State of the Brand: Gurkha

Don’t say I don’t listen to our readers. Back in early February, a reader, who I’ll call “John H.” for this article, asked me if…

Viaje Exclusivo Corona Gorda

There has been a growing trend in recent years for the makers of cigars to release the blends that they themselves—supposedly—smoke as limited releases for…

Viaje Exclusivo Short

Today we will be taking a look at the Viaje Exclusivo Short in our first review of “Viaje week”. There are so many Viaje LE’s…

Weekly News (March 7, 2011)

A week after Jerry Cruz proclaimed that the only one who did news was CA, and everyone else shouldn’t really try; Jerry did a bit…

Review: Litto Gomez Diez Galego

Today we will be taking a look at a very exclusive cigar only sold at the Davidoff New York City stores, the Litto Gomez Diez…

Rocky Patel Decade Edición Limitada Released

The Rocky Patel Decade Edición Limitada will be released next week. The cigar first debuted last year around spring, and since it’s a new year…

Viaje Skull & Bones Red & Oro Reserva Announced

Updated (March 6, 2011) — Pictures via Paul Palmer. The New Skull & Bones The Viaje Facebook logo went red, and rumor has it, so…

New Bands for 601

Eddie Ortega has promised new 601 bands for a while, and here they are. Earlier today, Patrick Vivalo of Rocky Patel, the company who has…

Review: Partagas 165th Aniversario 109 (Prerelease)

For those of you that don’t know… One of the most anticipated new cigar releases around the time of the 2011 Annual Habanos Festival was…

OpusX Reserva D’Chateau

Today, I will be taking a look at a cigar that has been in my humidor for a few years now, the Fuente Fuente OpusX…

Weekly News (February 28, 2011)

And cigar news… (Going to have to find a way to keep the intros interesting, which might be difficult.) This past week was dominated by…