It has been three months since we presented Nick Melillo the award for the Stogie Press #1 Boutique Cigar of the 2017. The award for the excellent craftsmanship, and superb blend, of the Wise Man Maduro. Those that have enjoyed that cigar probably don’t disagree with our assessment. Now, here we are, 3 months later, Read more about Cigar Review: Foundation Cigars The Tabernacle Havana Seed CT No. 142 – Rated 97[…]
Potter Cigars, a small boutique cigar company based out of Tamboril, DR made their 3rd appearance at the IPCPR this past July. The main focus at the Potter Cigars booth was a cigar named the Salomon Black, a bold dark maduro salomon vitola. Stogie Press is no stranger to Potter Cigars, we have known David Read more about Cigar Review: Potter Cigars Salomon Black- Rated 95[…]
Welcome you to the 16th installment of the Stogie Press “Last Weeks Cigar Social Media News and Questions”, where Boston Jimmie scours the world-wide web of cigars and summarizes relevant news and questions of the past week. I skipped last week because there was no worthy topics to discuss, but this week we have a Read more about Last Weeks Cigar Social Media News and Questions – October 12, 2018[…]
The little Texas cigar company that keeps on chugging along, Providencia Cigars, has announced their 5th production cigar. Known as La Misión (The Mission), the cigar is a tribute to company founder, Jim Faber and his short mission to Honduras that turned into a 15-plus year, love affair, with the people and land of Honduras. Read more about Cigar News: Providencia Cigars Introduces La Misión – 15 Years of Honduran Love[…]
Royal Agio cigars, is a name which American cigar smokers are familiar with from their Balmoral brand of cigars. Specifically, the Balmoral Añejo XO, which, for the past 3 years, Drew Estate handled the U.S. Market distribution. That relation ended this year when Royal Agio announced they were going handle distribution on their own and expand Read more about Cigar Review: Royal Agio Balmoral Serie Signaturas Dueto – Rated 89[…]
The story has been told and The Hostage has been released. Freed from the farms and factory in Danli, Honduras it is now in select shops, so we enjoy all that it has to offer. Early sightings of the new Providencia Cigars Hostage have shown up across social media. I am told the Hostages escaped Read more about Cigar Review: Providencia Cigars The Hostage – Rated 92[…]
It was only a month ago that Providencia Cigars announced the release of The Hostage to the market. In a phone call to Raymond Zinar, Marketing manager for Providencia Cigars, Ray explained to me that all hostages have been released, shipped and sold. Now that the hostages are fully in the market and in the Read more about Breaking Cigar News: More Hostages to be Released by Providencia Cigars[…]
Cornelius and Anthony, a brand that boutique cigar lovers have come to know and enjoy, has been making ripples in the fabric of the cigar world since their inception. With a long history in the tobacco business, anchored by the 150 plus years of farming by the Bailey family, the company has been releasing quality Read more about Cigar Review: Cornelius and Anthony The Mistress Robusto – Rated 95[…]
Crystals, Curses, and Cloaks, it sounds like the plot of a Harry Potter book and so it should, because these are the names of the cigars in the newly released Archetype Fantasy Mini Series from Ventura Cigars. If you recall, the company released a number of Archetype cigars in 2017 and explained to us all, “we Read more about Cigar Review: Ventura Cigars Archetype Mini Series Curses – Rated 91[…]
With this being the last week of the regular season of Major League Baseball, I welcome you to the 15th installment of the Stogie Press “Last Weeks Cigar Social Media News and Questions”, where Boston Jimmie scours the world-wide web of cigars and summarizes relevant news and questions of the past week. On the following Read more about Last Weeks Cigar Social Media News and Questions – September 28, 2018[…]
This past week, Stogie Press hit two important milestones in our continued pursuit to bring you, our loyal readers, extensive content of the cigar lifestyle. Stogie Press has been a dream of mine for a long time and after four years from posting our first article on the Warped La Colmena, that was launched at the 2014 Read more about Editorial: Stogie Press Hits New Milestones – A Thank You to All and Then Some[…]
A.J. Fernandez was the cigar man of the year in 2017, with numerous collaborations across the cigar industry including both big box and boutique lines. One of those collaborations was with General Cigars to re-introduce the Ramon Allones brand, the US trademark of which is owned by General Cigars. The company moved the line under the Foundry Read more about Cigar Review: AJ Fernandez Ramon Allones – Rated 94[…]
Ventura Cigar Company announced today that they will be bringing smooth vibes and great smokes to an already raucously good time. In the announcement, Ventura Cigars stated: “Ventura Cigars is honored to be part of Drew Estate’s 2018 Kentucky Barn Smoker on September 29, 2018. Held in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, the event is the brainchild of Read more about Cigar News: Ventura Cigar Company Heading to Drew Estate 2018 Kentucky Barn Smoker[…]
If you have been wondering where Edgar Hoill from OSOK Cigars has been lately, fear not, for he has been hanging out in Mexico as a Quality Control appointee for Casa Turrent so he could feed his personal desire to gain a deeper appreciation behind the process of crafting premium cigars. Edgar is appreciative of the rave Read more about Cigar News: OSOK Cigars Serves Another Killshot – The OSOK San Andres[…]