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MBombay Kesara and MQBA Mayura Pyramid MBombay Cigars will release two limited-edition pyramids: the Kesara Pyramid rolled in 2020, and the MQBA Mayura Pyramid rolled in 2019. The company plans to release both Pyramids as one-time limited editions, with no plans to produce them again. A total of 834 boxes of the Kesara Pyramid and 826 boxes of the MQBA Mayura Pyramid have been rolled. Each comes in ten-count boxes,

Today, we are reviewing the Davidoff Puro Dominicano in the Corona Larga size. This is the fourth installment of Davidoff’s Black Band series. Davidoff launched the Black Band Series in 2013 with the Davidoff Nicaragua, an all-Nicaraguan tobacco cigar made in the Dominican Republic. For the Puro Dominicano, Davidoff goes in a different direction, this time creating an all-Dominican cigar. Puro Dominicano dates back to 2009, when it was one

The Curivari Buenaventura Cremas C100 is a premium boutique cigar from Curivari Cigars, a company founded by Andreas Throuvalas that blends tobaccos to traditional Cuban production standards. Released as a shade-wrapped extension to the original Buenaventura line, the Cremas variant replaces the original Nicaraguan Corojo wrapper with an Ecuadorian Connecticut shade leaf while retaining an all-Nicaraguan core.  The Buenaventura Cremas C100 vitola measures 5 5/8 inches and uses a 46

Maracana Toro by Oz Family Cigars Today, we’ll review the Maracana Toro from Oz Family Cigars. The Maracana is the fifth regular production line created by Tim Ozgener and Oz Family Cigars. Ozgener currently leads both Oz Family Cigars and Crowned Heads, but he is also well known for his time at CAO Cigars when his family owned the brand. One cigar closely associated with CAO and Ozgener is the

Crowned Heads has announced the Belgian Blue LE 2026. This is the third consecutive annual release of the limited-edition Belgian Blue. Each of the past three years has featured a different size, with the 2026 edition in a 5 1/4 x 54 box-pressed Robusto format. The Crowned Heads Belgian Blue takes its name from a breed of Belgian cattle. These cattle are known not only for their strength, but for

On Prime Time Episode 388 it’s Media Panel #25, John “Cigar Surgeon” McTavish from Developing Palates and KMA Talk Radio and Gizmo from the Lounge Lizards Podcast join us as our special guest. Tonight it will be “Boom or bomb”. We will look at successes in the cigar industry and where things didn’t quite reach the level we expected. Plus, we will have our FSG Beef Question of the Night,

Tatuaje Cigars has announced two new monsters in its Skinny Monsters line: the Krueger and Michael blends. Skinny Monsters was first released as a sampler of 6 x 38 petite lanceros based on ten Tatuaje Monster Series blends. Since 2008, the Tatuaje Monsters Series has been released annually right before Halloween. Each installment features a different blend and a large-size design that pays homage to a monster/horror movie character. Several

Tabacalera USA has announced three new Senior Leadership positions effective October 16th, 2026. The positions reflect the company’s commitment to operating as a single, unified Tabacalera USA entity. First up, Brad Winstead, former CEO of Casa de Montecristo, is now Chief Commercial Officer of Tabacalera USA. He has more than two decades of experience across the business, brands, customers, and retail experience. Winstead now leads commercial excellence and distribution across

Laudisi Enterprises has announced a new regular production Caldwell line known as The Queen is Dead. Much like Caldwell’s Long Live the Queen, a follow-up to Long Live the Queen, The Queen is Dead follows up The King is Dead. The Queen is Dead also represents the first new core line built from scratch since Laudisi first acquired Caldwell in 2024. Caldwell founder Robert Caldwell and William Ventura developed The