My Father Cigars recently shipped their newest creation to retailers, Flor De Las Antillas. The Flor De Las Antillas seems to be to me part of an effort to fill the few niches in the My Father Cigars lineup. This, to me, is evidenced by the fact that they also recently released the Jaime Garcia [...]
PDR may only be 8 years old as a company, but the factory has been running for ten times that time. In the last 8 years Pinar Del Rio has really started to make a name for themselves. The Small Batch Reserve Habano and Maduro are both fantastic smokes, and now the Flores y Rodriguez [...]
The Los Blancos Cigar Company was founded in the USA in 1998 and is now operating as Blanco Cigars. The family has a history in the industry which can be traced back to Pinar del Rio province of Cuba. Their cousins are the Plasencias, whose roots are also found in the same region and run [...]
Altadis USA is holding a contest for the release of the new Romeo by Romeo y Julieta. All you have to do is take a photo of you smoking the new cigar and post it to The Cigar Life Facebook page to enter. Full details here: May 11, 2012 We are extremely excited [...]
A few months ago Altadis announced they were adding another chapter to a timeless love story, ROMEO by Romeo y Julieta. Romeo Y Julieta is one of the oldest, and most well known cigar brands, Romeo takes a bold twist on this classic line. Altadis has launched a nationwide series of events to promote the [...]
Popular Cigar Review Blog G.C. Puffs has announced a change of leadership effective immediately. The press release follows. This week at www.gcpuffs.com sees change. Starting this week, Joe Di Eduardo takes over as site and content manager for GCPuffs as well as being a lead reviewer. I can’t think of anyone more suited for the [...]
The most recent release of the Q d’etat line from SAG is the Howitzer. Released in the first week of May, they are starting to show up on shelves at your local tobacconists. They are packed in cabinets of ten and only 1,000 boxes were produced. Each box includes a card to sign up for [...]
Today I am reviewing the Rocky Patel Burn Special Reserve. Burn was recently released and is a special blend called Burn Special Reserve just for his exclusive store sponsored lounges. We did a press release about this which you can read here. The name Burn comes from his ultra cigar lounge concept. Rocky Patel opened [...]
Rocky is releasing a special blend called Burn Special Reserve just for his exclusive store sponsored lounges. The name Burn comes from his ultra cigar lounge concept. Rocky Patel opened his Burn Lounge in Naples Florida in November 2010 and has plans to open more at locations on at least two continents. The theme [...]
Today I am reviewing the A Fuente Solaris which is an exclusive line made for Smoke Inn by the Fuente Family. Cigar Inn has the following information posted on their site about the Solaris: For this Microblend installment Smoke Inn played no part in the creation of the size or blend. When Smoke Inn Proprietor [...]
Newest My Father Lounge Silo Cigars, Inc. is pleased to have been named the latest My Father Cigars Lounge! We at Silo have had a long relationship with the Garcia family (Since 2007) and are very excited about this new level of commitment. We are expecting the new My Father Lounge Cigar to be [...]
General Cigar Co. is giving away a box of Hoyo de Monterrey Reposado en Cedros every day till July 31st. Maybe you were promoted at work. Maybe you just completed another day. Either way, it’s a moment that deserves to be marked with a quality cigar. Hoyo de Monterrey is the premium cigar with the everyday [...]
Miami, Florida – May 04, 2012 – In what one can term a Beauty & The Beast; La Sirena and La Aurora have teamed up to create a new cigar, Merlion. The name Merlion comes from a mythical creature that is half lion and half mermaid, the perfect fit for La Sirena and La Aurora. [...]
CAO launched a program to feature a new CAO blend called Last Stick Standing for May 2012, the press release is here. The concept behind LSS is for consumers to be involved in the process of choosing a new blend of CAO cigars to be released. With the purchase of seven CAO cigars, the customer [...]
