were 600 numbered [...]