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Boutique Blend’s Swag Puro Dominicano Limitado 99’ is a single-farm blend of 100% ligero tobaccos wrapped in a Dominican ligero Habano wrapper from the 1999 harvest. It just doesn’t get much more “boutique” than that, folks. These rare treats were limited to just 2000 boxes that have been rapidly depleting since their release, and today […]
A fuller-bodied stogie from boutique brand Esteban Carreras Cigars, the Chupacabra features 100% Nicaraguan tobaccos nestled in a Habano Oscuro wrapper leaf. Besides the fact that A.J. Fernandez is the blender behind most of their lines, I don’t really know a lot about the Esteban Carreras brand, even after a considerable amount of digging. So, […]
For today’s review I pulled out a sample of the latest blend from the Hammer + Sickle premium cigar brand, the Hermitage #1 Robusto. The company’s first foray into Nicaraguan tobaccos, the Hermitage features a blend of Nicaraguan Ligero, Viso and Secco filler tobaccos beneath a Jalapa Valley cloud-grown (a variation of shade-grown) Criollo binder, and […]
Habanos S.A. held their annual festival last week and to end the festivities they had an auction of fine humidors. Over $1 million dollars was raised during the auction with proceeds going into Cuba’s Public Healthcare System. The auction was held at the final gala dinner where six humidors were auctioned off, each unique in […]
Croatian chefs have taken a new approach on enjoying the unique flavor of cigars. A team of chefs from Croatia created a clever meal this week by infusing the flavor of tobacco leafs with a Cuban dish. The meal was made up of baked stone bass filets, bread and butter, a flavorful demi-glace sauce and […]