Alec Bradley Project 40 Value-Priced Cigar of the Year 2019

Value-Priced Cigar of the Year 2019 – Project 40

January 17, 2020

COTY 2019

The announcement of Project 40 came as a surprise in the spring of 2019, with Alec Bradley forgoing their usual Honduran and Nicaraguan manufacturing partners to introduce a value-priced brand for cigar enthusi... Read More...

Viva la Vida Under-the-Radar Cigar of the Year 2019

Under-the-Radar Cigar of the Year 2019 – Viva la Vida

Jordan Guttormson

January 17, 2020

COTY 2019

Around March 2019, a mysterious jester-faced cigar began cropping up on the various social media timelines in craft-smoking cigar circles. The cigar—dubbed Viva la Vida—began gaining traction in the months to f... Read More...

Montecristo Volume 1: 100 Days cigar box open

Montecristo Volume 1: 100 Days Debuting at TPE 2020

Jordan Guttormson

January 17, 2020

TPE 2020, Press Releases

Santa Clara, Inc., a tobacco wholesaler associated with Altadis USA and online retailer JR Cigar, has announced the debut of a new Montecristo blend for the TPE trade show later this month. Montecristo Volum... Read More...

Southern Draw Debuting Cedrus Lancero at TPE 2020

Jordan Guttormson

January 17, 2020

TPE 2020, Press Releases

Along with an increasing number of manufacturers making their first-ever appearance at Tobacco Plus Expo International (TPE) 2020, Southern Draw Cigars has announced their participation, debuting a new lancero ... Read More...

Espinosa Laranjna Reserva Escuro No. 4 Cigar of the Year 2019

No. 4 Cigar of the Year 2019 – Laranja Reserva Escuro

Jordan Guttormson

January 16, 2020

COTY 2019

Differing from the majority of 2019's most buzz-worthy cigars, Laranja Reserva Escuro hit the market long before the industry's annual trade show, debuting in the spring (rather than the usual summer and fall r... Read More...

Tatuaje ME II No. 5 Cigar of the Year 2019

No. 5 Cigar of the Year 2019 – ME II

Jordan Guttormson

January 15, 2020

COTY 2019

Five years after Tatuaje struck limited-edition gold with a maduro known as Mexican Experiment, the company revisited the blend—only this time it's here to stay. The cigar is dubbed ME II (aka Mexican Experient... Read More...

Crowned Heads La Coalición No. 6 Cigar of the Year 2019

No. 6 Cigar of the Year 2019 – La Coalición

Jordan Guttormson

January 14, 2020

COTY 2019

The latest core-line offering from Crowned Heads says it all in the title—La Coalición—logically translating to mean The Coalition or The Alliance. This ties into the company's newfound alliance with Drew Estat... Read More...

Alec & Bradley Gatekeeper No. 7 Cigar of the Year 2019

No. 7 Cigar of the Year 2019 – Gatekeeper

Jordan Guttormson

January 13, 2020

COTY 2019

Brothers Alec and Bradley Rubin introduced their second cigar brand in 2019—Gatekeeper—capitalizing on the traction gained from 2018's Blind Faith cigar. Unlike their first release, the duo headed into uncharte... Read More...

PCA Loses Four Largest Exhibitors

Jordan Guttormson

January 10, 2020

PCA 2020, Press Releases

As first detailed by Halfwheel this morning, Drew Estate, General Cigar Co., Altadis USA, and Davidoff—the four largest exhibitors at the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) trade show—will not be attending the tra... Read More...

Jas Sum Kral Tyrannical Buc Connecticut No. 8 Cigar of the Year 2019

No. 8 Cigar of the Year 2019 – Tyrannical Buc Connecticut

Jordan Guttormson

January 10, 2020

COTY 2019

Tyrannical Buc launched months before the 2019 IPCPR trade show, debuting first as a maduro offering and second with a contrasting Connecticut Shade cover leaf. Both versions of the cigar have been wrapped arou... Read More...

Perdomo Estate Selección Vintage Maduro No. 9 Cigar of the Year 2019

No. 9 Cigar of the Year 2019 – Perdomo Estate Selección Vintage Maduro

Jordan Guttormson

January 9, 2020

COTY 2019

Despite being born of the great cigar boom of the '90s, Perdomo Cigars operates in the manner of older, more established pillars of the premium cigar world. This includes complete vertical integration, rigid co... Read More...

Dunbarton Sobremesa Brûlée No. 10 Cigar of the Year 2019

No. 10 Cigar of the Year 2019 – Sobremesa Brûlée

Jordan Guttormson

January 8, 2020

COTY 2019

Not only was Sobremesa Brûlée one of the most anticipated cigar releases of 2019, but perhaps the most controversial as well. The cigar was first announced one week prior to the industry's annual trade show, qu... Read More...

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