Caldwell Signature Dos Firmas cigar review

93%Peanut Shells

Dos Firmas – Caldwell Signature

November 30, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2016

In 2014, Caldwell Cigar Company hit the ground running, introducing a trio of cigars that quickly climbed the ranks of sought-after cigars among craft enthusiasts. The three cigars (The King is Dead, Long Live ... Read More...

92%Dinner Smoke

Protocol Probable Cause

FrostD

November 22, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2016

If you were a fan of the first release of the Protocol, then, ladies and gentlemen, get ready for ROUND 2! The second iteration of the Protocol series is dubbed Protocol Probable Cause, launching as the sophomo... Read More...

90%Perfect Construction

Mi Querida

Jordan Guttormson

November 16, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2016

Mi Querida is the highly anticipated sophomore release from respected industry guru Steve Saka and his newly-established Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust brand. Dunbarton made its formal debut at the 2015 IPCPR sh... Read More...

90%Going the Distance

90 Millas Unidos

Ben Reed

November 11, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2016

For years, U.S. American cigar smokers have been longing for the day that Cuba and the United States re-cultivate their relationship. Although not quite there yet, connoisseurs around the world have been celebr... Read More...

93%Savory

Las Calaveras Edición Limitada 2016

Steve Stevens

October 25, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2016

On an embittered day of inspiration, sometime between 1910 and 1913, José Guadalupe Posada—a Mexican printmaker, cartoonist, and lithographer—entered his studio, picked up an echoppe, and began scratching with ... Read More...

89%García Puro

Las Mareas

Jordan Guttormson

October 12, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2016

In fall, 2015, a select number of retailers began receiving an unusual package from Crowned Heads. There were seven retailers total, each receiving four, twenty-count boxes (one box per size) of a new project f... Read More...

93%The Full Monty

Matilde Quadrata

Steve Stevens

September 23, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2016

For almost four decades, José Seijas toiled as an employee in the tobacco industry, rising to the position of vice president and general manage of the Tabacalera de Garcia factory in the La Romana area of the D... Read More...

Cornelius & Anthony Venganza Judge cigar review

92%Zesty Habano

Venganza by Cornelius & Anthony

Ben Reed

September 21, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2016

Cornelius & Anthony Premium Cigars, owned by the esteemed Bailey family from Virginia, released the Venganza to the world at this year’s IPCPR show. The cigars are being rolled at Erik Espinosa’s La Zona fa... Read More...

94%Candy-Coated Delicacy

Maestro del Tiempo 5205

Jordan Guttormson

September 14, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2016

In Warped Cigars' fifth Nicaraguan offering (eighth overall), the brand sets out to introduce a unique, Nicaraguan puro experience—patiently awaiting countless iterations and years of trial and error. This was ... Read More...

91%Toasty

AVO Syncro Nicaragua Fogata Short Torpedo

Steve Stevens

September 8, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2016

Legends are sometimes created by a spark of dissatisfaction. The year was 1982 and Avo Uvezian, an accomplished composer and jazz pianist who wrote the Frank Sinatra song Strangers in the Night, attended his da... Read More...

92%Holy Maduro

The Tabernacle

Jordan Guttormson

September 2, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2016

Foundation Cigar Company proprietor Nick Melillo made his big debut into the premium cigar market in 2015, introducing the brand's freshman release with the Nicaraguan-themed El Güegüense. The cigar may be one ... Read More...

92%Fine Art

Bellas Artes

Jordan Guttormson

August 18, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2016

In 2014, A.J. Fernandez Cigar Company introduced the New World brand at the IPCPR show in Las Vegas. This cigar featured a design unlike anything in their lineup at the time, showcasing a classical and ornate, ... Read More...