New 601 Bands & 601 Black Discontinued
A couple weeks ago EO Brands (makers of the 601, Cubao & Murcielago labels) sold a 50% stake to Rocky Patel. Within the short press…
Introducing the Montecristo Clubs
Yesterday Habanos S.A. announced the new Montecristo Clubs. The machine made cigars are offered in tins of fifty and packs of twenty. The Clubs are…
Portraits: Manuel “Manolo” Quesada Jr.
Last week I was invited to an event at Two Brothers Cigars, a great B&M in Plano (and I would say, one of the best…
Weekly News (June 21, 2010)
A new brand was introduced by Bill Paley, La Palina. Davidoff introduced a new cigar; I’m not really sure what’s more shocking: the 8.25×57 size…
Review: Illusione Epernay Le Matin
For those of you that don’t know. Illusione is releasing some very interesting cigars in the near future (including two new Lanceros with Maduro and…
Arturo Fuente Flor Fina 8-5-8 Rosado (2002)
In 2002, Arturo Fuente produced a one time release in the extremely popular Arturo Fuente 858 blend with a rosado wrapper. There were only 87 boxes of…
El Rey del Mundo Choix de L’Epoque (ER U.K. 2009)
In 2009, El Rey del Mundo released the Choix de L’Epoque, a French name, translating the choice of the age, which honestly seems a bit…
Portraits: Jorge Padrón
Last week, I had the pleasure of photographing cigar legend Jorge Padrón for my Icons of Cigars series when he made a stop into Dallas…
Don Pepin Garcia Lancero (Puff ‘N’ Stuff)
In May of 2007, El Rey de los Habanos/Tabacalera Cubana rolled 100 boxes of a limited release vitola in the Blue Label line, a lancero. These…
E.P. Carrillo Short Run 2010 Delirios (Prerelease)
Back in August, Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, Jr. released his first cigar under his new company E.P. Carrillo, the E.P. Carrillo Edición Inaugural 2009, a released limited to…
Tatuaje Petit Cazadores Reserva (Prerelease)
Tatuaje is going to be releasing quite a few different cigars in the next couple of months, so I wanted to preview their Petit Cazadores…
