Today we will be taking a look at another cigar from the current Studio Tobac Sampler, the ST-DS001 (Studio Tobac Dark Side). I have made it my plan to review a different cigar from the sampler every week with last weeks being the NUb San Andres. This week’s cigar also features a San Andres Maduro [...]

If Charlie “Ray” Stahl wants someone else to review PDRs, he’s probably going to need to do them himself. While our favorite Kentuckian is preparing his departure from the Bluegrass State Southern Ohio, I take on another Pinar Del Río Lancero. Much like the Pinar Del Río 1878 Cubano Especial Capa Madura Lancero that I [...]

When I started this series of portraits, some of the people I most wanted to photograph were the members of the García Family, as (to me), they represent some of the most influential people in the cigar business today. I was able to photograph Pepín with my first portrait, but the other members of the [...]

Because of the delays with the Viaje V.O.R. DT and V.P.R. DT, which are currently scheduled for a mid-June release, Andre Farkas decided that he would move up the scheduled release of his final planned WLP (White Label Project), which was originally scheduled for later this year. For those wondering, the Exclusivo Chiquito, a release that is given to two retailers every two years, has shipped.

Oh the Tatuaje Tattoo. Not exactly a shining moment in journalistic accuracy for el niño diablo, albeit, eventually Pete Johnson cleared everything up.

Today we will be taking a look at a yet another cigar in our Custom Rolled Cuban series, the Cueto No.4 Largos. Cueto, whose real name is José Castelar Cayro, is certainly among the top Level 8 rollers coming out of Cuba today. He has acquired rock star status in the Cuban cigar community because he simply [...]

For a lot of smokers, the plethora of new lines and unique marketing tactics of Rocky Patel (particularly in the catalogs), seems to be a turn-off. I’ll admit that I’m really not sure where to start when it comes to the seemingly endless options that Rocky Patel offers. However, even those that don’t consider themselves [...]

For those of you that don’t know… In late June of 2010, Viaje released the “TNT”, a 6.25×54 cigar that was made to look like a stick of TNT (obviously). It has been known that the TNT would be rereleased around the same time every year (as are most of Viaje’s various lines), but what [...]

A little over six months after we broke the story on Sam Leccia leaving Oliva Cigar Co., he returns with Sam Leccia Cigar Co. Personally, I would have assumed that his non-compete would have been a bit longer, but Oliva apparently chose not to take that approach. In addition to a website, there’s a press [...]

Today we will be taking a look at a special Studio Tobac cigar, the NUb San Andres Maduro. At the moment there are absolutely no plans to release this cigar officially so right now the only way you can get your hands on one is to attend a Studio Tobac event and get your hands [...]

For those of you that don’t know… Last month (that would be April), Jesus Fuego started sending out samples of his newest creation, the Sangre de Toro, which roughly translates to Bull’s Blood. It is a Nicaraguan puro that gets its name from the dark, reddish wrapper, which has nothing to do with bull fighting. In fact, [...]

In November of 2010, Tatuaje released 100 sets of a new cigar accessory collection. Dubbed the Tatuaje El Triunfador Collection, each piece in the set was hand made and finished in Los Angeles by Cyril Brizard’s Brizard & Co., formerly Atoll. They are made using leather, macassar ebony wood and sterling silver, giving it quite [...]