On the heels of Wiseman Maduro’s strong following, Foundation Cigar Company adds a Cuban box press Lancero to the line. The product will be released at next month’s IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas. Booth #349. The 7 ½ x 40 Cuban-box-press Lanceros will be available in 13-count boxes and are being produced at TABSA in Esteli, Nicaragua. The MSRP for the cigars will be $13 per cigar and $169, Foundation Cigar Company President and master […]
When you think of My Father Cigars you don’t think of Connecticut wrapped cigars. As a result, today’s cigar is often overlooked on retailers shelves or the company portfolio. I smoked it when it first came out in 2014, but can’t recall smoking since. So today I reached on to the shelf and pulled a couple out for review here on The Cigar Authority. Cigar: My Father Connecticut Wrapper: Ecuador Connecticut Binder: Nicaragua Corojo ’99 Filler: Nicaragua (Habano, Criollo) […]
This week Crowned Heads has released their Four Kicks Maduro Lancero early to members of the Tobacconist Association of America. The TAA is a group of retailers and manufacturers that get together once a year in a mini trade show / convention setting. This year the meeting took place on the Dominican Republic, despite being originally scheduled in Mexico and the violence in the Central American country toward tourists force the group to move. Today’s […]
Rocky Patel Premium Cigars (RPPC) is reviving a pair of brands that debuted on the marketplace more than 10 years ago. OLDE WORLD RESERVE MADURO and OLDE WORLD RESERVE COROJO will be reintroduced at the IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas and will begin shipping to tobacconists in late summer. The rereleases, however, will come with a change. Rocky Patel, president and CEO of RPPC, explains, “I wanted to do something different with these classic […]
This year the Firecracker release comes from Steve Saka’s Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. It’s based off the Mi Querida blend and according to a conversation with Steve Saka, the cigar is front loaded with ligero tobacco for an extra kick giving it an explosive start. This version of the Firecracker follows up versions from My Father Cigars, Tatuaje (M80), La Flor Dominicana, RoMaCraft and Fratello. There is also an ongoing regular release of the Firecracker […]
Today we look at the regular production Firecracker that was part of The Cigar Authority care package. As has become customary we share a more in depth review of one of the cigars we smoked on the show, usually from the care package. On Monday we will be posting our review of the Mi Querida Firecracker. Cigar: Firecracker Wrapper: Corojo Binder: Not Disclosed Filler: Not Disclosed Length: 3″ Filler: 50 Size: Firecracker The Look: While the band of the cigar has some similarities […]
It’s one of the most anticipated Limited Edition releases every summer. As Independence Day inches closer, we unveil the Mi Querida Firecracker which goes on sale at 2GuysCigars.com on June 25th, 2018. To celebrate the great unveil we welcome Steve Saka to show. But first we will light up the ongoing release Corojo Firecracker as we look at the history of the Firecracker. How did it start, and who had made them in the past. […]
Aganorsa Leaf will be offering a perfecto edition of their ultra-premium Aniversario line exclusively to IPCPR attendees. Only 250 boxes of ten cigars of this vitola will be made and retailers will need to visit the Aganorsa Leaf booth to order them. The Perfecto is aa 6 ¼ x 52 perfecto bunched and rolled by hand in Miami using all Aganorsa Leaf tobaccos from Nicaragua. The cigar features a Corojo 99 wrapper with binder and […]
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust (DTT) is debuting it’s much awaited Sin Compromiso series of ultra- premium handmade cigars at the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers 86th Annual Convention in Las Vegas, NV, on July 13th, 2018. “Sin Compromiso is the result of over three years’ of experimental black tobacco harvests in Mexico, Ecuador and Nicaragua and the culmination of my experiences as a cigar blender,” states the founder and Master Ligador, Steve Saka. “The […]
One thing is for certain, the back story for brand names for cigars from Crowned Heads are certainly different. We’ve seen cigars named for a piece of art that is synonymous with the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos, a cigar that draws its name from the band Kings of Leon, a cigar that pulls from Johnny Cash and now a cigar that is inspired by French Cuisine. La Carême is named after Marie Antoine Carême, a chef who […]