Habanos Critic News: 17th Habanos Festival Begins
It is that time of the year, it is time for the annual Habanos Festival! This year marks the 17th Habanos Festival, and while the first part of today is registration and opening press conference, the...
View ArticleHabanos Critic Review: Bolívar Super Coronas Edición Limitada (2014)
Bolívar is one of my personal favorite brands and I am crazy about almost every vitola they have in circulation. Whether is a Churchill or petit corona, the vitolas they have deliver the brands classic...
View ArticleHabanos Critic News: Day Two of The 17th Habanos Festival
Last night, the Habanos Festival concluded with the tasting of the Romeo y Julieta Wide Churchill Gran Reserva Cosecha 2009, and to no surprise the release was intended to be a larger ring gauge...
View ArticleWhat Embargo?: Episode Veintitrés Cohiba Robustos Supremos & 2015 Habanos...
It's What Embargo?: Episode Veintitrés. Check out what Catfish and Big Tuna have to say about the Cohiba Robustos Supremos & 2015 Habanos Festival.
View ArticleBellatto/Caldwell.Sears Becomes Lost&Found
The artists formerly known as Bellatto/Caldwell/Sears, and before that Impromptu, have finally come to an agreement with their name, and decided on Lost&Found. Less than a month ago, the...
View ArticleCigar Review: Pepper Cream Soda Cream Machine (Lost&Found)
If you enter any cigar factory's escaparate, you will find media ruedas of cigars aging properly on shelves, awaiting the application of bands and the completion of the packaging process. Most of the...
View ArticleCigar News: Davidoff Flagship Store Headed to Tampa, FL
Davidoff of Geneva USA announced today they they will begin construction of a Davidoff of Geneva - since 1911 store in Tampa, FL, 20 minutes away from the company's American headquarters. This will be...
View ArticleMonth in Review (Volume 1, Issue 2): February 2015 Highlights
Seth's HumidorMonth in Review: (Volume 1, Issue 2)January 2015 HighlightsI am back at the end of February to wrap up the best cigars for the month. These cigars have had a rating of 92 or higher, and...
View ArticleWeek in Review (Volume 3, Issue 9)
Seth's HumidorWeek in Review (Volume 3, Issue 9)This was a terrible week again, if you are looking at what I smoked that is, but if you are checking out what I reviewed, there is some good stuff in...
View ArticleCigar Review: Casa Magna Domus Magnus II Trajan
The Roman Empire was plagued with many terrible emperors throughout its existence. There were some great ones in there as well, but it seemed that before and/or after every great emperor there was a...
View ArticleHabanos Critic Review: Bolívar Poderosos Edición Regional Belux (2013)
Belux is not a specific country; let's begin there. Sometimes with the regional program you can tell by the bands where the Habanos is designated: Alemania is for Germany, España is for Spain, and...
View ArticleCigar Review: Tatuaje Verocu
In last year's Saints & Sinners kit, Pete include two vitolas that were the Tatuaje Verocu. They were the only two cigars that were easily identifiable, and it was a nice addition given that Pete...
View ArticleCigar Review: Crux Passport Half Corona
In mid-July, Crux Cigars announced that they would be expanding the Passport line. This announcement came just before the IPCPR, and the announcement included two new sizes. Both of the sizes were...
View ArticleCigar Review: Puro Pinar Toro by Cordoba & Morales
With what I do, I have the fortune of getting quality time with manufacturers and label owners in this industry that many others do not have. I don't take advantage of it like some do, but at the same...
View ArticleCigar Review: Cumpay Short (Maya Selva Cigars)
In 1999, Maya Selva Cigars released their first Nicaraguan focused cigar called Cumpay. It was released to the European market, and if you look at a lot of releases that go to Europe from Central...
View ArticleCigar Review: Cubanacan Maduro Rothchilds
Being that the cigar industry is incredibly family oriented, you have a lot of companies that are being running by second generation family members, and in some cases it is more than that. If you...
View ArticleHabanos Critic Review: Bolívar Libertador (LCDH Exclusivo 2013)
Simón Bolívar is a well known figure in Latin American history, and he is considered by many to be one of the most important figure in history of the Latin American countries. He was able to take...
View ArticleCigar News: Room 101 Ichiban Roxxo Heads to Cigar Realm in Ashland, VA
The second release in the Ichiban Series of the Room 101 Brand is heading to Cigar Realm in Ashland, VA next month, and it will be hitting shelves, April 1st, 2015. The first release, the Ichiban...
View ArticleCigar Review: VegaFina Nicaragua Gran Toro
Towards the end of last year, Altadis USA announced that there would be a new VegaFina, and that this release would continue down the road of recent Altadis releases, and be a Nicaraguan puro. This...
View ArticleCigar News: Maya Selva Cigars Teases Flor de Selva 20th Anniversary Lancero
Yesterday, March 13th, 2015, Gabriel Alvarez, Director of Sales at Maya Selva Cigars, teased the online community with a upcoming lancero from the company. The cigar is being titled as the Flor de...
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