Willy Herrera

In the summer of 2016, SmallBatchCigars.com and its brick-and-mortar sibling, Maxamar Ultimate Cigars in Orange, Calif., celebrated the online retailer’s fifth anniversary with a cigar…

In 2015, Drew Estate announced a partnership with Pappy & Co., the merchandising side of the Pappy Van Winkle bourbon brand. The resulting creation was the two-vitola…

Alliance Cigar Co.’s collection of exclusive releases under the DeSocio name has another entry. Drew Estate has announced that it has created the Herrera Estelí…

One of Willy Herrera’s first ever blends at Drew Estate has become the latest in the company’s partnership with the Pappy Van Winkle bourbon brand….

It’s been seen in the wild since at least January, but next week the Undercrown Sun Grown from Drew Estate will gets its official release…

In July 2014, Drew Estate announced the first follow-up to its popular Herrera Estelí brand, the Herrera Estelí Norteño Edición Limitada. Coming in at 7 x 48, the…

Hype. To me, hype is not a negative. I actually have a pretty simple definition for it in the cigar world: the disproportionate amount of…

After a nearly five-month-long delay, All Out Kings is finally shipping. Robert Caldwell has confirmed that All Out Kings, a new collaboration between his Caldwell Cigar…

If you were hoping to put All Out Kings, the collaborative cigar from Drew Estate and Caldwell Cigar Co. under this year’s Christmas tree, you’ll…

In April, Willy Herrera told me he was working on a new blend. It’s not a particularly revealing fact given that Herrera is tasked with…

By now, STOGIES World Class Cigars’ H-Town Lancero Series should need no introduction. There is no store that is known for selling lanceros, typically the slowest…