Crowned Heads has announced Blood Medicine Limited Edition 2024, a tribute to the company’s hometown of Nashville, TN. Blood Medicine was first launched as an event only cigar with a production of only 6,000 cigars. The cigar would lay dormant until 2022 when it was revived once again as an event only cigar. “To this point, we’ve only utilized ‘Blood Medicine’ as an event-only, gift with purchase cigar. And always in a traditional 5 x […]
Before we light up our Alma del Fuego which means, soul of fire in Spanish we decided to take a look at the company history. The history of the family should make them one of the most well known in the industry. It wasn’t until until 2017 when they launched their own line of cigars did more people know the name, Plasencia. The story began in 1865 when Don Eduardo Plasencia left the Canary Islands in search of […]
The story of Johnny Tobacconaut and Room 101 is full of false starts and premature finishes. Room 101 was born in 2003 by Matt Booth as a jewelry company. In 2009 Matt Booth would hook up with Davidoff in their attempt to get younger and cater to the growing boutique cigar market. In 2017, he would not renew his contract with Davidoff and announced he was leaving the cigar industry. That decision was short lived […]
At the 2023 PCA trade show in Las Vegas, JRE Tobacco the parent company of Aladino showcased two limited edition cigars. The first which was simply known as Aladino Limited Edition featured Cameroon tobacco grown in Honduras and it would hands down be my cigar of the year for 2023. However, by the time I transitioned this website to offer cigar reviews as well as liquor reviews I could not find the cigar for purchase. […]
Looking back throughout the history of cigars the industry hasn’t seen many successful celebrity collaborations. One can make the argument that the Erik Espinosa collaboration with Guy Fieri might be the most successful to date. Originally announced in January of 2022 the cigar would make it’s debut at TPE in Las Vegas the following month. Surprisingly the cigar isn’t made at La Zona, the Erik Espinosa owned factory in Esteli, Nicaragua. Instead the cigar is […]
October marks the 2 year anniversary of Ferio Tego. After coming off a successful summer launch of Ferio Tego Summa, the brand which is available in over 1,000 stores is set to release the 2023 Limited Edition Elegancia and Generoso. The flagship releases of the Ferio Tego brand, Elegancia and Generoso, will arrive in stores October 24th. The 2023 Ferio Tego Elegancia and Generoso are the third annual limited release for the company which debuted […]
My Father Cigars celebrates a milestone with the release of the Don Pepin Garcia 20th Anniversary Limited Edition. It’s hard to believe I was in the cigar industry longer than the brand Don Pepin Garcia was around. I remember when a rep whom I believed was named Glen Gutin came into the store I was a partner in. He was pushing a cigar and said, “This guy is going to change the industry.” We smoked […]
Nestor Miranda Special Selection was originally introduced in 2006 by Miami Cigar & Company. In 2014, the brand would be discontinued as Miami Cigar & Company decided to rebrand to the Nestor Miranda Collection. That new branding was met with mix results leading the company to bring back the Special Selection in 2019 as part of their 30th Anniversary. Cigar Review: Nestor Miranda Special Selection Size: Toro (5.5 x 54) Wrapper: Nicaragua Habano Binder: Nicaragua Criollo ’98 Filler: Nicaragua (Condega, […]