It’s September, and that means we’re continuing to work through 2019 new releases. Personally, I’ve smoked a number of releases that seemed to be duds, but the cigar we’re reviewing today thankfully breaks that mold. La Promesa (“The Promise”) from My Father Cigars is dressed like so many other MF releases, but the story behind […]
Up for review today is another new release from AVO Cigars, the AVO Unexpected Tradition. The Unexpected Tradition is one of four new releases in the Unexpected series, and it’s the first of the series to be reviewed here on Fine Tobacco NYC. As mentioned on other reviews, I’ve been a huge fan of AVO […]
Up for review today is the Montecristo Espada Oscuro, a highly anticipated release from Altadis. Why anticipated? I can’t speak for anyone else, but since the original Montecristo Espada is probably my favorite blend from the brand, I was thrilled to hear that there would be a new blend to take on the name. Here’s […]
Man, Plasencia Cigars has been on a roll in 2019. Not only have they continued to expand their self-branded cigars with blends like the one up for review today, they’ve also had a series of big hits with collaborations on blends for Montecristo, Trinidad, and (coming soon) RyJ. All that to say, that’s why I […]
Up for review today is the newest cigar from Yamakaze, the popular Japanese whisky brand. Just kidding! It’s a new cigar from Viaje (read on). The Viaje “Hamaki Omakase” is a limited run cigar from a company known for limited run cigars. The company didn’t release any blend info on the cigar nor any info […]