In 2013, General Cigar Co.’s CAO brand launched a line called Flathead that drew from the automotive and motorcycle worlds for its inspiration. The original...Read More

The 2018 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show featured a number of new releases for Drew Estate, but one of the more interesting announcements from last...Read More

It’s been a busy year for La Familia Robaina, the company formerly known as White Hat Tobacco. The company changed its name to better connect...Read More

In 2012, Pete Johnson of Tatuaje decided to venture from his generally Nicaraguan-forward cigar blends and release a cigar with a Mexican San Andrés wrapper,...Read More

It seems that in a very short period of time after Congress passed a bill last year that legalized the sale of hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD)—a cannabinoid...Read More

Last year, Southern Cigars debuted its four blends in its IGNITE Series, composed of a series of different cigars released at specific retailers around the...Read More

This is your grandfather’s Connecticut cigar. Or at least that’s the billing of the Sobremesa Brûlée. Unlike the last Connecticut cigar I reviewed, Dunbarton Tobacco...Read More

For the third release in its series of cigars bearing the Alma name, Plasencia 1865 turned to the Nicaraguan island of Ometepe, home to two volcanoes...Read More

If you asked me what’s a strong cigar? the answers would probably start with Arturo Fuente’s Añejo, a cigar that always seems to hit me harder than...Read More

While the cigar industry as a whole was getting ready for the 2019 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Padilla was opening a new factory. Tabacalera...Read More

Starting with bourbon? How about a second round with sherry instead? That’s the order for the Diesel Whiskey Row line, which debuted in 2018 and...Read More