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The T. Connecticut Double Robusto
 In the summer of 2017, Matt Booth continued his return to the cigar industry after he and his Room101 brand parted ways with Davidoff of Geneva USA by releasing a new collaborative line of cigars with frequent collaborator Robert Caldwell and Abdel Fernández, arguably the most in-demand cigar maker of ...
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Thu, 18 Oct 2018 15:14:19 +0000
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| Davidoff Puro Dominicano Belicoso Returning for Vault Series
 One of Davidoff’s 2009 limited editions is returning to the market as part of the company’s ever-expanding Vault Series. The Davidoff Puro Dominicano Belicoso is a 5 3/4 x 48 belicoso originally released in 2009, though it was overshadowed by the company’s other limited edition that year, the Selección 702. As ...
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Wed, 17 Oct 2018 17:31:43 +0000
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| FDA Hints at Flavored Cigar Ban
 The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) would like to ban flavored cigars. As part of the agency’s most recent Unified Agenda of Regulations, FDA formally proposed a ban on cigars with “characterizing flavors.” The proposal is still in its infancy, officially listed in the “prerule stage” but it does ...
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Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:12:15 +0000
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| Davidoff Adds Gran Torpedo for Discovery Pillar
 Davidoff’s Escurio, Nicaragua and Yamasá blends will be receiving a new size in the form of a 4 x 56 Gran Torpedo size. The company announced that it will add the vitolas as part of its holiday season offerings. The Davidoff Nicaragua blend was the first of the Discovery Pillar ...
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Wed, 17 Oct 2018 02:00:44 +0000
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| Balmoral Añejo XO Connecticut Rothschild Masivo
 Last year, Royal Agio Cigars decided to end a U.S. distribution partnership with Drew Estate that began in 2014, a move that was part of a company makeover that also included introducing five new lines of cigars during this year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show. One of those new releases was ...
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Tue, 16 Oct 2018 23:16:05 +0000
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| Ventura Ships Archetype Crystals, Curses and Cloaks
 Ventura Cigar Co.’s new Archetype Fantasy Miniseries is now en route to retailers. It’s a collection of three cigars: Crystals, Curses and Cloaks. Each is a 5 x 50 robusto that comes in a 20-count box, with slightly different blends between them. Crystals uses a sungrown habano wrapper over a ...
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Tue, 16 Oct 2018 21:50:33 +0000
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| Jas Sum Kral Heads to Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand & Vietnam
 Jas Sum Kral has announced that it is now available in five more Asian countries. Riste Buc has announced that his company’s cigars are now being sold in Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Matthew Nekvpil of Cigar Emperor is the distributor for those countries.
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Tue, 16 Oct 2018 14:03:02 +0000
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| Particulares #1
 Two years ago, as the Sindicato Cigar Group looked to build its portfolio, it reached into the archives of cigar brand history to revive the Particulares brand, which traces its history back to 1895 and two men named Segundo Lopez and Alonso Menendez, who laughed the brand in Cuba. Between the ...
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Tue, 16 Oct 2018 04:23:53 +0000
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| Drew Estate Ships FSG Limited Edition Trunk Press to DDRP Accounts
 Drew Estate has begun shipping the Florida Sun Grown Limited Edition Trunk Press Toro to accounts nationwide. The FSG Limited Edition Toro debuted in 2016 at the company’s Florida Barn Smoker. It was then sold in limited quantities at Corona Cigar Co., the Florida retailer owned by Jeff Borysiewicz, who also ...
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Mon, 15 Oct 2018 20:30:30 +0000
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| Balmoral Serie Signaturas Dueto Ships
 Royal Agio Cigars has begun shipping its first cigar made by Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr. The Balmoral Serie Signaturas Dueto is a new line in what is expected to be a series of collaborations between the Dutch company and various cigar makers. It uses a Nicaraguan wrapper from Jalapa, a Nicaraguan ...
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Mon, 15 Oct 2018 19:21:19 +0000
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| La Imperiosa by Crowned Heads
| STRENGTH: MEDIUM+ | BODY: MEDIUM+ | TASTING NOTES: NUTTY, WOODY, HINTS OF FIG & PLUM | For those of you who were avid cigar smokers in the early 1900’s, the La Imperiosa brand may seem familiar. La Imperiosa, which translates to “The Imperative,” was a Cuban cigar brand popular in the early 1900’s but discontinued likely in 1962 when Cubatabaco took control of the Cuban Cigar Industry and got rid of thousands of Cuban Cigar brands which were registered between 1810 when the registration of Cuban Cigar brands began...
Tue, 03 Oct 2017 17:33:10 +0000
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| Cigar Review: Quesada Q D’etat Molotov
Behind The Stick: The December 8th press release reads: December 8, 2011 — The Q d’etat line represents a symbolic revolt against the unfair taxation practices and mistreatment of the premium cigar industry. The brand is intended to create awareness of the dangers increased government regulation and taxation will produce, specifically the FDA’s desire to regulate premium cigars. There will be three sizes, released at different dates, of 1,000 ten-count boxes. Each box will contain a form to register for membership in Cigar Rights of America. The first of the...
Fri, 22 Sep 2017 23:15:04 +0000
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| Cigar Review: Protocol Probable Cause Lancero
| STRENGTH: FULL | BODY: FULL | TASTING NOTES: SPICY, WOODY, HINTS OF ESPRESSO | In 2015 two police officers, Juan Cancel and Bill Ives, revealed the industry’s newest cigar brand: Cubariqueno! Launched nationally at the 2015 IPCPR trade show in New Orleans, Cubariqueno was created by two police officers, Juan Cancel & Bill Ives. The La Zona cigar factory in Esteli, Nicaragua is the chosen location where all Cubariqueno blends are created under the watchful eye of Erik Espinosa. Cubariqueno’s freshman release is the protocol. Originally a single blend...
Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:22:54 +0000
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| Cigar Review: Todos Las Dias
“Todos Las Dias is my personal Spanglish translation meaning ‘All the Days,’” said Steve Saka, Dunbarton’s owner, in a press release. “The workers at Joya de Nicaraguan often cringe at my casual butchering of their mother tongue, but in my opinion cigars are far more than a grammar lesson to abide, they are the physical manifestation of a feeling and of an experience. It is a supple, sungrown Cuban Seed capa which encapsulates its intricate tripa recipe of rich Jalapa and Esteliano tobaccos. From the first puff, there is no...
Fri, 08 Sep 2017 18:27:45 +0000
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| Cigar Review: Headley Grange by Crowned Heads
Following the huge success of Crowned Heads first addition to the cigar world - Four Kicks - which like many of their cigars, has a clear reference to music - this one in specific a song by the band Kings of Leon, the company has continued with branding, design and focus all their own. Being a group with close ties to the music industry and living in Nashville, incorporating the music industry into their cigars fit right in line with who they are.
Sat, 26 Aug 2017 21:52:02 +0000
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| Undercrown Sun Grown
| STRENGTH: MEDIUM+ | BODY: FULL | TASTING NOTES: EARTHY, TOASTED OAK, HINTS OF SPICE AND MALT | The Undercrown is one of Drew Estate’s best selling core line cigars – birthed from the famed Liga Privada, which many of you may know was a private blend made for Steve Saka during his time at Drew Estate. The Undercrown was released in October of 2010 as a sort of “alternative” to the Liga Privada which was quite hard to find at the time. The story of the Undercrown is really...
Thu, 17 Aug 2017 15:09:56 +0000
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