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...
Oceano Pacific – a Big Cigar From La Sirena
La Sirena Cigars, owned and operated by Arielle Ditkowich, has 4 blends until mid-2014 when it acquired Old School Cigars, known for its Jaxx and Stixx lines. La Sirena appeared at the 2014 IPCPR and provided us with an Oceano Pacific Gran Toro that measured a nice 6 X 65 for testing. The Oceano series has Dominican Criollo Viso and Ligero along with Nicaraguan Viso tobaccos for fillers. 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...
Entrada – THE cigar from Omaha.
In 2013 another cigar retailer launched his own blend of cigars, this time from Omaha Nebraska. The cigars are made in Nicaragua by Casa Fernandez and the cigar is called Entrada (entrance) and the company is called Casa de Entrada. As a retailer, Casa de Entrada makes the cigars for brick and mortar operations only and launched the cigar at the 2014 IPCPR where they gave me a 6 X 60 gordo to...
