Like last year The Angel’s Anvil from Crowned Heads is an exclusive to TAA Retailers. The cigar which is a limited edition is made at Tabacalera La Alianza in the Dominican Republic. The factory which is owned by Ernesto Perez Carrillo made last year’s as well. This year, the cigar is based on the first ever limited edition from Crowned Heads which was the Mule Kick that was produced at the same factory. The cigar is […]
Last week I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ernesto Perez Carrillo who after the rumors we reported you might think he had an axe to grind. However when we asked about those rumours he shrugged it off saying the rumors have been persistent since him and Michael Gianini worked on a project in 2014. I asked him, if he wanted to dismiss the rumour officially on the record and he just smiled as he […]
Today’s stick, EP Carrillo New Wave Reserva was originally introduced at the InterTabac trade show in Dortmund, Germany and after a short run at being an exclusive for Europe it is heading to the states. When Derek Sells, the sales representative for E.P. Carrillo stopped by Two Guys Smoke Shop he handed me a sample of today’s cigar which is something I wanted to try. The Broadleaf binder, over shade wrapper seemed intriguing to me. […]
Bob Moreno announced that he would be leaving EP Carrillo to take a position with La Palina effective November 1st, 2014 via his Facebook page,. Bob Moreno was the Director of Marketing for Xikar, before moving over to EP Carrillo where he was the VP of Sales & Marketing. Both companies have been subject of rumors regarding their future. In regards to his new position at La Palina, Bob Moreno states, “Another chapter ends and […]
Reaching into my humidor of new releases, I pulled out the EP Carrillo La Historia. The cigar was introduced at the 2014 IPCPR and comes in 3 sizes. The box pressed cigar is offered in El Senador (5 3/8 x 52), Doña Elena (6 1/8 x 50) and E-III (6 7/8 x 54). It is the first box pressed cigar offered by EP Carrillo. Cigar: EP Carrillo La Historia Size: Dona Elena (6 1/8 x 50) Wrapper: San Andreas Binder: Ecuador Sumatra Filler: Dominican, […]
The biggest rumor at the trade show is that General Cigar has acquired or is in the process of acquiring EPC Cigars. The story going around the show was that Ernesto Perez Carrillo III didn’t want to be a part of the cigar industry and that his father Ernesto Perez Carrillo is being brought back into the mix at General. When asked about this rumor his response was, “That would be nice, wouldn’t it?” With […]
On today’s show (July 5th, 2014) we took a look at the latest limited editions from Crowned Heads… First up was Las Calaveras a limited edition fully body smoke made at the My Father Cigar Factory in Esteli, Nicaragua. Limited to 3 sizes and 1,000 boxes of each this beauty is almost sold out around the nation. We also review this cigar on the website. Second up was the Angel’s Anvil which is made at Tabacalera […]