Today I offer another review of Platinum Nova Cigars craft – the Sultan Box Pressed Torpedo. As noted in previous reviews on Platinum Nova cigars, each vitola is a different blend and in the case of the Sultan Box Pressed Torpedo the company describes the blend as: Wrapper – Mexican San Andres Filler – Dominican Read more about Cigar Review: Platinum Nova Sultan Box Pressed Torpedo – Rated 96[…]
Late in 2020, El Artista Cigars announced a line extension to the acclaimed Buffalo TEN line of cigars. The short history of the El Artista Buffalo TEN has been nothing short of spectacular for the company and as a result of the wide acceptance, the company has made the choice to add an additional Habano Read more about Cigar Review: El Artista Buffalo TEN Natural Box Pressed Toro – Rated 93[…]
Lake Country Cigars, in collaboration with Brothers Cigars, has announced the launch of the Revival cigar. Revival is a two-blend premium long filler cigar line manufactured at Tabacalera William Ventura in the Dominican Republic. Matt Matheny owner of Lake Country Cigar spent the last year working with his good friends at Brothers Cigar to create Read more about Cigar News: Lake Country Cigars announces Revival Habano & Revival Maduro[…]
Founded in 2013, Dominican Big Leaguer (DBL) Cigars, owned by Francisco Almonte, has grown through the years. During those years, the company has been able to produce some of the finest cigars on the market and now they own tobacco farms, a newly renovated cigar factory, and a cigar box factory all in the Dominican Read more about Cigar Review: Dominican Big Leaguer (DBL) Cigars 35th Anniversary – Rated 92[…]
At this years Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE), Kevin Schweitzer, owner of the Vintage Rock-A-Feller Cigar Group (VRCG), introduced a new line extension to his company’s acclaimed Dominican Blue line of cigars. The new extension was a box pressed Churchill of the blend. This new line extension expresses the Dominican Blue blue blend in a (7 Read more about Cigar Review: Vintage Rock-A-Feller Cigar Group (VRCG) Dominican Blue Box Pressed Churchill – Rated 94[…]
The year 2020 was one we may want to forget, but one of the bright spots in the cigar industry was the announcement of Davidoff’s latest Chinese New Year series of cigars – The Year of the Ox. This is the tenth introduction in the series since they started in 2011. With just 13,500 ten-count Read more about Cigar Review: Davidoff Year of the Ox – Rated 97[…]
Today we take a look at another offering from boutique cigar company, Tabac Trading Co. Patrick Potter, owner of Tabac Trading Co., under the supervision of Master Cigar Maker Ernesto Perez Carrillo of E.P. Carrillo, created HOY VIVO “Live Today.” Paying homage to Ernesto’s Cuban heritage this cigar is as “Cubanesque” as are his methods Read more about Cigar Review: Tabac Trading Co. Hoy Vivo Toro – Rated 91[…]
Carolina Blue Cigars was founded in 2016, by Christopher Moore in the Dominican Republic when he was given the opportunity by Tabacalera F. De La Cruz to start his own cigar brand. The company is based out of Huntersville, NC. According to the the Carolina Blue Cigars website: “Master Blender Francisco De La Cruz has Read more about Cigar Review: Carolina Blue San Andres Maduro Toro – Rated 88[…]
Casa Cuevas Cigars has announced that the Casa Cuevas line of cigars is now available to the United Kingdom public. New World of Cigars ltd., (a popular online entity specializing in boutique cigars) represents the first-time entry of Casa Cuevas into the European market. The U.K. public can purchase Casa Cuevas Cigars New World of Read more about Cigar News: Casa Cuevas Cigars Now In The United Kingdom[…]
Earlier this year, El Artista, one of the largest cigar producers in the Dominican Republic, announced a number of new and revamped products in their cigar lines. In the announcement, the company noted that one of their oldest brands – Puro Ambar – was being re-blended due to the fact they could not obtain the Read more about Cigar Review: El Artista Puro Ambar Robusto – Rated 94[…]
Back in 2018, Altidas U.S.A. announced they would be releasing an exclusive cigar to the members of the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA) for the 50 year anniversary of the association. The company made the choice to reach into its vault of classic cigars and blends and chose a cigar that they released two years Read more about Cigar Review: Montecristo Artisan Series Batch 1 TAA Exclusive – Rated 89[…]
A number of months ago, my friend and BOTL Mike Holmes gifted me a new cigar I have not heard of. The small boutique brand, Fuerte y Libre was founded by two friends, Greg Free and Randy Karl, back in 2013, and according to the company’s website, the story is told: “In 2013, with cigar Read more about Cigar Review: Fuerte y Libre Bodacious Robusto – Rated 89[…]
I was recently contacted by gentleman by the name of Don Lewis IV. He is the co-founder of a small boutique cigar company known as Poker Face®️ cigars. The other co-founder is Dominican native, Magaly Veras De Lowe. The vision for their cigar company began back in 2015 and by 2017, the self described “Poker Read more about Cigar Review: Poker Face®️ Cigars King of Spades Habano Robusto – Rated 88[…]
Back in 2018, DBL Cigars created a huge 8 x 60 cigar they named the MAFU. The cigar was created to pay tribute to a funny older man that cleans the company’s factory in exchange for cigars. DBL Cigars owner explained the story to me: “There is this guy that lives near our factory in Read more about Cigar Review: DBL Cigars MAFU Cameroon Box Pressed Toro – Rated 92[…]