In October 2016, Plasencia 1865—which is the Miami-based distribution network for Plasencia branded cigars—debuted its first line named Alma Fuerte. One of the three vitolas in...Read More

In 2011, Davidoff quietly released what—as far as I know—was a regional edition for the Asian market, or maybe just a few shops in Asia....Read More

In July 2020, Crux announced that it was adding a sixth vitola to its red-banded Epicure line. The line was introduced in late 2017 and...Read More

Let’s face it, 2020 will be remembered for a lot of less than ideal happenings in our world. While a cigar certainly won’t top the...Read More

For the first half of its existence, every year would see E.P. Carrillo release an annual limited edition. That started with its first cigar—Edicion Inaugural...Read More

The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic has changed every part of life, including ones most people would never think of. One of those I bet you didn’t think...Read More

In 2017, Abdel Fernández released the first of what is now many cigars for Altadis U.S.A. That cigar—the H. Upmann Nicaragua by AJ Fernandez—marked a...Read More

When cigar blends are being developed—much like many other man-made creations—sometimes they get names, sometimes they get codes, sometimes it’s just “that new blend we’re...Read More

A year ago I reviewed the Cornelius & Anthony The Gent and found it to be not only one of the better cigars of 2018,...Read More

What’s old is new again has probably been the most prominent theme to explain what new cigars companies have introduced over the last few years. But...Read More

Welcome to a story about one of the more confusing cigars launches of recent memory. Last fall, shortly before InterTabac 2018, La Aurora announced that it would release a new line of cigars called the La Aurora 115th Anniversary. The company had a party in Dortmund, Germany to celebrate the cigar—and its 115th anniversary—and it […]Read More