Macanudo Vintage
General Cigar is a very large producer with over a dozen marks and brands. Yet, they are able to maintain a consistent quality and innovation by letting each of the brand teams work on their own. Macanudo has had an excellent reputation and made an excellent and dependable cigar for years. Using the same box and band style as the Macanudo vintage 97, these cigars should be on the market...
T.L. Johnson – A Very Nice Box Press
Cigar makers are always looking for some way to stand out on the shelf. There are so many sticks vying for the customers attention, it’s hard to get any traction for a new brand. For T.L. Johnson, to stand out from the crowd, an extreme box press was made. Not only did they make a box press, they shipped it in a box press mold. It makes for an interesting conversation piece and it...
Don Cirilo An Evening Companion
Felipe Gregorio has a varied product line. They have many different brands that smokers of all types enjoy. So, I was eagerly anticipating something new from them. This year at the IPCPR show, they released a line called Don Cirilo. The cigar is named after Don Cirilo, Philip Wynne’s, who owns the brand, wife’s great-grandfather who was a tobacco grower in the Dominican...
Aging Room Havao – Time Well Spent
Aging Room is a special place. It is a place where tobacco comes to rest before being made into cigars It is also a place where the cigars rest so that the flavors will meld into a singular cigar. The problem with many of the cigars today is that they are made in large quantity. That’s not necessarily bad, it just means that it is hard to use small quantities of great tobacco for...
CAO Concert
“CAO Concert was inspired by the brand’s roots in Nashville,” commented Ed McKenna, CAO’s senior brand manager. “When listening to music at a concert, or even in your own backyard, it’s a great time to sit back, enjoy a great cigar, and enjoy the people you’re with. That’s what Concert is about.” That’s how the introductory press release reads. For those of you who...
Romeo New Life
Romeo y Julieta have been making cigars for well over 100 years. They are, indeed, a very well known Cuban brand. Since the embargo, this brand has been available in the US market made in the Dominican Republic. The brand is currently owned by giant manufacturer Altadis, and they have several sub brands under the R y J label. The newest is quite a departure from the tradition of Romeo y...
