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E.P. Carrillo’s forthcoming La Historia cigar is the first box-pressed offering under the E.P. Carrillo umbrella. Featuring a San Andres Maduro wrapper with an Ecuadorian Sumatra binder and fillers from both Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic, this release is intended as a tribute to the Perez Carrillo family cigar history and is set to be […]
Ike Karipides, director of premium cigar sales for Nat Sherman, took a few minutes during a recent visit to speak to us about the history of this legendary brand. Transcript: Hi, I’m Ike Karipides, Director of Premium Cigar Sales for Nat Sherman. Nat Sherman is a purveyor of fine cigars from Honduras, Nicaragua, and the […]
Noob Reviews: A new smoker’s guide to the best beginner smokes I never would have seen myself as a cigar smoker. But when I received a pile of freebies on my first day at Best Cigar Prices I thought, “I’ll try one or two.” A few months and many cigars later all I can think is, “how did I go this long drinking craft beer […]
Download As mentioned in the above graphic, one very useful tool for identifying the flavors of a cigar is a flavor wheel. These helpful charts outline several common flavor descriptors (cocoa, earth, cedar, pepper, etc.) as grouped by core flavor components ( nuts, herbs and spices, woody, mineral, etc.) These can come in […]
This week we asked our Facebook fans which cigar we should review, and CAO’s new Amazon Basin was the people’s pick by a landslide. The Amazon Basin is made using a rare tobacco known as “Braganca,” from a remote region in the Amazon Rainforest that is harvested only once every three years. These special leaves, […]