Connecticut shade wrapper Archives

Flavor Odyssey – Wrapper Yin Yang

June 19, 2023

This week on Flavor Odyssey, we continue our journey into emerging cigar styles. On this episode, your hosts Robby Ras and Randy Griggs explore Connecticut Shade-wrapped cigars combined with maduro binders. Whi... Read More...

86%Give 'em a hand

300 Hands Connecticut

velorok

November 22, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2019

Joining the 300 Hands Maduro and 300 Manos Habano (Cigar Dojo’s 2018 Value-Priced Cigar of the Year) comes the 300 Hands Connecticut by Southern Draw. Blended by Robert Holt of Southern Draw Cigars at Tabacaler... Read More...

89%Golden Blueprint

Gran Habano Blue in Green Gran Robusto

EL Oso Fumar

May 8, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2019

“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 in Green without admiring it for all it encapsulates. Okay, e... Read More...

11 Amped-Up Connecticut Cigars for the Modern Enthusiast

Jack Heyer

March 28, 2019

Featured, Blog

It is always hard to pinpoint the exact moment when a movement kicks into gear—the first domino that falls to establish a new trend. In the cigar industry, a new age of Connecticut-wrapped cigars has arrived; t... Read More...

89%American Beauty

Brick House Double Connecticut Robusto

EL Oso Fumar

May 4, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2018

The premium cigar industry is overrun with tremendous stories about family and humble beginnings. One of these sensational tales has the J.C. Newman Cigar Company at the center of it. Founded in 1895, Julius Ca... Read More...

88%Floby-Mobly

Highclere Castle Toro

Jordan Guttormson

April 27, 2018

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2018

Shortly before the annual IPCPR trade show in 2017, Foundation Cigar Company announced an unusual partnership, teaming with the 8th Earl Carnarvon and the family's historic Highclere Castle in Hampshire, Englan... Read More...

Caldwell Signature Dos Firmas cigar review

93%Peanut Shells

Dos Firmas – Caldwell Signature

Jordan Guttormson

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...

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...

Quick Take: Alec Bradley King David

MrStogato

February 2, 2015

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2015

The King David is a Mike's Cigars exclusive from the popular brand, Alec Bradley, and is produced at their factory in Honduras. Alec Bradley King David Breakdown Wrapper: Connecticut Binder: Sumatra ... Read More...

87%Fun Size

Total Flame Bright Line

Keikanjim

May 28, 2014

Cigar Reviews, $5 & Under, 2014

This excerpt was taken from the Total Flame website... It was a dream of Vladimir Roshchin and Maxim Privezentsev that became a reality. The owners of Total Flame Cigars met a few years ago at a cigar event ... Read More...

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