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

One of newest release from Alec Bradley strives to gain “a deeper understanding as to why cigars have a positive cognitive impact on the mind and body.” Yes,...Read More

Fifty firfth? Fifty oneth? Yes, it says 51th; and no, I have no clue how to pronounce it. This year’s the Tobacconist Association of America...Read More

You have inevitably seen the ads: 99-point rating from halfwheel. It’s true, we’ve actually given out 99 ratings. Three cigars have earned that distinction, the...Read More

There are terms that I frequently use when referencing cigar that I often wonder if the general public know the meaning. One of those is...Read More

Royal Agio is hardly a new company—it was founded in 1904—however, the company’s focus has neither been on premium cigars nor the American market. That...Read More