H. Upmann 175 Anniversary No. 5 Limited Edition Cigar of the Year 2019

No. 5 Limited Edition Cigar of the Year 2019 – H. Upmann 175 Anniversary

January 17, 2020

COTY 2019

Famously established in 1844 by German banker Hermann Upmann, the H. Upmann is among the world's oldest, most recognized cigar brands. As such, H. Upmann has experienced a fair share of changes over the years, ... Read More...

Cigar Brand of the Year 2019 – J.C. Newman Cigar Co.

Jordan Guttormson

January 17, 2020

COTY 2019

J.C. Newman Cigar Company had a transformative year in 2019. While the brand has long been known for its ultra-premium offerings created by the venerable Fuente family in the Dominican Republic, and its Nicarag... Read More...

Riste Ristevski Cigar Person of the Year 2019

Person of the Year 2019 – Riste Ristevski

Jordan Guttormson

January 17, 2020

COTY 2019

Riste Ristevski began 2019 as the face of one of the most fervent followings in the ultra-craft premium cigar space. He ended the year as the undisputed leader of the uncharted market that is cigars-meets-canna... Read More...

La Flor Dominicana 25th Anniversary Luxury Cigar of the Year 2019

Luxury Cigar of the Year 2019 – LFD 25th Anniversary

Jordan Guttormson

January 17, 2020

COTY 2019

In 1994, Litto Gomez and his wife, Ines Lorenzo, left behind a successful jewelry business in favor of a more romantic future in the world of premium cigars. And while the couple didn't launch the La Flor Domin... Read More...

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

Value-Priced Cigar of the Year 2019 – Project 40

Jordan Guttormson

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...

Author Jordan Guttormson