Riste (Buc) Riatevski, the owner of Jas Sum Kral Cigars and master of the phrase “Boutique as Fuck”, teased the media today with the announcement of his latest cigar – The Tyrannical Buc. Being the unique and interesting person that Riste is, the Jas Sum Kral press release did not disclose all the details of Read more about Cigar News: Jas Sum Kral Teases The Tyrannical Buc[…]
Back in 2013, Skip Martin and his RoMa Craft Tobac company debuted a special limited edition cigar line known as the CRAFT. The idea behind the CRAFT was to use nothing but a chaveta, the tool used to cut the leaf. There were no molds involved and of course it was rolled completely by hand. Read more about Cigar Review: RoMa Craft – CRAFT 2018 – Rated 91[…]
The Traveling Man, a name that holds deep meaning to brother Masons worldwide. The Traveling Man, a name that fits so many cigar brand owners that are road warriors, zig-zagging across the country, and at times the world, to ply their craft. The Traveling Man, a highly successful cigar blend from Hiram & Solomon Cigars. Read more about Cigar Review: Hiram & Solomon Traveling Man Lancero – Rated 97[…]
Hiram & Solomon Cigars, one of the fastest growing boutique cigar companies, has joined the Lancero train. Kicking off 2019 after a wave of success the prior year, the company has announced they are expanding their award winning and immensely successful Traveling Man blend to include a 7 x 38 Lancero vitola. Hiram & Solomon Read more about Cigar News: Hiram & Solomon Cigars Extends Traveling Man Line[…]
Back in October of 2018 I introduced you all to the latest creation from Ventura Cigars the Archetype Fantasy Mini Series. We reviewed the first of the three new blends, the Curses. Since then, there has been a lot of sightings by Ventura General Manager, Michael Giannini, from Europe to the New Orleans Barn Smoker Read more about Cigar Review: Ventura Cigars Archetype Mini Series Crystals – Rated 90[…]
Moya Ruiz cigars have once again proved they can create unique presentations of their cigars. Most recently, the company was approached by Smoke Inn, one of the most prominent cigar lounge chains in Florida, to create a special cigar for their 13th installment of the popular Smoke Inn Microblend ™ Series. The Moya Ruiz crew accepted Read more about Cigar News: Moya Ruiz Answers Smoke Inn Challenge[…]
TPE 2019 is about to get into full swing starting February 11, 2019 in LAs Vegas, NV. TPE is the Tobacco Plus Expo, the largest B2B tobacco trade show. Held annually, with this being its 15th year, this trade show highlights a full-spectrum of tobacco, vapor, alternatives and general merchandise products available on the ever-evolving Read more about Cigar News: Tobacco Plus Expo Kicking off February 11[…]
First it was the Red Knight, followed by the Zlatno Sonce and Crna Nok. Now the latest from Riste Riatevski and his young Jas Sum Kral Cigars company, is the Kralot. I have to hand it to Riste, he has some of the most unique names for his cigars. So what is a Kralot anyway? I Read more about Cigar Review: Jas Sum Kral Kralot Mag 50 – Rated 92[…]
The new year is just 23 days old and there have been 8 states that have taken up legislation to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products. Some are age increases while some also include stiffer penalties for sale to minors. Some exempt active duty military and Vermont even added a clause to grandfather Read more about Cigar News: Tobacco Age Increases Proposed Across the US[…]
Three, Two, One — We have liftoff. That was the sound of Omar de Frias and his Fratello Cigars team back at the 2017 IPCPR where they showcased the 4th introduction for Omar’s young company. Over those four years he has became a cigar household name to many a cigar enthusiast. As many of you Read more about Cigar Review: Fratello Navetta Discovery – Rated 92[…]
The year 2018 was a banner year for Joya de Nicaragua, the oldest cigar manufacturer in Nicaragua. The company, celebrated 50 years in business and as part of that celebration they expanded their portfolio of cigars with some new blends and sizes. One of those was the new “JOYA Silver” which is the fourth blend Read more about Cigar Review: Joya de Nicaragua JOYA Silver Ultra – Rated 90[…]
Oscar Valladares, the man that may be best known for the Leaf by Oscar cigar, a brand that is owned by and was made popular by Island Jim Robinson, has branched out over the past few years and brought to market some new and interesting blends of his own. At the 2018 IPCPR, Oscar was Read more about Cigar Review: Oscar Valladares Ciseron Edition – Rated 94[…]
Crowned Heads announced today that the company has once again joined forces with Drew Estate to produce the annual Crowned Heads Hawaii State exclusive, “Paniolo Especiale 2019”. The Paniolo Especiale 2019 will be a 5.5 x 48 parejo vitola and will retail for $9.80/cigar. There will be a total of 5,000 cigars manufactured and will Read more about Cigar News: Crowned Heads and Drew Estate team up again for the annual Paniolo Especiale[…]
The name A.J. Fernandez has been popping a lot in the cigar world. Not just because he has his own fields, factory, brand – but he has also been collaborating with many in the industry to produce blends. This past year was a lot like the year before and the year before that. One of Read more about Cigar Review: Hoyo La Amistad Black Rothschild – Rated 87[…]