In 2005, Davidoff of Geneva USA released a cigar that promised to meet a challenge issued by the company’s founder Zino Davidoff to “create a cigar experience...Read More
Prior to 2019, Gurkha had never had a cigar produced by the Tabacos Valle de Jalapa S.A. (TABSA) factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. Now, for the...Read More
Earlier this year, La Aurora announced—no doubt with the help of a marketing company—that it was launching a new version of its 107 line. Some...Read More
In recent years, this site has written its share of stories about cigar manufacturers diving into their archives and aging rooms. Many of those have...Read More
Earlier this year, E.P. Carrillo announced the newest addition to its Perez-Carrillo Series: Pledge. Following the La Historia and Encore brands—which were introduced in 2014 and...Read More
Five years ago, one of the most famous rollers in Cuba teamed up with one of the most well-known non-Cuban cigar manufacturers. That roller was...Read More
While many cigar brands and companies have a handful of lines, maybe even enough to get into the double digits, the portfolios of the biggest...Read More
Last week I was on El Oso Fumar, a podcast hosted by Bear Duplisea. Pretty early onto the show—which you can watch here—Duplisea asked if I...Read More