Robaina Family Gran Pirámides (2010)
In the cigar world, few names have been made by farming. For most, the way to popularity has been by owning your own company, blending…
Hirochi Robaina Coming to U.S. Humidors
For fans of Cuban cigars, there are cigar superstars. Hamlet, La China, Yolanda, Reynaldo, Taboada and Cueto are all elite rollers of custom blends, referred…
Robaina Family La Bestia
To kick off 2013, I had the opportunity to return to Cuba for several days, a trip that included a visit to one of the…
Vegas Robaina Maestros (ER Spain 2007)
Last week I mentioned that there was a Vegas Robaina regional release that was identical in size to the El Rey del Mundo Vikingos that…
Cohiba Behike (2006)
In 2006, Cohiba celebrated its 40th anniversary. Like in 1996 (Cohiba 30 Aniversario Humidor & Jar) and 2001 (Cohiba 35 Aniversario Humidor), Corporación Habanos marked…
Weekly News (January 31, 2011)
Can he do it? Will he do it…? Yepp, another week, another Viaje LE announcement. Nope, I’m not kidding. It marks the seventh sixth (I…
Weekly News (December 6, 2010)
The impressive C. Gars Ltd Auction finished, with 85% of the lots selling. The ten highest selling lots: Lot 141 Fidel Castro Presidencia Humidor by…
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…
In Memoriam: Alejandro Robaina
Per Reuters: Cuban tobacco legend Alejandro Robaina, known in international cigar circles for producing the best of his country’s famous tobacco leaves, died on Saturday…
Robaina Family “El Padrino”
During one of my trades recently, I was offered up a cigar that I had only heard about, and had never actually seen and was…
