Cuba

There was a time when $13 seemed like too much money for a Romeo y Julieta petit corona.

One of the smallest Edición Regional releases gets a review in this year’s Holy Grail Week.

After discontinuing the La Escepción brand in 1989, Habanos S.A. brought back the marca 23 years later as part of the company’s Edición Regional program and released the 6 1/2 x 38 Selectos Finos as an exclusive for the country of Italy.

Holy Grail Week 2023 starts with a large Hoyo de Monterrey made of tobacco from a harvest planted a decade ago.

Seven years ago, the Ramón Allones 8-9-8 returned to shelves in Germany as a limited edition release. It was reviewed in mid-2016 and the results were mixed, but now the cigar has had ample rest in the humidor.

While a tiny country, Andorra has a sizable list of Edición Regional releases.

If Habanos S.A. let the staff members of halfwheel design an Edición Regional release, it would probably end up something like the Punch ManTua. Or maybe Brooks would have his idea win out and we’d do a ninfa with a 109 cap.

After a preview to cigar clubs in September, the Ramón Allones King of North was released on Oct. 1, 2021 to stores in eight countries…

When thinking of the majority of new cigar releases, it’s reasonable to expect that those cigars will come in a few standard sizes, such as…

In 2001, Habanos S.A. launched the Colleción Habanos series, which took large-format cigars and packaged them in boîte nature boxes that are designed to look…

Outside of why is it called halfwheel?, the question I get asked the most is some version of, are Cuban cigars the best? For many years, my…