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...
Don Lucas Issues a 20th Anniversary Cigar
Twenty years is long enough to establish a track record of success and at the 2014 IPCPR Don Lucas issued a cigar to commemorate its 20th anniversary in the industry. Not surprisingly, it is called the 20th Anniversary, is a limited production cigar and they gave me a 5 ¾ X 54 toro to review. The 20th Anniversary is a Dominican puro with a nice, dark wrapper. It was slightly veiny but not...
