José “Pepín” García

There are more? Miami Cigar & Co. and La Aurora have already shed light on a host of new releases for the IPCPR show, but…

Editor’s Note: And here we are. One week out from the IPCPR trade show and things are reaching their peak. Last week saw a host…

Editor’s Note: Two weeks away from the IPCPR show and another quiet week. There’s a lot of chatter and I imagine this week will be…

Busy week, slow week, busy week, slow week. Or at least that’s how I’d like to think of it. The reality is the weeks keep…

I started Lancero50 with what I consider the perennial favorite amongst the mainstream releases as the best regular production Lancero on the market today, the…

And it goes a little something like this… Two years after Pepín introduce the Series JJ, he added a Maduro. The line was first shown…

In 2005, the newcomer Don “Pepín” García introduced the Series JJ, a cigar that he worked on with his son Jaime. (JJ comes from their…

The Blue Label is the only offering from the Holiday Lancero Sampler to be available in another form, or so we think. I’ve had a…

Today, Lancero50 comes to an end. (It comes to an end on time, something I consider a huge accomplishment.) I figured there was really no…

San Cristobal. I got nothing. San Cristobal is another Ashton line made by Pepín, similar to La Aroma de Cuba. I’ve tried a few, my…

(You can read Brooks’ review of the El Triunfador No.6, here.) Much like yesterday’s review of the Illusione ~hl~ (Maduro), this is a review that…