Nicaragua

Last summer, Quesada Cigars and the Placencia family took the Fonseca brand in a totally new direction when Quesada announced a new line using all Nicaraguan tobacco…

I have come to believe the most powerful people in the cigar business are the tobacco growers. Even amongst the cigar manufacturers, the ones that…

As the cigar industry turned its eyes to the new year, in December 2016 Gurkha turned its eyes to the re-release of a cigar from…

While it may seem like nearly every cigar being released these days comes in a ring gauge that starts with a five, fortunately there are…

First things first: this is Southern Classic, not Southern Draw. When you look at the portfolio of Southern Classic Cigars, there’s a pretty big disconnect between…

Compared to most years, the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show was quite different for Illusione, as the company celebrated its 10th anniversary by introducing multiple new…

At the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Ventura Cigar Co., best known for its PSyKo SEVEN cigars, decided to branch off—in a big way. While the…

In 2015, Casa Fernández and Tampa, Fla.-based retailer Thompson Cigar Co. collaborated on an exclusive release for the store called the Casa Fernández Reserva Connecticut. Last…

To celebrate its 20th Anniversary, Atlantic Cigar Co. commissioned four different cigars from four different companies, all of them in the toro vitola. First came the…

With a portfolio as extensive as Rocky Patel’s, names come from all sorts of sources of inspiration. But one thing that has become fairly consistent…

While Steve Saka’s Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust debuted its first brand named Sobremesa at the 2015 IPCPR Convention & Tradeshow, the first vitola that was under…