Cigar Review: Hiram & Solomon “The Shriner” Toro – Rated 92

Recently, Hiram & Solomon moved production of their cigar portfolio to the watchful eye of Abe Flores and his PDR Cigar Factory in the Dominican Republic. This newly forged business relationship allows for streamlined production and distribution channels via the PDR factory. Today I present a review of The Shriner Toro. I reviewed the original back in 2017 before I Read more about Cigar Review: Hiram & Solomon “The Shriner” Toro – Rated 92[…]

Cigar Review: Blackbird Cigar Co. Superb Robusto – Rated 96

Blackbird Cigar Co. recently announced their newest blend that will be showcased at this year’s TPE. The new release is called “Superb” may seem like a break from the company’s past names that refer to different black birds. (crow, rook, cuco, etc), but to the contrary, it is named after the Greater Lophorina (Lophorina superba), which Read more about Cigar Review: Blackbird Cigar Co. Superb Robusto – Rated 96[…]

Cigar Review: Chazz Palminteri’s A Bronx Tale Box Pressed Toro (Redo) – Rated 96

You may have noticed back in the summer I reviewed the “A Bronx Tale” cigar and it had some issues. I was not the only one that noted this and the team (Chazz Palminteri, Pauly DiSilvio, and Dean Parsons [Epic Cigars] took the feedback to heart and did the right thing. They made the decision Read more about Cigar Review: Chazz Palminteri’s A Bronx Tale Box Pressed Toro (Redo) – Rated 96[…]

A Decade of Stogie Press Best Cigars of the Year

It is that time of the year when cigar enthusiasts are enamored with Cigar of the Year lists. As we do every year, Stogie Press will have our list for 2023 at the stroke of midnight on December 31. Now, while I have begun building the list, I thought it would be fun to look Read more about A Decade of Stogie Press Best Cigars of the Year[…]

Cigar News: LAMPERT CIGARS has Begun Shipping the “FAMILY RESERVE 2023”

LAMPERT CIGARS has begun shipping the “FAMILY RESERVE 2023” to retailers. While the cigar bands are changing, the rest of the cigar’s details remain the same. The “FAMILY RESERVE 2023” is a medium-bodied, full flavor cigar blended by none-other than Hendrik Kelner Jr., KELNER BOUTIQUE FACTORY (KBF). The limited release uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper Read more about Cigar News: LAMPERT CIGARS has Begun Shipping the “FAMILY RESERVE 2023”[…]