Announced at the 2017 IPCPR, the Alec Bradley Black Market Esteli began shipping to retailers nationwide in October of that year. Alan Rubin, owner of... Read More...
“Stand straight, walk proud, have a little faith”
–Garth Brooks, "We Shall Be Free," c. 1992
It’s hard to take a glimpse at the Gran Habano Blue i... Read More...
A common mantra frequently attributed to Thomas Jefferson:
I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
Is... Read More...
La Relatos is a new(ish) cigar from Warped, but it is also an old cigar from Warped.
Allow me to explain:
How is it new(ish)? La Relatos was rel... Read More...
A sub-two-dollar cigar; it's a style few thought would ever come out of the revered La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate factory, even when taking into account... Read More...
Since 1865, the Plasencia family has been growing tobacco and (more recently) producing cigars for 30-plus prominent third-party companies, numbering ... Read More...
At the annual IPCPR trade show in 2018, General Cigar Co. released a new line for the Partagas brand. The Partagas Legend was created to pay tribute t... Read More...
Illusione's latest offering—OneOff—arrived in 2018 with a peculiar look, one that was quick to pique the interest of loyalists to the Illusione brand.... Read More...
La amistad—friendship, to those who don’t speak the romance language of Spanish. It is certainly an apt description for the relationship that A.J. Fer... Read More...
Lacking the conventional story/spin about how this cigar’s creator smokes said cigar as his personal blend; or how La Barba made this cigar to bring a... Read More...
In baseball, scouting is key, with talent scouts in constant pursuit across the nation, looking for raw, up-and-coming skill. In 2010, Jonathan Drew, ... Read More...
If you aren’t aware of Oscar Valladares, there's little doubt you have seen his cigars; most likely, you have smoked one as well. Oscar had a humble b... Read More...