The fifth addition of the A.J. Fernandez New World series debuted this year at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) trade show in Las Vegas, NV. The latest bend stared shipping to retailers in September and I picked one up from one of my local brick & mortar shops – Smoke Rings 72 in Merritt Read more about Cigar Review: A.J. Fernandez New World Dorado Robusto – Rated 90[…]
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[…]
The Perez-Carrillo family and E.P. Carrillo Cigar Co. are excited to release the fourth line in the Perez-Carrillo Series, following La Historia (2014 #2 Cigar of the Year), Encore (2018 #1 Cigar of the Year), and Pledge (2020 #1 Cigar of the Year). The E.P. Carrillo Allegiance is a cigar bearing the Carrillo name that Read more about Cigar News: Perez-Carrillo family and E.P. Carrillo Cigar Co. Announce the Allegiance[…]
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[…]
Reinado has just launched the delicious New C29 Connecticut cigar on their website. This medium-strength cigar is handmade in Nicaragua and has a blend described as: The company notes that the C29 delivers extremely rich, creamy, baked bread notes accented by a light pepper on the finish. Expressed in a single 5 x 52 robusto, Read more about Cigar News: Reinado Cigars Announces the C29 Connecticut[…]
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[…]
Crowned Heads is proud to announce its first limited edition release working with Nicaraguan American Cigars S.A. (NACSA), “Azul y Oro.” The genesis of this project dates back to 2011. During Spring of that year, Mike Conder and Jon Huber traveled to Nicaragua to explore manufacturing opportunities and the premium cigar landscape at that time. Read more about Cigar News: Crowned Heads Announces First Limited Edition Release From NACSA, “Azul y Oro”[…]
In this episode we sit down once again with Rick Rodriguez – owner of West Tampa Cigars. Rick as you know, was the long time ambassador of CAO cigars before venturing out on his own to form the West Tampa Tobacco Company. Started this year, the company’s debut cigars are in over 350 shops nationwide Read more about Taking It To The Nub – Season 3 – West Tampa Cigars[…]
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[…]
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[…]
Back in 2018, Familia Rodriguez Tobacos LLC which is the parent company of Ohana Cigars created a new brand known as the Left Hand Cigar Company. I found that cigar, at the time, to be a fine offering from Ryan Frank Rodriguez. But like all things time moves on and things change. Ryan moved his production to Read more about Cigar Review: Familia Rodriguez Tobacos LLC – Left Hand Cigar – Rated 92[…]