Featured Cigars - June 2017

Ramon Bueso is a name that you may or may not have heard of that has recently taken the industry by storm, but that doesn’t mean that you haven’t smoked his wonderfully created cigars. Bueso started in this industry over 40 years ago as a tobacco grower where his family’s land was the first tobacco farm in Honduras. At the ripe age of 15 he became a cigar roller, eventually evolving into factory supervisor at the famous Villazon factory which...

The Duran cigar line was created by Roberto Pelayo Duran – not to be confused with boxing legend Roberto “no mas” Duran or any member of the band Duran Duran – an expatriate whose cigar industry lineage can be traced back to 1928. Wanting to start his own brand, Roberto recruited some of the best and most respected Cuban master blenders and farmers to bring Cuban style cigars to the United States market. Handmade in Nicaragua, the Duran...

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. This is precisely why Camacho makers Christian and Julio Eiroa have developed such a loyal cult-like following. As the band at the foot of your cigar notes, Camacho dates to 1962. That was the year Julio Eiroa, exiled to Honduras...

Nat Sherman offers enough variety in its impressive roster of blends and sizes to keep one trying new cigars for months on end! Hobart is a part of their “Host” series that has a rustic aroma as well as solid, mild-to-medium strength flavor. It is a super-smooth handmade cigar, rolled with an Ecuadorian Connecticut shade wrapper and Honduran long leaves as binder and filler. Nat Sherman cigars have a rich history (not to mention their rich...

Alec Bradley took five years to create the Mundial as the timing was never just right, but it was worth it. Meaning ‘world’ in Spanish, the Mundial was launched at the 2013 IPCPR (International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association) Trade Show and Alec Bradley took the word launch seriously. Right before the trade show, they launched the cigars literally into the stratosphere! You can watch the video of the launch on their...

Something wicked this way comes… The Diesel Wicked is back, but just for a limited time and we were lucky enough to get just enough for our members! Having one of the best reputations in the business, Diesel cigars continue to impress. The Diesel Wicked is hand rolled in Nicaragua and is produced in extremely limited quantities due to the rare tobaccos that are used including the jaw-dropping, dark, thick, oily, and dazzling Broadleaf maduro...

The CAO Extreme is not messing around. At first glance you’ll notice the oversized band and upon further inspection it will tell you everything you need to know about this one-of-a-kind powerhouse. It starts with a hearty blend of long-leaf ligeros from Honduras and Nicaragua with a dash of La Entradas long-fillers that is secured by a spicy Nicaraguan binder. This monster is finished off with a rich, dark, and oily Ecuadorian Habano ligero...

Meaning ‘the friendship’ in Spanish, this is one of the more full-bodied cigars to come out of Hoyo de Monterrey and is a collaboration from General Cigar and legendary cigar maker and farmer A.J. Fernandez. Hailing from Nicaragua, this limited-edition cigar is hand rolled at A.J.’s own factory, Tabacalera A.J. Fernandez Cigars de Nicaragua. This bold blend features tobaccos from not one, not two, but from four different growing regions in...

Known also for their exquisite vodka, Hammer & Sickle cigars are one of the fastest growing boutique brands in the cigar industry after launching in 2010. Creator Eric Hanson adopted the symbol of Russia as the cigar’s logo but points out that it does not represent the Soviet Union but symbolizes Russia’s industrial north and agrarian south and is a heritage symbol and not political. The Tradicion cigar you have in your shipment today embarks...