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News: Intemperance A.W.S. IV Lonsdales Released

RoMa Craft Tobac’s Intemperance BA XXI A.W.S. IV and EC XVIII A.W.S. IV. are set for national release this weekend at Leaf & Bean in Pittsburgh, Penn. Co-founder Skip Martin is at the store for the Lonsdales’ release, which takes place today and tomorrow. The event only cigars are available for purchase by phone and [...]

Redux: Intemperance BA XXI The Intrigue

A little over a year ago we provided an early look at the second release for Skip Martin and Michael Rosales’ RoMa Craft Tobac. To say the duos freshman and sophomore releases were a stark contrast is an understatement. Whereas CroMagnon is known for its grittiness and power, Intemperance is a line noted for finesse. [...]

Review: Intemperance BA XXI A.W.S. IV (Prerelease)

Today we’re looking at the next cigar coming out in RoMa Craft Tobac’s Intemperance line called the A.W.S. IV. Back in February we had the news story about this cigar, which for the time being will only be available at RoMa Craft events starting in May. The A.W.S. IV is going to be part of the [...]

Review: Intemperance EC XVIII A.W.S. IV (Prerelease)

On February 15, we broke the news of a new event-only cigar from RoMa Craft, the Intemperance Lonsdale. The new vitola would be known as the A.W.S. IV and would be available in both wrappers of the Intemperance line. The debut date is yet to be decided, but it will be happening at a future [...]

News: Intemperance Lonsdale Coming from RoMa Craft

Skip Martin and our own Brooks Whittington have alluded to it publicly, but the debut of the Intemperance A.W.S. IV series will come at a future RoMa Craft Tobac event. The A.W.S. IV series is RoMa Craft’s newest line, a four-part series that will debut in the Lonsdale format in both wrappers: Intemperance BA XXI [...]

Weekly News (April 23, 2012)

Editor’s Note: This week we added a new sponsor, Defeat Prop 29. For those of you that don’t know, Prop 29 is a ballot measure in California that would raise the taxes on cigars from its current 31.73% to 54.89% of the wholesale prices. Prop 29 goes to vote on June 5, 2012 and you [...]

News: RoMa Craft Tobac to Add Slobber Knocker & Lancero

RoMa Craft Tobac has three new extensions, although none of them are set to become part of the regularly distributed portfolio for the parent of CroMagnon and Intemperance. Instead, two new sizes of CroMagnon and one new size of Aquitaine are to be personal cigars for principals Skip Martin and Michael Rosales to hand out [...]

Review: Intemperance EC XVIII The Faith (Prerelease)

Last week, Charlie reviewed the Intemperance BA XXI The Intrigue, a new cigar from RoMa Craft Tobac. As was mentioned in the review, there were four vitolas in two different wrappers. Today’s review is of one of those other vitolas in the other wrapper, the Intemperance ECX VIII The Faith. Charlie did most of the [...]

Review: Intemperance BA XXI The Intrigue (Prerelease)

Earlier this year, Skip Martin and Michael Rosales announced the creation of RoMa Craft Tobac, the new parent of Martin’s Hava Cigar Shop/Galveston Bay Tobacco and Rosales’ Adrian’s/Costa Rican Imports. The pair first teamed up in 2011 for the launch of the CroMagnon, which had a rather successful initial launch, earning sixth place honors on [...]

Weekly News (February 20, 2012)

Editor’s Note: This is the week of ProCigar 2012, and as such, much of the news will likely be about the Dominican Republic. Quesada will formally open their new factory (and perhaps give it a new name) and announce the next size of Q d’etat. It sounds like things will be quiet at La Aurora [...]