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Operation Cigar Liberty – Part II The Traditional Cigar Manufacturing & Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2013 is now H.R. 792   On December 21, 2012, the President’s Administration again noted its intent to bring cigars under the domain of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. The threat is real. Between April 2010...

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OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE: Ezra Zion Cigar Company, recipients of multiple Cigar of the Year Awards for 2012, are re-branding their inaugural cigar release, INCEPTION. The name of the blend will be changed to JAMAIS VU. Chris Kelly explains, “After being cleared for use by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, we went into furious production on...

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Drew Estate MUWAT Digital Son 6 Size: Corona (5 ” x 42) Wrapper: Mexican-San Andres Binder: Conneticut Shade Filler: Brazilian Mata-Fina, Nicaraguan Strength: Medium-Full Price:  $6.95 Grade: 9.1 At the end of last year Cigar-Coop.com and LeafandGrape.com broke the news of a line extension to the popular My Uzi Weighs a Ton (MUWAT) joint collaboration...

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Quesada Heisenberg Corneta Cuadrada Size: Corneta Cuadrada (5 3/4″ x 44/48/55) Wrapper: N/A Binder: N/A Filler: N/A Strength: Medium Click here to buy now Price:  $6.95 MSRP Hang tight readers, in the spirit of the Heisenberg Principle, we are going to “Embrace Uncertainty” and change things up just a little on this review! The Heisenberg,...

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1502 Black Gold Toro Size: Toro (6 ” x 50) Wrapper: Sun Grown Maduro Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Strength: Medium-Full Price:  Unknown (Samples provided by Emilio Cigars, distributor of 1502, various web reports suggest a $6-$8 range) Grade: 8.6 A little while ago I received a package of cigars from Gary Griffith, head honcho and leader of the...

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Abe from Smoke Inn just posted a photo on both his Facebook and Twitter accounts of a bundle of mystery cigars.  According to the caption, these sticks are a future Smoke Inn Microblend in the works. While details about the cigar have not been leaked, based on what we could see on the label, Abe is teaming up with the folks at SAG Imports at the MATASA Factory...

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Hispaniola Cigars Announces the Release of Turei Cigars Heaven on Earth January 21st, 2013—The Taino aborigines of the Dominican Republic attributed spiritual qualities to smoking tobacco during their ancient rituals. It was believed that smoking the tobacco leaf would elevate them to “Turei,” translated literally as “Heaven.”...

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La Flor Dominicana Oro Maduro Tubo No. 6 Size: Toro (6″ x 54) Wrapper: Nicaraguan Habano Maduro Binder: Dominican Filler: Dominican Strength: Full Price: $13 MSRP Grade: 8.9 When I wrote my review of the La Flor Dominicana LG Diez Chisel last year I mentioned that I don’t always smoke Dominican cigars, however La Flor is one of those brands that...

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Emilio Cigars La Musa Mousa Torpedo Size: Torpedo (6 1/2 ” x 52) Wrapper: Habano Rosado Binder: Nicaraguan Filler: Nicaraguan Strength: Medium-Full Price: $8.75 MSRP My interest in Emilio cigars began, like so many others, in reading a lot of the published reviews that were emerging in 2011 regarding Gary Griffith’s young company. Unfortunately,...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, JANUARY 15th 2013 MATT BOOTH & SMOKE INN MAKE BASTARD CHILD! West Palm Beach, Florida – In a continuing effort to create limited runs of premium cigars blended by the industry’s top manufacturers, Smoke Inn Cigars of South Florida proudly presents its sixth installment of their MicroBlend Series™,Room101 Big Delicious™. The...

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The Quesada Blender’s sampler is designed as a new method of getting feedback on new blends. The sampler contains 8 cigars: 2 Quesada Jalapa Robustos, 2 Quesada España Robustos, 2 Quesada Tributo Julios, and 2 sample cigars of an unreleased blend. The two sample blend cigars are made from tobaccos that we are experimenting with. Our purpose is to find out how...