Claudio Sgroi Launches CST Consulting

Claudio Sgroi, the former president and master blender of Mombacho Cigars S.A., has announced the launch of CST Consulting, LLC, a new firm providing a…

Black Label Trading Co. Announces Bishops Blend 2021

For the sixth consecutive year, Black Label Trading Co. will release Bishops Blend. Later this month, a trio of Bishops Blend 2021 vitolas will head…

Davidoff JR 50th Goes on Sale Tomorrow

JR Cigar’s next 50th anniversary will go on sale tomorrow. It’s the Davidoff JR 50th, a 6 x 52 toro extra that uses an Ecuadorian…

Asylum Creates 9 x 90 “April Fools” Cigar

April Fool’s Day has long since passed, but Asylum has a cigar created for the occasion. The Asylum April Fools is a 9 x 90…

Quesada 1974 Lancero

When a cigar has a year in its name, it’s usually the sign that it’s going to be a fairly decent smoke since that cigar…

Asylum 9 Scheduled for Later This Year

First there was Seven, then there was 8, later this year there will be 9. The Asylum 9, a cigar to mark Asylum’s ninth anniversary,…

Weekly News (May 17, 2021)

Cigar News All Saints Adding St. Francis Line, New Size for Dedicación Altadis U.S.A. Partners With Bernard Richards Manufacture for $11,000 Montecristo B.R.M Humidor Bruce…

TPE 2021: Day 3 & Final Thoughts

After waking up early on the third and last day of the Tobacco Plus Expo 2021 and running around frantically for four hours trying to…

OpusX Rare Black Double Corona

When I was getting into cigar smoking, the name OpusX was seemingly one of, it not the holy grails of the regular cigar smoker. It…

Plasencia Year of the Ox

If you did not know any better, you might be forgiven for thinking there is a secret pact between a large number of manufacturers to…

TPE 2021: What’s New

Although there were nowhere near the number of new releases than a much bigger show like the PCA Convention & Trade Show, TPE 2021 did…