The SAGA Continues With Blend No. 7
Corporation Cigar Export (CCE) is operated by the Reyes family where the current fifth and sixth generations maintain their tradition of making high quality cigars. CCE makes one of my favorite cigars, the Gigante of the Don Julio Punta Espada series. CCE launched a new series called Saga at the 2014 IPCPR and I previously reviewed (and liked) the new Saga Golden Age. The remaining 2014 Saga...
Saga Enters the Golden Age with Its New Launch
Corporation Cigar Export (CCE) used the 2014 IPCPR to launch its new Saga series of blends. CCE is operated by the Reyes family where the current fifth and sixth generations maintain their tradition of making high quality cigars. The new blend I was offered to review is called the Golden Age – a Dominican puro designed to be a full bodied cigar “much like the ones they used to smoke in the...
Pancho Villa Cigar is Truly a Shot in the Dark
The annual IPCPR gathering gives very good exposure to new brands and product introductions. At the 2014 IPCPR in Las Vegas, USA Sales inc. had a booth and introduced several new cigars, one of which is a 6.5 X 52 torpedo called Pancho Villa. This cigar has Dominican filler and binder wrapped by Ecuadorian Connecticut tobacco. I was given the Pancho Villa to review. The Pancho was firm, average...
Integrity at Table 36
It’s hard to keep in mind all of the different cigars that we hear about and smoke over the course of a busy life. While I was recently reminded that we had met the folks from Table 36 a couple of years ago, I recently smoked one of their new release cigars from the integrity line. When I first inspected the Integrity Robusto, it was very appealing. It had a nice oily feel. But, it...
The Baron of Kings Cigars
Kings Cigars began in 2010 but appears to have released their first cigars to much success at the 2013 IPCPR. They returned to IPCPR in 2014 to release additional blends and sizes. Kings has a factory in Estelí, Nicaragua and Santiago, Dominican Republic. The theme behind the Company’s name is to provide a “taste of royalty” in the blends it creates. I met with Pete Tyndale, King’s...
In Vegas, Bet on Vato Cigars!
Everything is special in Las Vegas and cigar smoking is no different. A husband and wife team, Paul and Sara Vato, convinced Binion’s Casino to lease them space to open their own cigar operation. The Vato’s offer 4 of their own different blends in a large variety of shapes (a baseball bat?) and sizes in addition to more traditional national brands. And, if you don’t trust your luck at the...
