Graycliff Espresso Elegante

In late 2003, Graycliff introduced the Espresso line of cigars, which is the fullest-bodied blend in the Graycliff line. Espresso is produced at Graycliff’s factory in Nassau, Bahamas and it was…

Tatuaje CMF5 Announced

Another new Tatuaje Limited Edition, the CMF5, made for the fifth anniversary of Cigar Más Fino. I haven’t gotten any permission for photos yet, so…

Weekly News (February 7, 2011)

  There’s a much different style to the news, okay sort of… A few stories are still in paragraph form, but most will be in…

Portraits: Marvin Samel

I heard that Marvin Samel, co-founder of Drew Estate cigars was going to be in town at the Up In Smoke on McKinney Ave. for…

Review: Viaje White Label Project (OR)

Today we will be taking a look at a Viaje small batch production, the Viaje White Label Project. At this point no one is unfamiliar…

Juan López Selección No.3 (ER Benelux 2010)

Today, we will be taking a look at another cigar in our Edición Regional series, the Juan López Selección No.3 2010 Benelux. This is one…

State of the Brand: My Father Cigars

For the meantime, I guess we can make this a weekly segment? While Raíces Cubanas is arguably (at least for me), the hottest factory of…

In Memoriam: Sal Fontana

Last week, I spoke to Israel Markevitz, of Uptown Cigar Co. We spoke about a lot of things, he had mentioned that he had recently…

Viaje Tower Cigars 45th Anniversary Announced

After speaking with Mark Just of Tower Cigars, it seemed time to put the info for the newest Viaje LE in one place. In May,…

Review: Drew Estate “Double Signature Reserve”

For those of you that don’t know… The odds are that you have never heard of this cigar produced by Drew Estate, and the story…

La Aurora Gran 107 (Exclusive)

La Aurora is adding a new size to its popular Serie Aniversario 107 line, a 7 x 58 monster, known as “Gran 107.” This marks…