APRIL CIGAR NEWS IN REVIEW

 CIGAR ADVISOR CIGAR NEWS HIGHLIGHTS: APRIL, 2022

April 14

CIGAR NEWS: DT&T ADDING MUESTRA DE SAKA ‘THE BEWITCHED’

DUNBARTON, NH - Presented in a 6 5/8” x 50 box-pressed vitola with a spiral, tail-like cap, Steve Saka calls The Bewitched, “an intoxicating liga composed of choice Nicaraguan and U.S.-grown fillers with our exclusive Cultivo Tonto San Andrés Negro binder swaddled in a Grade 1 Ecuador Habano Seed capa.” Issuing notes of coffee, caramel, cedar, and tempered spice, “it is truly an entrancing medium-plus bodied smoke, so hard to describe, yet so perfect in balance and nuance, from the moment I finished it I was mesmerized by it,” adds Steve. Read more

April 19

CIGAR NEWS: DIESEL RELEASES SUNDAY GRAVY GABAGOOL

ESTELI, NICARAGUA - In keeping with their ethnic Italian food theme, Diesel Cigars’ fourth and latest Sunday Gravy addition is called Gabagool. What’s Gabagool? It gets its name from capicola, the smoky, dry-cured and heavily seasoned ham. It’s also deeply flavorful. Blended by AJ Fernandez and Justin Andrews, Diesel Sunday Gravy Gabagool is handcrafted with an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper over a Connecticut Broadleaf binder and Nicaraguan Esteli filler. Read more

April 21

CIGAR NEWS: GRAN HABANO RELEASING PERSIAN KING TYPE-MOD 60 CIGAR

DORAL, FL - Gran Habano Cigars has announced the release of the Persian King Type-Mod 60 cigar, the first release from the boutique cigar maker for 2022. This release is sure to excite loyal fans of the unbanded Persian King and Persian Queen. Handcrafted in one size, the Type-Mod 60 cigar is a very distinctive 6×60 pyramid format at one end and tapered at the other. This affords cigar smokers to choose how they want to smoke it. Additionally, the blend consists of all Nicaraguan leaf grown on Gran Habano’s own estate farms. Read more

April 26

CIGAR NEWS: E.P. CARRILLO RENEWS ENCORE LINE WITH EL FUTURO CIGAR

SANTIAGO, DOMINCAN REPUBLIC - The Encore El Futuro is a Nicaraguan puro rolled to a traditional 5×50 Robusto and presented in boxes of 10 cigars.“Encore El Futuro is about generations that are just now learning more about the business,” says Lissette Perez-Carrillo. “My brother and I are part of the 4th generation in the industry and hope that our younger family members, those that the other Encore sizes are named after, will aspire to continue this family business for generations to follow. Read more

April 28

CIGAR NEWS: TOSCANO EXPANDS TOSCANO EXTRAVECCHIO CIGARS TO U.S. MARKET

ROME, ITALY - Thanks to popular demand, on April 1, 2022, Manifatture Sigaro Toscano made the popular, Italian-made Toscano Extravecchio cigars available to retail locations in the U.S. Representing over 50 years of history, Toscano Extravecchio also honors those who have dedicated themselves to the production of the best Kentucky seed wrapper in Valtiberina, Tuscany. Rich in oils and intense in color, each Toscano Extravecchio cigar starts with a fire-cured, Kentucky seed wrapper from North America. Read more

CA