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We discuss the blends of cigars on this site quite regularly; it is a staple of both our reviews and news stories, and we’ll occasionally…

Most cigars that claim to be packaged in books are actually placed into boxes designed to look like books. In 2016, De Los Reyes introduced…

There has been no shortage of celebrities lending their names to cigars, from athletes to comedians and beyond. One of the most recent such projects…

Since it debuted in 2012, E.P. Carrillo Cigar Co.’s original INCH line has added a number of different line extensions, including the INCH Maduro, INCH Colorado, INCH…

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…

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….

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…