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NICARAGUAN STRONG GETS BIGGER WITH ANTAÑO BIG BULL 760 We dare you to take the bull by the horns and try our newest addition to the Antaño powerhouse! Estelí-Joya de Nicaragua, maker of the authentic Nicaraguan puro, is introducing a new vitola for its popular brand Antaño 1970 at this year’s IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas. Antaño Big Bull 760 is a 7 x 60 cigar and is predicted to...
News & Notes
There are so many happenings around the cigar world now as we lead up to the industry trade show. This year IPCPR will be held in Las Vegas from July 13-17. We will be providing immediate coverage and reports from the show. Anyone who is in Las Vegas and would like to join us for a cigar one evening during the show, please contact us here. Just let us know how to get in touch. Oliva to...
Placeres Reserva – A Nice Smoke
For today’s cigar I am reviewing something that is relatively new. Kuuts, a distributor of hand made cigars, has established a presence in Miami and will be distributing cigars from a factory in Danli, Honduras. Recently, they sent out a series of review samples of three cigars. This is the first. Often times, I am skeptical of unknown cigars that come without recommendation, but,...
Father and Son, A Wonderful Candy Stripe
Good things come with experience. And good things come from passion. When you combine experience and passion you get Father and Son cigars. Rolando Reyes, Sr. inspired his son for a lifetime. Since he has passed, Rolando Reyes, Jr. continues the tradition. Father and Son cigars is the culmination of the experience of Senior and the ongoing passion and enthusiasm of Junior. All brought...
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Toraño Family’s Blend D-042 from the Vault Now Ready Fourth-generation cigar and tobacco producers, Toraño Family Cigar Company, has introduced its second Vault premium cigar. The new handmade Blend D-042 joins the top-rated Vault Blend A-008 which was launched in 2011. This latest “Blend from the Vault” combines select Central American tobaccos, but with an unusual...
