CAO Pilón Robusto
If you’ve dug into the process of making a cigar, you’ve undoubtedly heard the world pilón, the term for a pile of tobacco that is…
Padrón 1926 Serie No. 48 Natural
It’s been barely a week since I reviewed a TAA exclusive, so rather than attempting to rewrite something I’ve described dozens of times before, here’s…
Buenaventura NACS 5
Earlier this year, Curivari shipped the third exclusive release in its Buenaventura blend, which was released at an event on May 21. Named the Buenaventura NACS 5,…
H. Upmann No.2 Reserva Cosecha 2010
While Cuba is likely not the birthplace of the cigar, it certainly is the place we most associate cigars and cigar tradition with. Cuba brought…
Gurkha Sniper
In 2011, Gurkha Cigars released the Spec Ops No. 1, a 7 1/2 x 52 toro extra made with a Connecticut broadleaf wrapper and Nicaraguan and Dominican…
Ivy Lamont
A year ago at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show and Convention, Viva Republica’s Jason Holly talked about a new cigar he was going to be bringing…
Mombacho Miami Corona Gorda
In 2004, Tabacalera Tropical, the company now known as Casa Fernández, released a cigar called Mombacho Thermonuclear named for the iconic stratovolcano in Nicaragua that…
Yellow Rose
Between October 2014 and March 2015, Crowned Heads = released three different cigars made exclusively for a singular state, each sans a traditional band and each with the…
HVC Pan Caliente
On April 22, HVC Cigars debuted a new release during an event that took place at Plainfield, Ill.-based Burning Leaf Cigars. Named Pan Caliente, the…
The Angel’s Anvil 2016
Over the last handful of years, the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA) has become a more common name to many cigar consumers after long being…
Cigar Traveller CT30
One of the relatively minor inconveniences of being a cigar smoker who travels is that I’m not able to bring a torch lighter with me….
