Casa de Montecristo Acquires 17th Location

August 24, 2017

Casa de Montecristo has acquired Boca Raton-based Prime Cigar & Wine Bar, making it the 17th brick and mortar cigar lounge for the business. The Boca Raton store will be named Casa de Montecristo by Prime C... Read More...

Oliva Cigar Company – IPCPR 2017

Jordan Guttormson

August 23, 2017

IPCPR 2017

Oliva Cigar Company's booth was the same basic format as with many years past. The look is upper scale, splitting the booth between the classic feel of the Oliva brand and the more clean and modern style of the... Read More...

Black Works Studio Boondock Saint 2017 cigar release

Black Works Studio Ships Boondock Saint

Jordan Guttormson

August 23, 2017

Press Releases

Shortly before IPCPR 2017 kicked off in mid-July, Black Works Studio (BLK WKS) announced the release of Boondock Saint, a cigar that had been introduced in 2016 but delayed until now. The Boondock Saint is a... Read More...

Foundation Cigar Company booth IPCPR 2017

Foundation Cigar Company – IPCPR 2017

Jordan Guttormson

August 22, 2017

IPCPR 2017

Foundation Cigar Company debuted at IPCPR 2015 and has since become one of the most popular names among craft enthusiasts. The brand is led by Nicholas Melillo, a former member of Drew Estate and a major contri... Read More...

Cigar and a Movie: The Big Lebowski

Jordan Guttormson

August 22, 2017

Smoke Night Virtual HERF

Cigar Dojo's first-ever "Cigar and a Movie" is here, folks! At the Dojo, we pride ourselves on having the greatest cigar community in the world—aka DOJONATION! As such, we like to keep it fresh on the Cigar ... Read More...

Partagas – IPCPR 2017

Jordan Guttormson

August 19, 2017

IPCPR 2017

While Partagas' major release for 2017 was introduced earlier this year with the vintage-inspired Partagas Heritage, the brand was not without updates for IPCPR 2017. Instead of simply focusing on Partagas Heri... Read More...

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Undercrown Sun Grown

Jordan Guttormson

August 18, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2017

Undercrown Sun Grown is the third and highly anticipated release in Drew Estate's popular Undercrown line of cigars. Drew Estate introduced Undercrown in 2011, marketing the cigars as an affordable alternative ... Read More...

Alec Bradley Black Market Illicit cigar box open

Alec Bradley Begins Shipping Black Market Illicit

Jordan Guttormson

August 16, 2017

Press Releases

Cigar aficionados have been awaiting the arrival of the Black Market Illicit to TAA retailers nationwide. Its production was first announced in March during the 49th Annual Tobacconist Association of America's ... Read More...

Plasencia 1865 – IPCPR 2017

Jordan Guttormson

August 15, 2017

IPCPR 2017

Despite being one of the oldest, continuously active families in the premium cigar industry, the Plasencias made their first official appeance at IPCPR 2017. The Plasencias began growing tobacco in Cuba in 1865... Read More...

Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust – IPCPR 2017

Jordan Guttormson

August 10, 2017

IPCPR 2017

Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust made its first IPCPR appearance in 2015 and has slowly, meticulously expanded to become one of the major players amongst craft/boutique cigar brands. When first launched, the portf... Read More...

Davidoff Master Selection Series 2010 & 2011 cigars

Davidoff Prepares Second Release of Master Selection Series

Jordan Guttormson

August 9, 2017

Press Releases

In June, Davidoff announced a new series said to display some of the most premium blends from Davidoff’s head Master Blender, Eladio Diaz, made to celebrate his own birthdays. These Master Selection Series c... Read More...

Crux Cigars – IPCPR 2017

Jordan Guttormson

August 8, 2017

IPCPR 2017

Crux Cigars occupied a long and slender booth location within the IPCPR trade show. The Crux brand has grown quite a bit over the past few years and their presence is now around the scale you would've seen with... Read More...

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