The year 2025 was a big year for Steve Saka and his Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust company. It ushered in a decade of premium cigar blending and production. The company announced 7 new product offerings in addition to the 2025 Year of the Duque, the Stillwell Star Holiday Y2025, and the Todos Las Dias Double Read more about Cigar Review: Sobremesa Solita “Red” – Rated 96[…]
Imagine starting a Premium Cigar company 10 years ago. You have great hope and drive having been involved in the industry for years before. Then as soon as you launch the FDA of the United States announces far reaching regulations against the industry. You navigate through that and then a worldwide pandemic hits and shuts Read more about Cigar News: Steve Saka and Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Plans a Banging PCA For their 10th Anniversary with 10 Product Releases[…]
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust® (DTT) will begin shipping the eagerly anticipated Sobremesa® Solita “Red” liga on Tuesday, February 25th, 2025, to Select Purveyors. Sobremesa Solita “Red” is a limited production, 6.25 x 46 parejo packed in the semi-boite nature dress box that is synonymous with the brand. The blend is a stronger varietal of the Read more about Cigar News: Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust® (DTT) Sobremesa® Solita “Red” liga Hitting Shelves Next Week[…]
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust announced today that Purveyors of their products have been notified that the Pre-Order Window for the upcoming Solita “Red” release is now open. This is the latest rendition of the company’s acclaimed Sobremesa blend. The full blend is described as: Expressed in a (6.25 x 46) Parejo, the Solita “Red” will Read more about Cigar News: Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Announces the Sobremesa Solita “Red”[…]
In the world of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, one of the most interesting cigars in the portfolio is the Umbagog. It gets a lot of social media attention and is known as a value priced cigar that offers more than what you might expect for the price. Steve Saka, owner of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, Read more about Cigar Review: Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Umbagog Bronzeback – Rated 96[…]
Sobremesa, ‘over the table’, has no precise English translation, perhaps because there is no cultural equivalent in the US. It is an idiom used among the Latin culture to describe the leisurely time spent tableside after you have finished dining, but before you rise. It is the experience of lingering casually with family and friends Read more about Cigar Review: Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust/Cigar Dojo – Sobremesa Brülée Wagashi – Rated 90[…]
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust has announced The Overseas No. 1 – the first liga in what will hopefully become a series of special, limited production puros created and crafted exclusively for the company’s international purveyors. Steve Saka – President of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, who is never short of words about his products, stated: “I Read more about Cigar News: Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Debuting the Overseas No. 1 at InterTabac 2024[…]
We open Season 5 of taking It To The Nub with Steve Saka, owner of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. The company has been receiving numerous awards for a number of blends they introduced to the market in 2023 including the Stogie Press Overall Cigar of the Year – the Muestra de Saka Krakatoa. Boston Jimmie Read more about Taking It To The Nub – Season 5 – Steve Saka[…]
Today I offer the final set of candidates for the Stogie Press top cigars of 2023. As is the case every year, Stogie Press has three lists – one for large companies, one for medium companies and one for small companies. If you ask me how I decide the difference between large, medium, and small Read more about 2023 Cigar of the Year Candidates – Part 4[…]
Today I offer the third set of candidates for the Stogie Press top cigars of 2023. As is the case every year, Stogie Press has three lists – one for large companies, one for medium companies and one for small companies. If you ask me how I decide the difference between large, medium, and small Read more about 2023 Cigar of the Year Candidates – Part 3[…]
Today I offer the next set of candidates for the Stogie Press top cigar of 2023. As is the case every year, Stogie Press has three lists – one for large companies, one for medium companies and one for small companies. If you ask me how I decide the difference between large, medium, and small Read more about 2023 Cigar of the Year Candidates – Part 2[…]
Steve Saka and his Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Cigar company have had a busy 2023, releasing a number of cigars to the market. One of those releases was the 7th iteration of the Muestra de Saka collection, which for those that may not be familiar with, means Sample of Saka. It is line of cigars Read more about Cigar Review: Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust – Muestra de Saka Krakatoa – Rated 98[…]
The Mi Querida Black was officially introduced at the 2022 PCA Trade Show in Las Vegas in a (7.25 x 54) vitola known as the Mi Querida Black SakaKhan, but some say it was teased out in 2021 when Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust’s crafted a Limited Edition “EM” Maduro for the 50th anniversary of JR Read more about Cigar Review: Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Mi Querida Black PapaSaka – Rated 96[…]
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust® (DTT) has announced their intention to delay nationwide distribution of their Polpetta puros. Founder and Master Ligador, Steve Saka explained: Polpetta is a 4.00×48 parejo and a unique elevation of the sandwich-style cigar constructed with the very best table trimmings from crafting their premium Broadleaf ligas such as Mi Querida, including Read more about Cigar News: DTT Delays Release of Polpetta until January 2024[…]