Espinosa Warzone No. 2 Limited Edition Cigar of the Year 2019

No. 2 Limited Edition Cigar of the Year 2019 – Warzone

January 17, 2020

COTY 2019

Warzone is the result of an unexpected collaboration between Espinosa Premium Cigars and General Cigar Company—two entities operating on disparate levels of the premium cigar industry, in terms of scale and app... Read More...

86%Expensive Date

Cohiba Spectre CS19

velorok

December 13, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2019

Ninety dollars. That’s how much one of these cigars costs. There are cigars that I thoroughly enjoy that cost $90 for a box. What in the world could make a single cigar worth $90? Well, the marketing geniuses a... Read More...

Espinosa General Cigar Co. Warzone packaging

Espinosa and General Officially Announce ‘Warzone’

Jordan Guttormson

November 6, 2019

Press Releases

It's official. Espinosa Premium Cigars and General Cigar Company are teaming for the first time—collaborating on an atypical cigar known as Warzone. News of the cigar first broke in early September on Cigar ... Read More...

90%Vote for Pedro

Diesel Whiskey Row Sherry Cask Robusto

velorok

October 2, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2019

Diesel is different now. No longer simply a serviceable, discount catalog/auction offering, Diesel became a full-fledged General Cigar brand in 2017, moving the Diesel Grind brand under the General Cigar umbrel... Read More...

CAO Begins Shipping Orellana to Retailers

Jordan Guttormson

October 1, 2019

Press Releases

Two years after the conclusion of CAO's fan-favorite Amazon Trilogy—where the company features unique tobaccos grown throughout the Amazon rainforests of Brazil—they have returned with yet another Amazon-themed... Read More...

83%In Session

CAO Session ‘Garage’

EL Oso Fumar

September 25, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $8 to $10 Range, 2019

“Politeness is the poison of collaboration.” — Edwin Land It’s blunt, but I’ve always loved this quote. Any great project, especially cigars, takes hundreds of hands and a lot of trust and contribution to com... Read More...

Espinosa Premium Cigars General Cigar Company logos

Espinosa and General Introducing Collaboration This Fall

Jordan Guttormson

September 7, 2019

Press Releases

During this week's episode of Smoke Night LIVE, featuring Héctor J. Alfonso Sr. (Director of Operations at Espinosa Premium Cigars), Héctor teased a forthcoming collaboration between Espinosa Premium Cigars and... Read More...

86%Generally OK

Cohiba Connecticut Robusto

velorok

September 5, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $15 & Over, 2019

I'll come right out and say this at the start—I feel like the non-Cuban Cohiba is a cigar that shouldn’t be. To be sure, you’ll find plenty of American-distributed versions of the old, famed Cuban brands that e... Read More...

General Cigar Company – IPCPR 2019

Jordan Guttormson

July 24, 2019

IPCPR 2019

General Cigar Company is traditionally one of the largest booth setups at IPCPR. In recent years, the company has split each of their brands into miniature "booths within a booth" setups, with each of the vario... Read More...

89%S'more Please

Partagas Legend Corona Extra Leyenda

Jack Heyer

April 11, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $10 to $15 Range, 2019

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 to the most influential figures over the years; those that he... Read More...

83%Grapes of Wrath

Hoyo La Amistad Black Rothschild

EL Oso Fumar

March 28, 2019

Cigar Reviews, $5 to $8 Range, 2019

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. Fernández has with the premium cigar industry right now. His fi... Read More...

Diesel Announces ‘Hair of the Dog’

Jordan Guttormson

March 19, 2019

Press Releases

Following in the footsteps of 2018's Diesel Whiskey Row, the company has announced a new limited-edition offering known as "Hair of the Dog" as a complimentary followup. While Whiskey Row was unique in that ... Read More...

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