Lost & Found 22 Minutes to Midnight Connecticut Radiante No. 1 Limited Cigar of the Year 2022

No. 1 Limited Cigar of the Year 2022 – 22 Minutes to Midnight Connecticut Radiante

January 13, 2023

News, COTY 2022

Unlike the artist formerly known as Prince, Lost & Found Cigars' 22 Minutes to Midnight Connecticut Radiante is actually better known for its insignia: "23:38". The cigar's strange title stems from the timestam... Read More...

HVC La Rosa 520 Rare of Rare No. 2 Limited Cigar of the Year 2022

No. 2 Limited Cigar of the Year 2022 – HVC La Rosa 520 Rare of Rare

Jordan Guttormson

January 13, 2023

News, COTY 2022

New year, new HVC! It was the year of branching out for HVC Cigars, as the company not only created their own Nicaraguan factory but also ventured to the US. Expanding on the La Rosa 520 line, HVC offered a num... Read More...

Tatuaje 7th Tuxtla No. 3 Limited Cigar of the Year 2022

No. 3 Limited Cigar of the Year 2022 – Tatuaje 7th Tuxtla

Jordan Guttormson

January 13, 2023

News, COTY 2022

There have been a multitude of Tatuaje brands to use Mexican San Andrés wrappers over the years, including but not limited to the Mexican Experiment (and its followup ME II); The Face and The Krueger (of the Mo... Read More...

The Illusione of Excalibur No. 4 Limited Cigar of the Year 2022

No. 4 Limited Cigar of the Year 2022 – The Illusione of Excalibur

Jordan Guttormson

January 13, 2023

News, COTY 2022

Spearheaded by Justin Andrews, business development manager of Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG), we've seen the company continue its push into the craft space in recent years. Perhaps this became first apparent... Read More...

Dunbarton Mi Querida Black SakaKhan No. 5 Limited Cigar of the Year 2022

No. 5 Limited Cigar of the Year 2022 – Mi Querida Black SakaKhan

Jordan Guttormson

January 13, 2023

News, COTY 2022

Apart from being undeniably fun to say, the SakaKhan cigar arrives with a multifaceted backstory as to the unusual name. You see, Steve Saka's (owner and founder of Dunbarton) Navy days of the '80s just so happ... Read More...

AJF New World Dorado No. 4 Cigar of the Year 2022

No. 4 Cigar of the Year 2022 – New World Dorado

Jordan Guttormson

January 12, 2023

News, COTY 2022

What started in 2014 as the first AJF cigar co-blended by A.J. Fernández and his father, Ismael, has blossomed into arguably the most successful brand in the entire AJF Cigar Co. portfolio. Said brand is the Ne... Read More...

HVC Selección No. 1 No. 5 Cigar of the Year 2022

No. 5 Cigar of the Year 2022 – HVC Selección No. 1

Jordan Guttormson

January 11, 2023

News, COTY 2022

As one of the first companies to partner with the Aganorsa Leaf factory of Nicaragua—handling production of nearly every HVC cigar since their 2011 debut—it came as quite the surprise when HVC announced their h... Read More...

Illusione Allegria No. 6 Cigar of the Year 2022

No. 6 Cigar of the Year 2022 – Illusione Allegria

Jordan Guttormson

January 11, 2023

News, COTY 2022

Illusione's Allegria might have been the most quirky, unconventionally designed cigar in Illusione's portfolio had it not been preceded by the equally quirky OneOff cigar of 2018 (which also ranked among our To... Read More...

Aganorsa Leaf Guardian of the Farm Cerberus No. 7 Cigar of the Year 2022

No. 7 Cigar of the Year 2022 – Guardian of the Farm Cerberus

Jordan Guttormson

January 10, 2023

News, COTY 2022

One of the first cigars to hint at a new branding direction from Aganorsa Leaf was the Guardian of the Farm, which first debuted in 2016 as a quasi collaboration with Warped Cigars. The cigars were named for th... Read More...

Quesada Casa Magna Connecticut No. 8 Cigar of the Year 2022

No. 8 Cigar of the Year 2022 – Casa Magna Connecticut

Jordan Guttormson

January 10, 2023

News, COTY 2022

Casa Magna has remained one of Quesada's strongest brands since taking home the surprise Cigar of the Year award from Cigar Aficionado in 2008 with the debut line, Casa Magna Colorado. This was aided by the bra... Read More...

Alec Bradley Double Broadleaf No. 9 Cigar of the Year 2022

No. 9 Cigar of the Year 2022 – Alec Bradley Double Broadleaf

Jordan Guttormson

January 9, 2023

News, COTY 2022

Give the people what they want... and then some. This is part of the mindset behind Alec Bradley's third entrant into the company's Experimental Series—Alec Bradley Double Broadleaf—doubling down on the notion ... Read More...

West Tampa Tobacco White No. 10 Cigar of the Year 2022

No. 10 Cigar of the Year 2022 – West Tampa Tobacco White

Jordan Guttormson

January 9, 2023

News, COTY 2022

Departing and returning to the premium cigar industry at a rate fast enough to make Matt Booth and Michael Herklots blush, Rick Rodriguez left his longtime position at CAO in the first quarter of 2022 in order ... Read More...

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