Stuck on a Classic Lancero
The lancero vitola is a long and slim cigar measuring 7 x 38. Lancero is Spanish for “lancer”, hence the logic behind the name for this cigar style. Rodrigo Cigars makes a lancero in their Habano Classico line that Rodrigo states follows the best traditions of cigar making. Rodrigo Cigars is known for boutique blends based upon Dominican Republic tobaccos for the binder and filler....
An INCH really is a big deal!
Ernesto Carrillo has a long history with cigars, notably his famous La Gloria Cubano line sold to General Cigars some time ago. In 2009, at the nadir of the great recession Ernesto left General to found EPC Cigar Company along with his son, Ernesto III and daughter, Lissette. During 2012, EPC Cigars launched the INCH series of medium to full bodied cigars with ring sizes of 60, 62 and...
A Quality Gordo Maduro From Erez
Erez Cigars targets their products at the premium segment of the cigar market and uses the internet as its primary sales channel. Their cigars are all hand rolled and sent from the factory direct to the smoker. I met Yaniv Erez at the 2013 IPCPR where he was promoting his brand of Dominican cigars. Yaniv states that the Reyes Family, with over 150 years in the tobacco business, grows the leaf...
Best in Jamaica – Blue Mountain
One of the most sought after products from Jamaica is its Blue Mountain Coffee, world famous for its mild flavor and lack of bitterness. Besides making coffee, these beans are also used as the flavor base for Tia Maria coffee liquor. It is logical then that a Jamaican business man, Marvin Wright, uses the well-known Blue Mountain moniker for his cigars although the sticks are made in Esteli,...
A Cigar For John Wayne!
John Wayne (born Marion Morrison) was “only” 6 feet 4 inches tall but his swagger and voice made him appear bigger than that in the 140+ pictures that he starred in. John was chain smoker of cigarettes but were he to select a cigar today that fits his persona, I would bet on the Troncoso by La Cosecha Cigars. This cigar is a “branch”, not just a stick, made to be a 6 ½ X 70 box...
