News: Quesada Plans Highly Limited Release of España Lancero

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SAG Imports will be releasing the Quesada Selección España Lancero in ultra small-batch fashion. Only 12 cabinets of 50 Lanceros will be released next year, a single cabinet each month going to a select SAG Imports retailer. The decision was made after nearly a year of mulling over how and in what manner to release [...]

Review: Quesada Selección España Lancero (Prerelease)

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Shortly after launching the Quesada Selección España, Terence Reilly, head of SAG Imports, the distribution arm of MATASA/Quesada, Casa Magna and now domestically Regius, received requests from a few people for a fourth vitola. One of those people was yours truly and the other one was Christian “Tank” Hutson of Just for Him in Springfield, [...]

The Consensus: 2011 Awards

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For the 2010 rendition of this concept, click here to see Brian Hewitt’s work. Before anyone starts, I started this long before Bill Berris posted his rendition of this a few days at Cigar Snapshot. (Bill’s serves as a interesting sample of this, although there are noticeable differences beyond population size.) The concept was simple, [...]

Editorial: Ten Questions for 2012

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Last year, I published an article entitled Ten Questions for 2011. The concept was simple, what were a few of the topics to watch for in the upcoming year. With the notable exception of E.P. Carrillo’s crazy year, I’d like to think that we covered most of the major topics of 2011. With another year [...]

Review: Quesada Selección España Corona

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It would be wrong to refer to the Quesada España as “legendary”, but it has without a doubt reached mythical status. Part of that has to do with the limited nature. Part of it has to do with the blend profile and its distinct reminders to Havana. But at the end of the day, a [...]

Review: Quesada Selección España Short Robusto

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It has been known for a while that Quesada (makers of the wonderful 35th Anniversary and the Tributo) were releasing a blend that was only being sold in the Spanish market. Dubbed the somewhat obvious, Selección España, the blend started selling in Spain in February, but samples were passed around the ProCigar Festival in Dominican Republic [...]