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From the very beginning of the cigar’s introduction as an American commodity in the late 1700’s there has been cigar marketing. Over the years cigar branding and advertising has seen countless approaches, ranging from the good, to the bad, to the downright weird. Today’s post focuses on the last category, as we take a look […]
Alec Bradley’s latest creation, the habano-wrapped Nica Puro is the company’s first cigar comprised of all Nicaraguan tobaccos (hence, the name.) We received our first shipment of this new blend a few weeks ago, but I wanted to give it a chance to rest a bit more before breaking one out for review. Today I […]
The Esteban Carreras Covenant made its debut along with the Chupacabra back in July of last year at the IPCPR trade show in Orlando. The Covenant features long-filler tobaccos from the Esteli, Jalapa, and volcanic Ometepe regions of Nicaragua beneath a Habano Oscuro wrapper leaf. Just like the Chupacabra, the only additional info I could […]
It was one year ago on this day that I first smoked the Paul Stulac Phantom. At the time Paul Stulac was a relatively unknown retailer from Nova Scotia who was just getting his feet wet in the handmade cigar biz. Since then, he’s expanded upon his original line with three additional blends, all of […]
June 6, 2013 (Sunrise, Fla.) — Ortega Premium Cigars officially announced today that the company will be re- introducing the CUBAO line at the IPCPR show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Like their current flagship line the Serie D, Cubao will be manufactured at the My Father factory in Esteli, Nicaragua by the Garcia Family. According […]