Today I am reviewing the A. Fuente Cuban Belicoso. The Cuban Belicoso is, for A Fuente, a fairly full body offering. The Fuente Family makes several well known smokes including the Hemingway Short Story, Diamond Crown, Anejo Reserva, and the Opus X. The Fuente Family is also known for the charity work they have done, [...]

El Tiante is a new rising cigar brand from the Tiant Cigar Group. It was founded by Daniel Tiant & Mike Bellody and is based off Dan’s father’s taste. Dan’s father is Luis Tiant, the Legendary “El Tiante” MLB pro pitcher who played for the Red Sox and then the Yankees. The blends were designed [...]

Nat Sherman is certainly a well known name in cigars and a piece of New York history. Recently Nat Sherman took back the distribution of their brands and hired Michael Herklots to help manage their brands and retail operations. One of the steps Herklots has taken to widen the appeal of Nat Sherman cigars was [...]

The Rocky Patel Edicion Unica was released to commemorate the 2011Honduran cigar festival, Humo Jaguar. The Rocky Patel Edicion Unica is a Honduran puro which is a requirement to participate in the Humo Jaguar festival. This cigar was the 15th release from Rocky Patel in 2011 and only 50,000 cigars were released. You can keep [...]

Today I am reviewing a cigar that comes with a lot of heritage and history. It has been 167 years since the start of Partagas. The brand is, without a doubt, one of the most well known and popular lines of cigars in production. Partagas 1845 features an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper, a first for a Partagas [...]

La Flor Dominicana has come out with a lot of impressive offerings over time. One of the most creative innovations La Flor Dominicana has created is the Chisel. The chisel offers the smoker several options when cutting, all of which can effect the flavor, and the experience, in different ways. For this review I am [...]

4 Years ago Barry Stein created the blog A Cigar Smoker’s Journal, and his first review was the Nub Cameroon. You can check out that first review which started it all right here. A lot has changed since then, the way reviews are done, the number of people reading them, and now even the person [...]

Today I am reviewing the Ashton Classic. Ashton is one of the names in the cigar industry that is strongly associated with quality. All of their offerings are simply phenomenal from the San Cristobal to the VSG. The Ashton Classic is their mild Connecticut offering, which is made in conjunction with the Fuente family. The [...]

Recently, I dropped by the Nat Sherman Flag Ship store on 42nd street. It was my first trip down there. Barry, the original cigar smoker, has visited several times and you can read about one of the trips here. The flagship store certainly is a beauty, well appointed, and very comfortable. You feel right at [...]

Recently I did a review of the C&C Corojo which you can read here. C & C Cigars is run by Joe Chuisano but his history comes from the Cusano Cigar Company started by his brother Mike Chuisano over a decade ago. Cusano cigars gained a great reputation for value priced everyday cigars and also [...]

Eddie Ortega left EO Brands at the end of January to create his own company, Ortega Cigars (we covered in this post here). He hit the ground running quickly and release his first line of cigars, the Ortega Serie D to an initial 80 cigar shops throughout the US. Today I am reviewing the Ortega [...]

Recently My Father Cigars released a new cigar exclusive to New England. It is called the Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Connecticut New England Edition. The new cigar uses the same wrapper as the Jaime Garcia Limited Edition 2011, and used the same blend as the regular Jaime garcia Reserva Especial which I have reviewed here. [...]

Today I am reviewing the Estilo Cubano by Ventura Cigars, and pairing it with a Keurig Starbucks Sumatra Dark coffee. Ventura Cigars is a new company owned by Kretek Innternational and has made a splash with their lines the Estilo Cubano, Pura Sangre, and Las Ramblas. Also today marks the first contest of A Cigar [...]

Today I am reviewing the Habano Clasico by Rodrigo Cigars. The story behind Rodrigo cigars is quite an interesting one, it is one of a “classic destiny, and a classic smoke.” You can read the entire story on their site here, it is not too long, and very enjoyable. The Habano Clasico is Rodrigo Cigars [...]