The Room 101 Doomsayer Passive Toro is manufactured in the Dominican Republic By Room 101 Cigars. Room 101 is a luxury lifestyle brand founded by Matt Booth in Los Angeles California in 2003, initially crafting custom jewelry. The cigar brand was founded in 2009, and has had help with the manufacturing and distribution phases through a […]
While AJ Fernandez is increasingly known as the master blender behind dozens of boutique brands and even massive names like H Upmann and Montecristo, he made his name initially with his own line of course brands. The San Lotano brand encompasses a broad array of flavor profiles, from mild (Requiem Connecticut) and medium (Dominicano) […]
Founded in 1985 by renowned cigar industry veteran Robert Levin, Ashton has a well-earned reputation for some of the finest smoking experiences available today. Handmade at the legendary Tabacalera A. Fuente factory in the Dominican Republic, Ashton has been a regular member of the top three cigar brands in the US for over 30 years […]
Using the Force Friday, August 12th 2022, was a hot and sticky day in the Connecticut river valley. I should know. I was just wrapping up harvesting eggplants at a vegetable farm and feeling dead-beat as I saw the sun retreating. It was a long day. Drew Estate’s Barn Smoker hadn’t graced this side of […]
Dr. Pablo Richard of Patoro cigars introduced an XO VA line made up for tobacco over a decade old in a special aged blend. This newer vitola in the line is made up of those aged tobaccos rolled at the De Los Reyes famous factory. These are Dominican puros in wrapper, leaf and binder and […]
The year was 1961 when Simon Camacho got evicted from Cuba. He decided to settle down in Miami and open its first cigar factory there. While relocating to Miami, he was able to bring some Corojo Cuban tobacco seeds with him, which gave the unique Cuban accent to his cigars. And thus, the birth of […]
Room101 Snake Shake is a collaboration between Matt Booth and AJ Fernandez, sourcing tobacco entirely from Tabacalera AJ Fernandez Cigars de Nicaragua S.A. in Estelí. Not only is this the second time these two industry giants joined forces to make a blend, but it is also their second installment for a Luxury Cigar Club exclusive […]
The H. Upmann Classic 1844 Robusto is manufactured by Altadis SA at the Flor de Copan factory in Honduras. Historically a Cuban brand – founded and manufactured in Havana in 1844 by Herman Upmann – the company has gone through many revamps post-revolution and is still counted among one of the world’s oldest cigars brands […]
The Davidoff Escurio Robusto is a made by Davidoff Cigars who is owned by Oettinger Davidoff AG, based in Basel, Switzerland. The brand is named after the “King of Cigars,” Zino Davidoff who owned and operated a tobacco specialist shop in Geneva, Switzerland from 1926 to 1994. Released in 2015, the Davidoff Escurio line features Brazilian […]
The Protocol Bass Reeves is the third installment for the Lawmen Series from Cubariqueno. Reeves, the name sake for this cigar was a figure who was often known as the inspiration for the Lone Ranger. Reeves was born into slavery in Arkansas in 1838. It is unclear exactly how, but he was able to escape […]
The Protocol launched the Lawmen Series to acknowledge and pay recognition to figures who has impacted in law enforcement throughout history. It all started in 2019 with Sir Robert Peel, the founder of Scotland Yard. Then in early 2021, introducing Eliot Ness, the second line in the Lawmen Series who is best known for capturing […]
La Palina El Diario KB II is made by “negociant” cigar manufacturer La Palina Cigars. The El Diario brand is a collaboration with the great minds at Alec Bradley and is made out of their Fabrica de Tobacos Raices Cubanas factory in Honduras. La Palina is a cigar manufacturer with roots that trace back to […]