Among the numerous brands in the General Cigar Co. portfolio, I find myself consistently intrigued by CAO. It’s not only a brand that I still...Read More

In 2015, La Flor Dominicana released the first version of what has become an annual tradition celebrating not only the Super Bowl but also the...Read More

If you are a cigar company celebrating an anniversary, it almost always means a new cigar to commemorate. For Foundation Cigar Co., 2020 marked the...Read More

A couple weeks ago, I was moving some cigars around in a humidor and stumbled across a particular cigar that I hadn’t thought about in...Read More

Even though I am someone who covers the cigar industry on a daily basis, there will be a cigar that shows up on my review...Read More

In 2014, Abdel Fernandez of AJ Fernandez developed a brand new blend with his father, Ismael, who had joined his son’s company after spending 17...Read More

In 1912, Wilbur Scoville—an American pharmacist—came up with a test to determine how spicy a pepper is. More specifically, he came up with a test...Read More

The Gran Habano Persian Queen Kiana Barber Pole LE is a offshoot of the Gran Habano Persian King, an unbanded cigar with a covered and closed...Read More

Considering the country’s history with tobacco, it may be tempting to assume that just about any brand of Cuban cigar has been in existence for...Read More

A decade ago, a small number of people attending the Procigar Festival in the Dominican Republic were some of the first to smoke a brand...Read More

In 2006, Camacho released a new line with a new wrapper that was described as a hybrid between Cameroon-seed and the Honduran tobaccos the brand...Read More