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Viaje Skull and Bones Ten Ton Tess Collector’s Edition

Earlier this year, Viaje announced that it would begin making cigars in the Dominican Republic at Abe Flores’ PDR Cigars. It started with the company’s summer…

Montecristo 80th Anniversary (Prerelease)

In 1935, Alonso Menéndez created the Montecristo brand—that sound familiar? That’s how my review of the Montecristo 80 Aniversario started. Yes, this is a different cigar…

Swinger 1895 #6 (Prerelease)

In 1895, the first U.S. Open was held at Newport Golf Club in Newport, R.I. At the 2015 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Swinger Cigar…

AVO Heritage Lancero

It took some 16 years before the words AVO and lancero were able to be said in the same sentence when referring to an actual…

Chogüí Primera Edición

I first heard about Chogüí Cigars when Skip Martin of RoMa Craft Tobac was visiting the Dominican Republic. While down there, he tweeted about a…

Viaje Skull and Bones Ten Ton Tess Gold Collector’s Edition

After sensing that his usual practice of shipping cigars to stores in the days surrounding the annual IPCPR Convention & Trade Show might be costing…

Foundry Heritage Bolivar 660 (Prerelease)

Stepping into General Cigar Co.’s booth at this year’s IPCPR Convention and Trade Show, there was a good bit of mystery would be in the…

Freyja Valhalla Robusto (Prerelease)

In May, Las Cumbres Tabaco announced that its second full brand following Señorial would be a blend developed by Emma Viktorsson and Geraldito Perez, the production manager at the…

E.P. Carrillo Selección Oscuro Especial No. 6 (Prerelease)

It seems not that long ago that Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, Jr. returned to the cigar business with his eponymously named company, debuting with a limited edition…

Dram Cask No. 4 Churchill

First released by Orleans Group at the 2014 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Dram Cigars for Whiskey was conceived as a way to pair specific cigar blends…

Montecristo White Series Vintage Connecticut No. 3 (Prerelease)

As part of its new releases for 2015, Altadis U.S.A. is celebrating its farming operations in Connecticut with an extension to its well-known Montecristo White…