Naming cigars after Estelí, Nicaragua’s cigar capitol, is nothing new. Most of the time when the city’s name is used, it’s because either the tobacco...Read More

There are now a dozen different sizes of Atabey, the rather expensive brand from Costa Rica. For what it’s worth, the other two brands from...Read More

The market for cigars priced $20 or more is somewhat stronger than I would have expected, and at the top of the list for new...Read More

For its most recent line, MBombay focused on the uniqueness that comes with using tobaccos from a single farm, in this case, a 70-acre plot...Read More

When a cigar company adds a new size to one of its lines, it’s a pretty formulaic announcement and process. The company generally either had...Read More

In 2016, Habanos S.A. shipped the Ramón Allones XXL, a 5 9/10 x 54 toro extra that was designated as the Edición Regional release for...Read More

When it comes to the Atabey line of cigars, it seems like there’s as much unknown about them as there is seemingly known. Nelson Alfonso—who...Read More

Earlier this year, Selected Tobacco expanded its Atabey offering by three new vitolas. One of those new vitolas is the Atabey Spiritus, a 7 1/2 x...Read More

While it does not happen very often, every once in a while a cigar release ends up with a different name than the one it...Read More

There aren’t a ton of people in the cigar business with a Wikipedia page. Nelson Alfonso Egüed has one and it’s well deserved. Alfonso is the...Read More

When MBombay announced it was adding a maduro version of its Gaaja line, the plan was for it to come in two vitolas. However, earlier...Read More