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Alec Bradley Cigar Co. Announces Fine & Rare BC-(13)4EV

January 24, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
Alec Bradley Cigar Co. has announced that they will be issuing the 11th release of Fine & Rare in April 2022. Originally scheduled to arrive to appointed tobacconists... Read more

Drew Estate Announces New Connecticut Shade Acid 20

January 23, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
In 1999, Drew Estate unleashed ACID cigars onto an unsuspecting premium cigar world, bridging old-world tobacco traditions to new-world innovation with iconic taste and style … placing Brooklyn,... Read more

J.C. Newman Cigar Co. Introduces José Gaspar Cigars

January 19, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
Tampa has two-century-old traditions: Since 1885, Tampa has been known as “Cigar City.” Since 1904, pirates have been invading Tampa and throwing a large festival called Gasparilla. Today,... Read more

Ferio Tego Announces Return of ‘Metropolitan’ Line

January 19, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
Just over one year after the formation of Ferio Tego, LLC and following the successful launches of the Ferio Tego flagship brand and the Ferio Tego Timeless Collection... Read more

United Cigars to Revive “La Mezcla Cubana” Brand at TPE 2022

January 19, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
United Cigars has been on an absolute tear lately with the announcement of their new United States distribution deal with Arnold Andre and the reveal of the Bandolero and David... Read more

Espinosa Announces “Knuckle Sandwich” Project with Guy Fieri

January 19, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
Espinosa Premium Cigars is proud to announce that they have teamed up with restaurateur, Emmy Award-winning TV host and cigar smoker, Guy Fieri, to create his own line of premium... Read more

Spare Notes Series #13: Why Is This On The List??

January 17, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
Brought to you by Drew Estate: The Rebirth of Cigars. This week on Spare Notes, we debut our new theme song snd intro courtesy of Jon Carney. Coop and Matt... Read more

Spare Notes Series #29: Coop Critique’s Matt’s Company Ranking Lists

January 16, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
Brought to you by Drew Estate – This week, Matt and Coop get caught up after a long break during the holidays. After exchanging some general gear grinding on both... Read more

German Engineered Cigars Announces New “Raumzeit” Line

January 15, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
German Engineered Cigars is proud to announce Raumzeit, their second standard blend and the first they developed jointly with master blender Claudio Sgroi. Raumzeit is German for spacetime. The Raumzeit... Read more

Micallef Madness is Back for 2022!

January 15, 2022 By Matthew Tabacco
Micallef Madness is a 32 Team Tournament of Micallef’s top selling cigars. It is run as a prediction challenge, similar to the March Madness festivities for college basketball.... Read more