Other than the usual and ongoing discussions about supply and what’s coming next, one of the more common conversations I have heard about trends with...Read More

In 2000, Habanos S.A. released the first of what would become an annual series of cigars, a number of which have become some of the most...Read More

There have been 15 Germany Edición Regionals to date. As it turns out, it took us 13 years to review the first two of them....Read More

Those passionate about Cuban cigars will often reference specific times when production was particularly good, releases were notably exciting, or things just seemed to be...Read More

All good things must come to an end, and in late 2016 we learned that saying also applied to one of the most popular recent Cuban cigar marcas. Named Edmundo Dantes after the protagonist in one of the French author Alexandre Dumas’ most famous books, “The Count of Monte Cristo,” the Edmundo Dantes brand debuted in […]Read More

There are only a few cigar-related numbers, if any, that make the staff at halfwheel perk up quite like 109. It’s a reference to a vitola, but really more to a specific type of way cigars are capped. Rather than using a normal belicoso head, which typically comes to a point like the end of an […]Read More

If there is one country in the world whose Ediciónes Regional releases have intrigued me, it is Italy. This is largely attributed to the La Escepción Selectos Finos release from 2011, a release that garnered attention for its remarkable flavor profile, but also for tapping into the archives in search of a previously defunct brand. […]Read More

There is only one first of anything, and the first Edición Regional for the Por Larrañaga marca was the Lonsdales. Released in 2006—just one year after the Edición...Read More

It’s not easy to share the stage with a new Cuban Cohiba, but that’s what two cigars were chosen to do as part of Habanos...Read More

Last year, Habanos S.A. shipped the first Edición Regional release to be seen in the Por Larrañaga marca since 2016. That cigar was the Por Larrañaga Gran Robusto,...Read More

If you read the title of this review and thought to yourself, I have no idea where Andorra is, let me save you the search. It’s...Read More