Here is a cigar company you may not have heard of, though it is starting to make itself known around the country. Ponce Cigar Company, founded was established by Frank Vazquez in 2021 with a single blend and vitola – the Ponce San Andrés (5.5 x 54) robusto. As for owner Frank, he worked for Read more about Cigar Review: Ponce Cigars – Sumatra Corona Largo – Rated 90[…]
The Cuevas family has been in the cigar business for over 70 years through 5 generations of family members. They started growing and cultivating tobacco in the famed Pinar de Rio region of Cuba as far back as the 19th century. When Cuba nationalized the industry, the family relocated to the Dominican Republic and eventually established Read more about Cigar Review: Casa Cuevas Sangre Nueva Toro – Rated 92[…]
Introduced in June of 2022, the Rock-A-Feller Habano Londsdale is the sixth vitola in the popular Rock-A-Feller Habano blend which has been a successful core line for the company since its introduction years ago. Owner Kevin Gold stated: “The NICARAGUA HABANO LONSDALE is bringing a tantalizing elevated example to the Habano core line. I really Read more about Cigar Review: Rock-A-Feller Habano Londsdale – Rated 94[…]
Summer of 2022 just hit and the heat was rising across the country when Dissident Cigars announced their latest cigar and first to be created by new owners Cynn and Joshua Coburn. The MOLOTOV was to be more than just a new blend, it was a bold new entry from a bold couple that just Read more about Cigar Review: Dissident Cigars Molotov Robusto – Rated 96[…]
I have to do a better job of noting where I get some of my cigars, like today’s focus the Casa Robles – A Knights Tale. It has been in my humidor for a while and the other day I was rotating things and it just seemed to attract my eye with its oily dark Read more about Cigar Review: Casa Robles – A Knights Tale Torpedo – Rated 94[…]
Back in June of this year, Espinosa Premium Cigars announced the Espinosa Ten Years. It is a cigar to celebrate the company’s Ten Years in the premium cigar industry. Blended by Hector Alfonso and hand crafted at the San Lotano factory in Estelí Nicaragua, it is expressed in a single (6 x 52) Toro and Read more about Cigar Review: Espinosa Cigars – Ten Years – Rated 92[…]
After two introductory blends back in 2013 and 2015, Omar de Frias – owner of Fratello Cigars, tried his hand at using an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper. In his own words during a 2016 press release, announcing the 3rd line Fratello Oro, de Frias stated: “We wanted a mild to medium cigar with a creamy after Read more about Cigar Review: Fratello Oro Toro – Rated 90[…]
Introduced at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show in Ls Vegas, NV; the Platinum Nova Cigars LEO 12 is a celebration of the company’s CEO – Leonor (Leo) Abzaradel‘s – 12 years in the premium cigar business. Like its predecessors, the Leo X and Leo 11, it is a Limitada, this time expressed Read more about Cigar Review: Platinum Nova Cigars Leo 12 – Rated 93[…]
Whenever I find my way down to Fort Worth, Texas, I make it my business to visit the Underground Cigar Shop. You have seen my reviews of this iconic shop in the past, but what is also cool about the shop are the many different brand owners in the area that frequent it on a Read more about Cigar Review: LnG Robusto by Leaf n Grain Society – Rated 92[…]
Rick Rodriguez, the previous brand ambassador for CAO cigars left the company in 2021 and formed a new cigar company named West Tampa Cigars. According to the company’s website: “The seed for West Tampa Tobacco Company was planted in 1953, when Rick Rodriguez’s grandparents, both highly respected master cigar rollers, heeded the call of the Read more about Cigar Review: West Tampa Cigars Black Toro – Rated 95[…]
Launched in June of 2022, the Aladino Classic is just that, a classic cigar with flavor and burn to match its name. It joins the growing portfolio of JRE Cigars that many cigar enthusiasts have come to enjoy over the years. In the press release for the new Classic blend, Justo Eiroa – President of Read more about Cigar Review: JRE Tobacco Aladino Classic Robusto – Rated 96[…]
The latest drop from the Cigar Clowns has hit the street and it is a bold aged cigar called the 5150. The number is the EMT code for Psychiatric ward. Is for an involuntary 72 hold on a person to put them in a mental facility so they don’t harm themselves or others. A friend Read more about Cigar Review: Cigar Clowns 5150 – Rated 89[…]
The Tim Ozgener may be new to some cigar smokers out there, but those of us that have been indulging in cigars for a while know the name and pedigree of the Ozgener family. Spoiler alert… the Ozgener family brought you the original CAO cigars before it was sold to European cigarmaker Henri Wintermans in Read more about Cigar Review: Ozgener Family Cigars Bosphorus B55 – Rated 88[…]
Today I would like to offer the final review of the Amendola Family Cigars Signature Series Cannoli, specifically the Connecticut blend or a Jeffrey Amendola would call it – The White. Introduced in 2021, the Series Cannoli Connecticut sports a beautiful Ecuadorian shade grown Connecticut wrapper and like the Sumatra blend, it is expressed in Read more about Cigar Review: Amendola Family Cigars Signature Series Cannoli Connecticut– Rated 96[…]