Category: Cigar Reviews

Most cigar companies wait for the big milestones before rolling out an anniversary cigar. Not Room101. Matt Booth has turned the brand’s birthday into an almost annual tradition, with nearly every year getting its own unique Anniversary release. The latest is the limited Room101 17th Anniversary, made in collaboration with AJ Fernandez. Rather than revisiting the same blend year after year, Room101 creates an entirely new cigar for each Anniversary

Davidoff has announced the launch of the Boutique Selection. This is a new permanent, ongoing limited production line available exclusively at the Davidoff of Geneva since 1911 flagship stores in Geneva, Hong Kong, and New York’s Madison Avenue. There are three distinct blends, one for each of the flagship stores. Davidoff developed these blends in collaboration with each store as an expression of each location. “The Boutique Selection represents something

Today we review the Domain Entropy in the Corona Heritage Cabinet size. This is a line extension to the Domain Entropy line that was introduced in 2026. The Corona Heritage Cabinet is more than just a 5 x 42 line extension to the Entropy. For this size, Domain uses a unique packing technique, different from the traditional wet packing of cigars from the rolling table. Instead, it sorts the cigars

What if you owned your own cigar shop… and every inch of humidor space was yours to control? The Humidor Challenge returns on this episode of Smoke Night LIVE! William “Cigar Coop” Cooper, Johnny “Smokes Uncut” Remer, and Rob Blumenthal of Tradecraft Cigars each take on the challenge of building their ultimate cigar shop humidor from scratch. Every selection matters as they fight for the perfect mix of brands, crowd

Avowed Awakening Today we review Avowed Cigars’ Awakening. Andrew Considine and Dave West founded Avowed Cigars. Both Considine and West have a long-standing association with Small Batch Cigars, an online retailer based in California. Inspired by their retail experience, they decided to venture into manufacturing. In February 2025, the duo officially launched Avowed Cigars. To produce their cigars, Avowed worked with Klaas Kelner. Klaas is the son of legendary blender

El Mago Cigars has announced a new limited edition release called The Offender & The Defender, a two-cigar project that will only be sold as a paired set. Rather than offering the cigars individually, each release includes one box of The Offender and one box of The Defender, with each blend designed to complement the other. According to the company, the concept is based on the pairing of a sword

Fratello Puro 1821 Dominican Republic Today, we are reviewing the Fratello Puro 1821 from the Dominican Republic. We have been covering Fratello Cigars since the company was launched in 2013. Fratello primarily produces its cigars at Joya de Nicaragua in Nicaragua and La Aurora in the Dominican Republic. There are several common threads between these two locations. First, both Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic are leading cigar-producing countries. Second, Joya

In September 2025, we hosted a media panel focused on cigar events. I noticed that a concerning number of these events were failing, so I aimed to highlight what constitutes a successful cigar event, as well as the reasons why some events do not succeed. The discussion was enlightening for me. However, it still did not clarify just why so many cigar events flop. For about the past 11 months,

Diesel Uncaged, a new regular-production offering under the Diesel Cigars brand, has been introduced by Forged Cigars. This is a three-vitola line priced between $6.29 and $7.39 per cigar. As with all Diesel Cigars, Uncaged comes from Nicaragua and is produced by AJ Fernandez. The cigar features a Habano Criollo wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and filler tobaccos. Presented in 20-count boxes, Uncaged comes in three sizes: Robusto (5.5 x 52),

On Prime Time Jukebox Episode 192 Dave and Coop hold a draft to select members for to build their own fantasy bands. It’s very simple, much like putting together a fantasy football team, we put together a roster for a band. There are four categories we will draft members for: Rock Band All-Female Band Funk/Disco Band Wildcard Band – anything goes On this show, Dave smokes the Black Works Studio