Weekly News (August 16, 2010)
As was expected, New York’s new tobacco tax isn’t working out as well as planned. Just because Habanos lost one lawsuit, doesn’t mean they can’t…
IPCPR 2010: Illusione
After nearly causing me to go deaf the night before, Dion Giolito took me around the Illusione booth to go over the new releases and…
Review: Liga Privada T52 Double Corona
When Jonathan Drew of Drew Estate fame told me he was sending me a few samples to smoke and review, I said “awesome, can’t wait!” Inside…
Drew Estate “Dirty Rat” (Preproduction)
Along with the Liga Privada No. 9, Drew Estate President Steve Saka has been working on a new blend, the result is the so called…
Liga Privada T52 Parejo
Another of the new releases by the reinvented Drew Estate, the Liga Privada T52, has quite a bit going for it. It is a multi-country…
Liga Privada No. 9 Flying Pig (Prerelease)
When I heard that Drew Estate was releasing a new size in the Liga Privada No. 9 blend called the “Flying Pig,” I honestly thought it was…