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A Visit to La Casa del Habano Playa del Carmen

I recently traveled to Playa del Carmen for work, and thought I would stop by the LCDH there and see how it is situated, and gather some info for anyone who is planning on going down there since it is NOT easy to find. It is an extremely small store (only one room with a [...]

Weekly News (January 31, 2011)

Can he do it? Will he do it…? Yepp, another week, another Viaje LE announcement. Nope, I’m not kidding. It marks the seventh sixth (I really thought there were seven) announcement of a new Viaje product this month joining the: Exclusivo Chiquito, Exclusivo Shorts, WLP, Late Harvest and Trifecta. The stick? You’re going to have [...]

News: Viaje WLP (White Label Project)

Given some recent updates… I decided to just make this a new post. For those that don’t know, earlier this week, we broke the story that Viaje was releasing a special new release, the White Label Project (WLP) – within a few days, there was some questions about the blend. I decided to clarify that [...]

Review: E.P. Carrillo Core Line Club 52

Today we will be taking at another cigar from an incredibly hot cigar company, E.P. Carrillo which is owned and operated by none other than Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr. the man, the legend behind La Gloria Cubana, El Rico Habano, and the owner of El Credito. Over the years Ernesto has focused more on a family [...]

State of the Brand: Padilla

No manufacturer has been more open than Ernesto Padilla of the company he founded, regarding new products, social media and customer interaction. Since the show when he first announced the idea regarding the Padilla Dominus, the past month with Padilla Legacies and his TwitPic account turning into a portfolio of test media – Ernesto has [...]

Review: Punch Serie D’Oro No.1 (ER U.K. 2008)

Today we will be taking a look at another Edición Regional for our Weekly Series, the Punch Serie D’Oro No.1 Edición Regional Reino Unido (2008). Only 1,210 boxes of this cigar were made and come in boxes of 25 cigars (30,250 cigars total produced). They come in a box made to replicate a box from the [...]

Review: Cueto Salomone (2008)

[This is another review in our series called "Custom Rolled Cubans", which as far as I know is the only series like this of it's kind on any of the major cigar review blogs...(the first review in this series was on the Robaina "El Padrino" Farm Cigar, which we reviewed HERE)... For those of you [...]

Weekly News (January 24, 2011)

On Tuesday, we broke the news regarding the discontinuation of the AVO 787. La Sirena, Miami Cigar & Co.’s newest release, is in Miami at the warehouse, should be at retailers in a few days. In other news from Miami Cigar & Co., the La Aurora Corojo will be released at the 2011 IPCPR show. For anyone that was at the show this past year, you’ll know it was one of the cigars featured at the booth, however packaging and branding concerns led to a decision to relaunch and release the cigar in July. It will feature new packaging and banding, but the cigar itself will be the same. La Aurora also announced that the 1495 BME Sumo Short Robusto will be making it’s U.S. debut. The NUb-style cigar has been in the European markets since early fall, and Miami Cigar & Co. has now decided to bring the cigar to the U.S. market. It’s 4 x 58 and should be available in a few packaging options, including boxes of five. In other large ring gauge news, the Cain F NUb is also shipping this week, the post from when we originally broke the story now has price points for the two sizes. In other Oliva/Studio Tobac news, rumor has it the Studio Tobac tour will start on el niño diablo’s birthday.

News: Cain F Nub Becomes Regular Production (Exclusive)

I’m not sure this is really “breaking” or even “news” because everyone knew this was coming, but sources are telling me that Oliva plans on adding the Cain F Nub to the regular production line, joining the Cain Nub as the hybrid of recently departed Sam Leccia’s signature creations. The Cain F Nub had been [...]

News: La Sirena (Updated)

One of many announcements out of the IPCPR show from Miami Cigar & Co. was the La Sirena. A revival of an older brand, but a completely new blend. I smoked one shortly after the show and did a Twitter mini-review, but Twitter has lost that. Anyways, after the jump, pics and details of the [...]