Cremo Classic – A Pleasant Smoke
What can you say about a cigar company that was one of the premier brands at the turn of the century? Well, if you’ve never heard of Cremo, you might ask , which century? And the answer to that would be the 20th century. This is a brand that was one of the top selling cigars in the Untied States in the early 1900s. There was a factory in New York and sales were very high. Over the...
Sentinel’s Honor Offering
Most cigar businesses are started by a combination of profit motives, industry knowledge/exposure or just plain love of the product. Sentinel Cigars is slightly different in that its primary motive is to provide funds for a worthy cause – the Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation. This foundation provides housing, tuition assistance and mentorship to severely wounded retired U.S....
Loose Canon 1206 – Right on Target
From the same guys who brought us the well regarded C&C Corojo, we now get the Loose Canon. This is a box pressed Sumatran available in 5 sizes and packed in boxes of twenty. I had the opportunity to talk to these guys at the recent trade show and they were overwhelmed by the success of last year’s release. But, having put that aside they were very interested in establishing...
Sam Leccia is Back
You may remember Sam Leccia as one of the creators of the Studio Tobac Line. He was the driving force behind the Nub and Cain creations for Oliva. Since stepping away from that endeavor he has been out of the business. Now, he makes his triumphant return with the Black and White line distributed by Torano Cigars. I met Leccia at the recent trade show and he is a humble man filled with a...
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,...
Oliveros Sun Grown Gem
Oliveros is a cigar company that is working hard to accomplish its goals. They want to provide the market with both a traditional cigar as well as doing some more edgy things. Rafael Nodal, who runs the company, has managed that quite nicely. He segregates his more traditional offerings into the Oliveros brand and uses his Boutique Blends with the SWAG and Aging Room front marks for his...
