88%Wise Guy

CAO Consigliere Associate

November 4, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2016

On the crisp, winter evening of Sunday, January 10, 1999, the Home Box Office premium network (HBO) aired the pilot episode of a new television series... Read More...

93%Home Run

Côte d’Or La Tâche

Ben Reed

November 1, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2016

Last year, Pete Johnson gave L’Atelier Imports a breath of fresh air with the exquisite release of the L’Atelier Côte d’Or—which was one of my persona... Read More...

Tatuaje Monster Series 2016 The Krueger No. 9 cigar review

93%Dream-like

Tatuaje The Krueger

Jordan Guttormson

October 28, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2016

Ask near-any craft cigar junkie what their favorite brand is and you'll be told, "Tatuaje" 7 out of 10 times—yes, those are made up numbers and yes we... 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 ... Read More...

86%Choppy

La Galera 1936 Box Pressed Pegador

Steve Stevens

October 14, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2016

In a sun-kissed Dominican field of tobacco in 1936, as the world at large focused their eyes on the events unfolding in Berlin and Rome, Jose Arnaldo ... 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 fo... Read More...

88%Simple for Cheap

Fonseca Nicaragua

Ben Reed

October 5, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2016

The Fonseca cigar brand has been one of Quesada’s longest running brands to date. Back in 1963, Fonseca saw its first release with the original Fonsec... Read More...

91%BRAWNY

Eastern Standard Maduro Midnight Express Jockey Club Robusto

Steve Stevens

October 3, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2016

Near the middle of September 2013, as the South Florida sunlight lapped across the rolling swells of the Atlantic Ocean, Robert Caldwell decided, once... Read More...

91%Karma

Chief Cool Arrow

Jordan Guttormson

September 29, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2016

It's a tale as old as time—man ventures into the darkness of space in search of exotic leaf—man exploits said leaf in the form of premium cigar—man di... 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... 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 sho... Read More...

88%Night Cap

Charter Oak Broadleaf

FrostD

September 19, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $5 & Under, 2016

If you're one of those aficionados that like an enjoyable cigar, at a great price, with a very interesting backstory, then look no further! Nick Melil... Read More...