If there has been one company that I would guess we’ve written more stories about that involved some form of bringing back a cigar from...Read More

Every so often, someone will bring up the topic of our redux reviews. It’s usually a split between asking why we do them and if...Read More

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

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

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

As someone who is fairly cognizant of the fact that you can’t have the same experience twice, I find myself tempering my excitement when I...Read More

A few weeks ago I was discussing with Brooks Whittington what cigar I was going to smoke for my upcoming redux review. I was struggling,...Read More