Tabaquero by Hamlet Paredes Robusto
At the 2015 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Rocky Patel showed off Tabaquero by Hamlet Paredes. If the name sounds familiar, it is because it belongs…
Tatuaje L’Espirit de Vérité 2010 (Preproduction)
Oh, what could have been. In 2010, Tatuaje released the first in what was supposed to be annual series of cigars incorporating tobacco that was…
Elogio Excéntrico No. 3
In 2011, Elogio released Excepcionales, an extremely limited release that bucked the trend of what had otherwise been relatively conservative cigars. It was a massive…
Casa Fernández Reserva Connecticut
Last month, Tampa, Fla.-based retailer Thompson Cigars launched a new exclusive release that it had been working on with Casa Fernández for the past two…
Illusione H-Town Lancero
At the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show I was told a plan had been hatched. The plan: Illusione had agreed to be the latest entry…
Padrón 1926 Serie Famous 75th Maduro
To celebrate its 75th anniversary, Famous Smoke Shop in Easton, Pa. turned to one of the biggest names in the cigar industry for a store-exclusive…
Sobremesa Cervantes Fino
There are some that go away never to be heard from again, and then there’s Steve Saka. When it was announced in 2013 that Saka…
The Buckingham
Just as the end of 2014 was on the horizon, Crowned Heads and Cigar Federation announced the release of a limited edition called The Buckingham,…
Tatuaje CiGWAR 2015
Last year Pete Johnson teamed up with the band GWAR to release a special limited edition cigar for the art-rock-heavy-metal-comedy group’s yearly GWAR B-Q. This…
Herrera Estelí Norteño Edición Limitada
Officially introduced at the 2014 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, the Herrera Estelí Norteño line was the much anticipated followup to Drew Estate’s popular Herrera Estelí…
MUWAT Kentucky Fire Cured Fightn’ 69th
In the last two months or so, Drew Estate has become more aggressive with new single store releases for some of its larger accounts. It…
