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…
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…
El Rey del Mundo Choix de L’Epoque (ER U.K. 2009)
In 2009, El Rey del Mundo released the Choix de L’Epoque, a French name, translating the choice of the age, which honestly seems a bit…
Romeo y Julieta Julieta
At the yearly XII Festival del Habano in Cuba, Habanos S.A. released three new, very different cigars as well as a multitude of Edición Limitadas and…
Cohiba Behike BHK 54
In 2006, Cohiba released one of the most expensive cigars in the world, the Cohiba Behike to honor its 40th anniversary. Only 4,000 cigars were produced each…
Festival del Habano Marevas (2000)
In 2000, Habanos S.A. released a limited cigar to commemorate the Festival del Habano II, which took place that year. The official name was the…
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…
Ramón Allones Celestiales Finos (ER Asia Pacific 2009)
In 2009, Habanos S.A. released yet another Edición Regional, this time for the Asia Pacific region and its distributor, Pacific Cigar. Only 4,000 numbered boxes of 25 of…
Por Larrañaga Los Andes (ER Peru)
There’s yet another entry in omnipresent Edición Regional series coming out of Cuba. The Por Larrañaga Los Andes is a 2009 exclusive to Peru that…
Ramón Allones 8-9-8 (1998)
The brand of Ramón Allones was started in 1845 by a man named Ramón Allones. Originally from Spain, Allones was reportedly the first to employ bright, lithographed…
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…
