Category: Cigar Reviews

General Cigar Company has announced the return of the CAO Amazon Basin Daggers for 2026. Introduced in 2025, the Amazon Basin Dagger is a limited-edition that brings the brand’s popular Amazon Basin blend into a compact 4 x 38 format. The blend uses an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper and a Nicaraguan binder. The fillers consist of Dominican, Colombian, and the signature low-yield Brazilian Bragança tobaccos found on the full-size Amazon Basin.

Forged Cigar Company has added a Salomon size to the La Gloria Cubana Los Gloriosos as an event-only cigar. Los Gloriosos is a project that reunited Ernesto Perez-Carrillo with the La Gloria Cubana brand, which he sold to Forged’s parent company, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG). According to STG, the Salomon is a size Perez-Carrillo has an affinity for, but has rarely produced. The Salomon measures 6 3/4 x 63. It

La Gloria Cubana is expanding its Los Gloriosos line with a new event-exclusive offering created in collaboration with Ernesto Perez-Carrillo. Known as Los Gloriosos Exclusivo, the cigar features the same blend as the regular Los Gloriosos release but is presented in a 6¾” x 63 Salomon vitola. According to the company, Perez-Carrillo has long favored the shape, though he has produced relatively few Salomon cigars throughout his career. The

CAO is set to bring back Amazon Basin Daggers, a shorter-format version of its Amazon Basin blend, for a limited release beginning June 2026. The cigar measures 4″ x 38 and uses the same blend found in the larger Amazon Basin offerings. At the center of the recipe is Brazilian Bragança tobacco, a leaf harvested from the Amazon region that is collected once every three years. “Amazon Basin fans

Today, we review Wendy’s Chili. This is an offering from Wendy’s Fast Food restaurant. Dave Thomas founded Wendy’s in 1969 in Columbus, Ohio. He named the restaurant after his fourth child. It’s headquartered in Dublin, Ohio. Today, the company is part of Triarc, the publicly traded parent company of Arby’s. By 2018, Wendy’s had become the world’s third-largest hamburger chain, behind McDonald’s and Burger King. Wendy’s chili has been a

Villiger Cigars North America has begun informing retailers about a new release, the Villiger 1888 San Andres. As the name suggests, this is a Mexican-wrapped offering from the Villiger 1888 line. Villiger 1888 San Andres comes out of the Villiger de Nicaragua factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. In addition to the San Andres wrapper, the 1888 San Andres uses an Ecuadorian Habano binder and all Nicaraguan fillers. It comes in three

The Atabey Black Delirios is making its way to retailers in a new limited-edition travel humidor package, according to an announcement from United Cigars. The release is limited to 1,500 humidors worldwide and includes 10 cigars per humidor. First introduced in 2025, the Atabey Black Delirios measures 5¾” x 55 and features an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper. The cigar is part of Selected Tobacco’s Atabey Black line and undergoes a minimum

For more than 20 years, Kristoff Cigars has been a respected name in the premium cigar industry. This week on Smoke Night LIVE, Glen Case makes his first-ever appearance on the show to discuss the journey that has shaped the company since its founding in 2004—the successes, the challenges, and the lessons learned along the way. We’ll dive into what the future holds for Kristoff Cigars, explore the realities of

Today, we review El Pulpo, The Squid from Artesano Del Tobacco. The Squid was introduced in 2025 as an extension to the company’s El Pulpo line. El Pulpo translates to “The Octopus” and is Artesano’s second brand. While a squid is not an octopus, it is a “distant” cousin in that both squid and octopi are cephalopods with tentacles. Owners Billy and Gus Fakih seek customer engagement on the sizes

Bunny Droppings Cigars has announced the release of Label Boy. “Label Boy is about owning your story,” said an unidentified spokesperson for Bunny Droppings Cigars in a press release. “People spend their lives being categorized, judged, and defined by others. This cigar is a reminder that labels don’t make the person, the person makes the label.” The packaging has a brightly colored pattern reminiscent of what is on premium handbags