Vegas Robaina Famosos (1997)
In 1997, a new brand of Cuban cigars was born: Vegas Robaina. Named after the legendary Alejandro Robaina, who passed away in April, it uses…
Viaje TNT
About two months ago, I started hearing that Viaje was going to be releasing three new and fairly limited cigars in the coming months. The…
Weekly News (July 5, 2010)
The Thompson Cigar Factory in Bartow was saved from its death. The House Committee on Agriculture voted (25-20) to move forward with plans to remove…
Punch Diademas Extra (ER Italia 2009)
In 2008, the Punch Diademas Extra was scheduled to be released as an Edición Regional series. Unfortunately, there were significant delays, reportedly due to the fact…
Final 601 Packaging
I previously showed you the pictures of the new bands of the 601 brand provided by Eddie Ortega on the EO Forums, today he posted…
Weekly News (June 28, 2010)
Gran Habano introduced the world’s largest cigar at Famous Smoke’s event over the weekend. Habana Cuba Oliveros makers of Oliveros have increased production close to…
My Father El Picador
About two weeks ago, I heard that a new My Father cigar had been released at Empire Cigars in Raleigh, N.C. It seems that the owner…
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…
