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The Torano family has kept a book that has served as a running log of their cigar blends since 1982. During the impressive 30-year stretch the book has been a blend “bible” of sorts for the Toranos, and many of their successful cigar releases over the years were first recorded therein, along with many other […]
Among the many samples that made their way back from IPCPR in Las Vegas this year were a few sticks of Nino Vasquez‘s new Cuban Stout Habano blend. These reasonably-priced big-ring smokes are handmade from Nicaraguan ligero binder and filler tobaccos farmed by the Oliva family and an Ecuadorian Sun-grown Habano wrapper leaf. For today’s […]
G.R. Tabacaleras Co. Cigar Factory announces the release of George Rico S.T.K. Miami “American Puro”. Miami, Florida, June 26, 2013 – G.R. Tabacaleras Co. Cigar Factory of Little Havana, announces the release of the George Rico Miami “American Puro” cigar. This will be Rico’s first release from his new George Rico S.T.K. Miami line, made […]
The third line in Gurkha’s East India Trading portfolio following the Wicked Indie and Red Witch, Rogue is comprised of an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, an unspecified rare Ecuadorian binder leaf, and 3-year aged ligero fillers from the Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Having enjoyed the previous East India Trading releases I was looking forward to […]
The follow-up to Pete Johnson’s debut release under the L’Atelier Imports umbrella, the L’Atelier Maduro is an entirely different animal than its predecessor. Well, almost. It still contains the Ecuadorian Sancti Spiritus tobacco used for the wrapper on the original L’Atelier, but here it finds a new role, along with some Nicaraguan Sancti Spiritus, as […]