Portrait Shoot & Cigar Rolling with Sam Leccia of Cain/NUb Cigars

In my never ending quest to photograph portraits of all of the Icons of Cigars, I asked Sam Leccia of Cain/Nub Cigars for five or…

Ramón Allones Celestiales Finos (ER Asia Pacific 2009)

In 2009, Habanos S.A. released yet another Edición Regional, this time for the Asia Pacific region and its distributor, Pacific Cigar. Only 4,000 numbered boxes of 25 of…

Navarre Double Corona

During one of my trades recently with a reader in France, he sent me an unbanded cigar and asked me to review it blind, to see…

Partagas 150 C

In 1995, General Cigar Co. released the Partagas 150 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Partagas brand. The cigar sported a 18-year-old…

Por Larrañaga Los Andes (ER Peru)

There’s yet another entry in omnipresent Edición Regional series coming out of Cuba. The Por Larrañaga Los Andes is a 2009 exclusive to Peru that…

Cabaiguan WCD 120

I have been smoking a few of the Cabaiguan WCD 120s lately, and have been enjoying them quite a bit. The BOTL.org Pete Johnson Reference…

Partagás Dunhill Selección Suprema No.150 (1979)

In the annals of cigar history, Dunhill is considered to have produced some of the best sticks of all time. The cigars were so legendary,…

Ramón Allones 8-9-8 (1998)

The brand of Ramón Allones was started in 1845 by a man named Ramón Allones. Originally from Spain, Allones was reportedly the first to employ bright, lithographed…

Icons of Cigars: Benjamin Menendez

Late last year, Benji Menendez was coming to Dallas to promote his brand new cigar, the Partagas Master Series, as part of his “Benji Menendez…

In Memoriam: Frank Llaneza

Word came in late yesterday that cigar legend Frank Llaneza has passed away two weeks after turning 90. Sadly, I never met the man, but…

Tatuaje La Maravilla

In 2006, Havana Cellars released three limited edition cigars to three different stores. They were: Tatuaje La Maravilla (5 5/8 x 46) — Leaf & Ale…