This past weekend we had Jeremy Soares as a guest on The Cigar Authority Podcast, and during the course of the show we smoked two cigars from the My Father portfolio, one of which was the La Antiguedad Toro. According to their website, “La Antiguedad (The Antiquity) is the Garcia’s second project to be developed after the mega success of Flor de las Antillas, in which they will once again embrace the authenticity and historic […]
Today at work we are a little short-handed so I had to reach into my humidor to smoke something small. Being that we smoked the Hirochi Robaina on The Cigar Authority radio show yesterday, I decided to smoke something that my friend Lawrence was kind enough to send us. Check out the show, and see how we raved about the HR cigar. According to the Cubanacan website their tale begins in the rich tobacco history of […]
Back at the IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas this past summer the Nestor Miranda Collection was officially unveiled by Miami Cigar & Company. We reviewed the Connecticut and Maduro version of this cigar and today we take a look at the Habano. The cigars are made at the My Father Factory in Esteli, Nicagua with whom Nestor Miranda has a long relationship. Cigar: Nestor Miranda Collection Size: 4.5 x 50 (Robusto) Wrapper: Habano Binder: Nicaragua Filler: Nicaragua, Brazil, Honduras Strength: Medium […]
The cigar I have been most looking forward to smoking since hearing about it just before the IPCPR Trade Show is the Aging Room Bin No. 1. Made by Rafael Nodal, the Aging Room is a line of cigars that has gotten a lot of deserved notoriety lately. This past year they had the No. 1 available cigar in the USA according to Cigar Aficionado. Well they have arrived at my home shop, and site sponsor 2guyscigars.com […]
The latest cigar from Altadis USA is the Monecristo Espada. All the tobacco used in this blend comes from the farms of Nestor Plasencia in Nicaragua. The Espada is a collaboration between Plasencia and the Altadis blending team, known as the Grupo de Maestros. The cigars come packaged in 10 count Suede boxes and the word Espada means sword which is a reference to the rapier found on the Montecristo logo. The tobaccos come from Esteli, Jalapa and Ometepe. […]
As featured on The Cigar Authority Radio Show…. Limited Edition cigars. Do you love them or hate them let us know in the comments. For me it is love/hate. If the cigar is something I am crazy about, then I hate the fact that I can’t get them any more. Las Calaveras from Crowned Heads comes out of the My Father factory in Esteli, Nicaragua and is limited to 1,000 boxes per size of which there […]