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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 [...]

Review: Aquitaine Blockhead (Preproduction)

Since the launch of RoMaCraft Tobac in January 2012, the company has quickly expanded into three full lines of cigars, each of which contain a number of event-only, limited availability cigars. The RoMaCraft Tobac website offers a good amount of detail about the Aquitaine, noting that the filler leaf comes from three separate areas of [...]

A Visit to Fabrica de Tabacos NicaSueño S.A.

Ever since smoking my first RoMa Craft Tobac cigar, I have wanted to visit the company’s factory, Fabrica de Tabacos NicaSueño S.A. I had been told it was compact, but even I was a bit taken aback by its intimacy. Located in the back of a house in an unassuming neighborhood of Estelí, Nicaragua, you [...]

News: RoMa Craft Tobac Announces Limited Edition CRAFT Series for IPCPR 2013

Earlier today, Skip Martin of RoMa Craft Tobac announced the company’s newest project, CRAFT 2013 La Campaña de Panamá Soberana. The announcement was made on halfwheel’s forum. Martin described CRAFT as a new line of annual limited releases, the first of which will debut at IPCPR. La Campaña de Panamá Soberana is the first of [...]

News: CroMagnon Mode 5 Set for IPCPR National Release

Earlier today Skip Martin of RoMa Craft Tobac announced that the CroMagnon Mode 5 will become the sixth regular production vitola of the company’s debut line. The move will come at IPCPR 2013 in July with the 5 x 50 Short Perfecto being offered in boxes of 24, as opposed to the boxes of 12 [...]

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: R. Field Wine Co. Gets Latest RoMa Craft Exclusive

Hawaii’s R. Field Wine Co. is the latest recipient of a RoMa Craft Tobaco exclusive release, this time the CroMagnon Venus. This follows releases for Podman Cigars, Riverside Cigar Shop and an exclusive release for the DC Cigar Tweet-Up. The CroMagnon Venus is a 6 1/2 x 56 Petite Salamone that will be released in [...]

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 [...]