When your cigar company is named after the Cayman Islands, it only makes sense to name a cigar after one of the islands’ most famous residents: the tortuga. Tortuga is the Spanish word for turtle or tortoise, so it’s a generic term for the roughly five species of turtles who make the Cayman Islands their home. The animals are so plentiful that Christopher Columbus originally dubbed the Cayman Islands as
Today, we announce the contest winner of our Drew Estate Herrera Estelí Prize Pack. This includes the following: The prize pack includes: Herrera Esteli Domino Set Herrera Esteli Bandana Herrera Esteli Notepad Herrera Esteli Bottle Opener Drew Estate Spray Can Lighter (Not Used) You can watch the drawing in the embedded video below! Thanks to Altadis U.S.A., and thanks to everyone who entered!
Around Thanksgiving, RoMa Craft Tobac will release a new sampler full of toros, two of which will be new. The El Catador de los Gran Toros follows in a long line of El Catador samplers for RoMa Craft. As it has done in the past, these samplers will contain each of the company’s blends in a single vitola. This time it’s the 6 x 54 toro extra vitola. Last year, RoMa
On Prime Time Episode 378, we are proud to welcome Craig Cunningham and Christopher Mey from Esteban Carreras as our special guest. It’s the first time we’ve had Esteban Carreras on our show, and this has been a long-time coming. Founded by Craig Cunningham, Esteban Carreras is a vertically integrated operation making some really good cigars. Recently Christopher has joined Craig from Rocky Patel to head up his international business.
The two newest cigars from Liga Tridente, the brand started by entertainer Marlon Wayans, have begun arriving at retailers across the country. The first new release is the Liga Tridente Rosado Churchill, a 7 x 46 vitola which uses a rosado oscuro wrapper, a criollo 98 binder, and fillers from Colombia alongside a habano-seed varietal. Other than disclosing the Colombian tobacco in the filler, the origins of the other tobacco
Alec Bradley Do Not Disturb (DND) Toro Today, we are reviewing the Alec Bradley Do Not Disturb (DND) in the Toro size. In 2023, Alec Bradley was acquired by Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) and integrated into the Forged Cigar Company portfolio. By no means has STG allowed this brand to lie dormant; instead, they have been actively collaborating with some new factories to produce Alec Bradley-branded cigars. In 2025, we
Six cigar manufacturers joined forces earlier this month for a fundraising event benefiting Cigar Rights of America (CRA), raising more than $228,000 for the consumer advocacy organization. Held June 10 at Tamarack Country Club in Greenwich, Connecticut, the Titans of Tobacco event was organized by The Tobacconist of Greenwich and drew approximately 300 attendees from across the country. According to the retailer, the evening generated $228,350 through a live auction
The Matilde Serena line has a new vitola, the blend’s smallest size to date. It’s the Matilde Serena Perla, a 4 x 40 petit corona. The Serena is a regular production line that debuted a decade ago. It uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut-seed wrapper over a Dominican binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. The cigars are rolled at Tabacalera Palma in the Dominican Republic. While the Perla will
What do Wimbledon and New Orleans have in common? If you’ve ever been to either, you know it’s the Pimm’s Cup, an iconic summer drink hailing from the United Kingdom. But you might not know that the Pimm’s is just the most well-known example of a category of cocktails called the Fruit Cup or Summer Cup. As the name implies, this type of drink is perfect for hot days when
Arturo Fuente Cigar Club, the luxury cigar lounge co-owned by Carlos “Carlito” Fuente and Ciro Cascella, celebrated its 30th anniversary this past week. The first Arturo Fuente Cigar Club opened in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, back in June of 1996. At the time, a concept like this was almost unheard of. While today we see the Dominican Republic as a destination for cigars, it was not always so. “Think about this young