Corona Gorda

The HVC Selección No. 1 is one of the strongest cigars on sale today.

Casa de Sueños was born out of the retail store, Los Gatos Cigar Club in San Jose, Calif. Angelito is the company’s third line, made at De Los Reyes in the Dominican Republic.

The Flor de Selva Año del Conejo 2023 is the sixth addition to Maya Selva’s Zodiac Series, which was inspired by both the Chinese Zodiac calendar as well as the Mayan culture.

Patina’s fourth core brand is named Patina Sumatra, a four-vitola line with a blend made up of an Ecuadorian Sumatra oscuro wrapper covering a Connecticut broadleaf binder and filler tobaccos grown in the U.S. and Nicaragua.

The Intemperance WR 1794 Lee III is the final new release in RoMa Craft Tobac’s El Catador de Las Gran Coronas, a 16-count sampler is made up of two each of eight different blends in the same 5 3/4 x 46 vitola that the company calls a “gran corona.”

The second brand from Ponce Cigar Co. is the Ponce Sumatra, a three-vitola line that debuted in May.

The Four Kicks Capa Especial Corona Gorda finished #11 on halfwheel’s Top 25 for 2020. It’s been nearly two years since the cigar first shipped to stores, so it’s time to revisit it.

In its latest El Catador sampler, RoMa Craft released gran corona versions of eight of its blends, three of which were new sizes, including this Intemperance BA XXI Contempt.

The Intemperance EC XVIII Reverence is one of only three new cigars packaged in RoMa Craft Tobac’s El Catador de Las Gran Coronas that began shipping to retailers last month.

A new release that took six years to bring to market from La Aurora was blended by Manuel Inoa with help from opinions on test cigars by more than 100 retailers who visited the company’s factory in the Dominican Republic.

Celebrity chef Guy Fieri has gotten into the cigar business with Knuckle Buster, and Patrick Lagreid shares his thoughts on the Ecuadorian habano-wrapped version.