Battleground Cigars Presidential Offering – the Lincoln
Battleground Cigars is a boutique cigar operation based in Connecticut. When we think of cigars and Connecticut, the very popular shade tobacco immediately comes to mind. Combining battleground and Connecticut brings forth the revolutionary war, yet Battleground Cigars is focused upon the Civil War because one of its prominent citizens and businesses played an important role in that war....
Crave the Clave from Cordoba & Morales
Cordoba & Morales are known for continuing the Cuban traditions in cigar making. At the 2014 IPCPR they provided us with a sample of their Clave Cubana Etiqueta Blanca (white label), whose production is limited to 1,000 boxes. The Clave comes in 3 vitolas (robusto, toro and toro gordo) and our sample was the toro, a 6 X 54 box pressed cigar. The clave is a musical instrument – a pair of...
Montecristo’s Monte – My “Go To” Cigar
Altadis is behind a number of well-known brands such as H Upman, Romeo y Julieta, Saint Luis Rey and Montecristo. However, Altadis is also the exclusive seller of luxury Cuban cigars worldwide handling Cohiba, Davidoff, Partagas and Hoyo de Monterrey. I have smoked all of them. This is a company that knows quality cigars and in 2013 I had the pleasure of reviewing the introduction of the...
Chapter 4 in Gloria Cubana’s Series
General Cigar’s La Gloria Cubana previously released Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 competing cigars. At the 2014 IPCPR La Gloria placed Chapters 3 and 4 into their own competition – Chapter 3 is made in the Dominican Republic and Chapter 4 in the Honduras – and we were provided with a sample of Chapter 4 to review. We previously reviewed Chapter 3 Chapter 4 is an 8 X 52 dark Churchill size...
Chapter 3 in Gloria Cubana’s Series
General Cigar’s La Gloria Cubana previously released Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 competing cigars. At the 2014 IPCPR La Gloria placed Chapters 3 and 4 into their own competition – Chapter 3 is made in the Dominican Republic and Chapter 4 in the Hondura – and we were provided with a sample of Chapter 3 to review. Chapter 3 is an 8 X 52 dark Churchill size cigar with a filler blend of...
La Sirena’s King Poseidon – the Mermaid’s Cigar
La Sirena (the Mermaid) has been on the market for about 6 years and has grown from the original blend to 4 blends – Original, Merlion, Oceano and Old School. And the brand split off from Miami Cigar to be owned by Arielle Ditkowich, its founder. I expect Arielle is the beautiful mermaid prominently displayed on La Sirena’s website. I try to visit as many booths as possible at the IPCPR and...
