Dominican Republic Archives - Page 3 of 7

90%Heavy Hitter

Big Papi by David Ortiz

January 30, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2017

On October 10, 2016, Major League Baseball player David Américo Ortiz Arias suited up for the final time. The game was against the Cleveland Indians, marking the final matchup in what would become a clean sweep... Read More...

90%Fresh Start

La Barba Purple

Ben Reed

January 20, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2017

Unless you’re an obsessive boutique cigar junky, searching far and wide daily for new brands and smoking everything in between, you’ve probably never heard of La Barba. So let me give you a history lesson (don’... Read More...

95%Breathtaking

Don Arturo Gran AniverXario Churchill 2016

Steve Stevens

January 10, 2017

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2017

Virtually every hobby—the restoration of exotic automobiles, the enjoyment of rare wines and spirits, or the collecting of fine Swiss watches—has at least one Holy Grail item which produces in its possessor a b... Read More...

Caldwell Signature Dos Firmas cigar review

93%Peanut Shells

Dos Firmas – Caldwell Signature

Sumatra Samurai

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...

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 Blanco II formally began the business of rolling his family’... 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 again, to reenter the premium cigar business. Caldwell, a 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...

89%Chocolate Malt

Quesada Oktoberfest 2016 Kugel

Sumatra Samurai

September 16, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2016

Quesada's line of seasonal, Oktoberfest-themed cigars were introduced in 2011 and have now entered their 6th annual release. The blend utilizes purely Dominican tobaccos, with a profile that has been crafted to... 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...

95%UMAMI

Davidoff Yamasá Petit Churchill

Steve Stevens

August 30, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2016

Recently, I was invited to attend a Master Class conducted by Hendrik “Henke” Kelner of Davidoff of Geneva. Kelner, a courtly gentleman who speaks English with a robust Spanish accent, has been the tobacco prod... Read More...

91%Sweet Spot

Camacho Powerband

Sumatra Samurai

June 28, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2016

Camacho has released the anticipated followup to their successful American Barrel-Aged cigar from 2015. American Barrel-Aged (ABA) was a unique project for Camacho, not only for the innovative use of bourbon ba... Read More...

93%Family Excellence

Nat Sherman 85th Anniversary

Ben Reed

June 7, 2016

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2016

Nat Sherman opened his first tobacco shop in Manhattan, New York back in 1930. The store quickly grew into a local favorite, and soon an iconic location known around the world. Nat Sherman started as a family-o... Read More...

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