Featured Cigars - March 2013

Named after Shakespeare’s literary masterpiece, Romeo y Julieta has been around for about 138 years with its start in Cuba in 1875. After becoming incredibly popular during the 20th century, they moved to the Dominican Republic due to the Cuban Embargo. Even though most of Romeo y Julieta cigars are still made at the Tabacalera de García factory in the Dominican Republic, some like the Romeo y Julieta Reserve, are made across the...

The Fuego family has been in the cigar business for five generations. Starting out in 1876, they had a leaf growing company in “El Cojoro” farm, Cuba. In 1995, the Fuego family packed their bags, headed to Central America and started making cigars for other companies. When 2006 came around, Jesus Fuego launched “Tobaccos S.A.” with their first release of the “J. Fuego” brand. The J. Fuego Corojo Oscuro is one tasty cigar, blended with a...

We love when a new cigar comes our way; we love it even more when it’s packed with flavor and the construction is flawless. The Varina Farms Breakfast Blend is just that, brand new, packed with flavor, and just looks awesome. Debuting about four months ago, the first thing that you will notice with this cigar is the beautiful custom tissue wrapper that not only helps to protect the cigar but also adds that extra something. The Varina Farms...

For cigar aficionados, the Camacho brand is synonymous with “full”—as in full-bodied, full-flavored, and full of character. Their blends usually promise a powerful well-balanced smoke brimming with aromatic flavor. The Camacho Corojo Limited is no different, and by using their flagship brand and adding a new wrapper that is grown and aged longer than most we have one powerful cigar. You may have noticed the words “Quinto Corte” on the...

The Felipe Gregorio line of cigars is beloved the world over. Founder Philip Wynne was born and raised in Switzerland. After graduating from college and working a number of years in the Middle East selling helicopters, he decided to start his own cigar business in 1988. Because he grew up in Europe where Cuban cigars were legal, when he decided to get into the cigar business, the haunting flavors of all the Cuban cigars smoked in his youth...