Marvin Samel

Two things from Drew Estate on the social media/online front. First and foremost, Drew Estate has officially launched their iPhone App, becoming the first manufacturer…

Editor’s Note: There is one story that we have chosen not to publish this week. The reason behind this is the story’s origins include information…

Today we will be taking a look at a promotional product from Liga Privada, the Único Serie A! About a year ago there were rumors…

Miami, FL – On June 15th, Willy Herrera, formerly the blender and master cigar maker of El Titan de Bronze, joined Drew Estate. Willy is…

Today is the story of two very different Lanceros born from the same mother, in the same factory and conceived around the same time. One…

The narrative we tell today is one of two very different cigars, both born in the Drew Estate factory and both inspired by the Dirty Rat. While almost no one has heard of the Liga Privada EV-10, the L40 is a cigar that’s generated quite a bit of buzz. And unlike the EV-10, the L40 is bound for production and set to make an appearance at the IPCPR show in Las Vegas, two months from now.

Who said April was a slow cigar news month? After the jump is a massive news post with perhaps more release announcements than any other…

(Editor’s Note: When Brooks reviewed this cigar, it was known as “MF-13”, which, as he notes at the end of the review, stands for what…

  There’s a much different style to the news, okay sort of… A few stories are still in paragraph form, but most will be in…

I heard that Marvin Samel, co-founder of Drew Estate cigars was going to be in town at the Up In Smoke on McKinney Ave. for…

Last week, I spoke to Israel Markevitz, of Uptown Cigar Co. We spoke about a lot of things, he had mentioned that he had recently…