Recently I had the honor of joining a group of fellow cigar enthusiasts from my local cigar club – Sticks and Spirits Cigar Club – to sample and talk about the new Isabela Cigars Transporter and also the Isabela Guerrillas. The group gathered virtually from across the country on a Saturday afternoon, led by group Read more about Cigar Review: Isabela Cigars Transporter – Rated 93[…]
Continuing with the unveiling of our 2019 Top 25 Boutique Cigars, today we present candidates 6 – 10. Remember, these are not yet ranked, they are only candidates, and like in the past, there will be 28 cigars finally listed with 3 getting honorable mentions. The final ranked list will be announced, as always, at Read more about Cigar News: 2019 Stogie Press Top 25 Boutique Cigar Candidates – 6 through 10[…]
Isabela Cigar Company is ecstatic , as the company’s long-awaited and by far most sought after Ltd Release, the ISABELA Time-Traveler, is dropping December 13th 2019 !! According to Isabella Cigars: “The Time-Traveler is the truest “Journey” of a cigar, blended to take you on a trip back in time, to the flavor profiles of Read more about Cigar New: Isabela Cigar Company Announces the 2019 Time-Traveler[…]
Sit down, strap in, and let me take you on a journey, a journey of pepper, sweetness, and spice. A journey that is the result of over 13 different strains of high-priming tobaccos, each of which was aged at different lengths, with an additional 3 years of post production aging, to meld the tobaccos into Read more about Cigar Review: Isabela Cigars Pepper-Head – Rated 94[…]
Isabela Cigars has announced its latest release from the company’s Creative Magic Studio – the 2019 Isabela Pepper-Head. Isabela Cigars notes that the Pepper-Head will take you on a magical journey to far away lands, with a myriad of different exotic peppercorns and spices. Described as a true “tour de force” of twisting, turning, ever-changing Read more about Cigar News: Isabela Cigars Announces the Isabela Ltd Edition Pepper-Head[…]
Isabela Cigars kicked off 2019 with the introduction of a new blend known as the Sparkle Robusto. The company defines this blend as ‘a journey of multiple transitions of sparking ever changing profile’. The company further notes: “Our intent was to create a blend that actually comes alive in your mouth, with multiple flavor undertones Read more about Cigar Review: 2019 Isabela Sparkle Robusto – Rated 92[…]
The list is almost complete as we count down the remaining days before 2018 comes to close. Today we release the next 6 candidates for the Stogie Press top 25 Boutique Cigars of 2018. This takes us to 22 candidates. The last group will include 8 more for a total of 30 cigars and then Read more about 2018 Boutique Cigar of the Year Candidates 17-22[…]
The Isabela Cigar Company has grown in a few short years since going national, to be known for their creative talent in blending and rolling cigars. They have actually been around since 1997 when Isabela Cigars owner Johnny Piette met Cuban Master Vicente Ortiz in Little Havana, FL. The two bonded instantly and over the Read more about Cigar Review: Isabela Cigars Shape Shifter – Rated 94[…]
Isabela Cigars has announced their latest creation the 2018 ISABELA Shape-Shifter described by the company as their “Most Aggressive Blend To Date“. The 2018 ISABELA Shape-Shifter is created with multiple varied strains of high-priming Nicaraguan Tobaccos, wrapped in aged Ecuadorian Connecticut and Nicaraguan Habano Prieto. According to the company: “Each and all of the tobaccos used Read more about Cigar News: Isabela Cigars announces the 2018 Shape-Shifter[…]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 30, 2017 Well, as promised, here are the final candidates for the 2017 Top 25 Boutique Cigars here on Stogie Press. It has been an amazing year in light of the looming FDA regulations but even so there plenty of amazing cigars that hit the market. The fact that the FDA has Read more about 2017 Top 25 Boutique Cigars Final Candidates[…]
Holy Crap this is a fine cigar! Wait, can I say “holy crap” on here? Damn straight I can, its my website! I can say whatever I want and when I smoke a cigar that hits on all cylinders like the Isabela StarDust, you are going to hear from me at the speed of light. Read more about Isabela StarDust Cigar Review – A fun journey![…]
November 13, 2017 Isabela Cigars, a small artisan craft cigar maker based out Miami, FL announced today that they will officially released to market their latest creation – the Isabela StarDust Cigar on November 15, 2017. The Isabela StarDust is a 5.25 x 42 corona rolled in a barber pole style. The blend is described Read more about Isabela StarDust to be Released November 15[…]
Isabela Cigar Company is the brainchild of Johnny Piette who got his introduction to cigars through legendary Cuban Master Vicente Ortiz. They met in Miami’s Little Havana in 1997 at Vincente’s Flagler Street “fabrica”. Johnny describes that meeting on the Isabella website: The rich sweet smells of fresh tobaccos and chatter of ex-pat Cubans in Read more about Isabela Cigars Serpentine 2016 Cigar Review[…]