Featured Cigars - October 2022

Latitude Zero is a fairly new boutique cigar brand that hails from one of the largest tobacco growers in the world, which also has one of the biggest libraries of premium tobacco leaves that is used in some of the most premium blends on the planet: Oliva Tobacco Company. What makes this high-end brand unique is that all of their cigars are crafted using the top 1% of their tobaccos, and the Latitude Zero Signature Gordo in your shipment today...

The man behind the highly rated 601 brand, Erik Espinosa, is well known in the industry for doing whatever he wants while going above and beyond to make sure the quality of his cigars are second to none. To say he knows cigars is an understatement – to say the least – as he’s worked with Alec Bradley, Gurkha, Rocky Patel, and Drew Estate, just to name a few. Born in Cuba, Erik is one of the best in the business and has just about mastered...

Man O' War is carefully blended and hand-crafted by the iconic Abdel “AJ” Fernandez in Esteli, Nicaragua. His list of clients includes Ernie Padilla, Rocky Patel, Kaizad Hansotia, and others. Born in Cuba, AJ began working with tobacco at a very young age under the watchful eye of cigar legend Alejandro Robaina, considered the Godfather of Cuban cigars. Over 40 years ago, in the country's famed Pinar del Rio region, Don Alejandro cultivated...

Until recently, Xikar was only known for their lifetime guaranteed high-end cigar accessories. Then, a few short years ago, Xikar started making its own premium cigar line that over the last few years has had numerous 90+ ratings! The band on the cigar features palm trees that are meant to represent the El Corojo farm in Cuba where the style of the tobacco used in this cigar was developed. Following in the steps of the wildly popular Corojo...

Once Little Havana’s best kept secret, La Gloria Cubana has become the cigar of choice for cigar smokers the world over who appreciate a richer, fuller-bodied smoke. Handmade in the Dominican Republic under the direction of Ernesto Perez-Carrillo, it offers a Nicaraguan binder and a delicious balance of Brazilian, Dominican, Mexican, and Nicaraguan fillers, complemented perfectly by a dark, beautifully-aged Ecuadorian wrapper. Together they...

Starting out as an entertainment lawyer and slowly making the transition into cigar maker, Rocky Patel has a well-earned reputation for uncompromising quality. He has received so many stellar ratings and awards from industry groups and publications, he's in a class by himself. Every cigar he makes undergoes rigorous quality control measures to ensure that only the best cigars from the rolling table make it to a consumer's hand. No wonder his...

Founded by Robert Caldwell in 2014, the Caldwell Cigar Company came bursting onto the boutique cigar scene with four cigars that premiered at the IPCPR in July 2015. When starting the company, Robert decided that he was going to do things his way and began scouring the world for the best tobacco leaves which he would test over and over again until getting the exact flavors he was looking for — before testing it again. He is so committed to...

Punch is one of the oldest Habano brands, founded in 1840 by Don Manuel Lopez of Juan Valle & Company and intended for the booming British market. The name Punch is drawn from a famous comic book, "Punch & Judy", from which the clown, Mr. Punch, is still seen today on every box with his sly smile and cigar. The Punch Gran Cru No. II Pyramid Maduro in your shipment today not only received a well deserved 93-rating from Cigar Aficionado, it also...

Created by Michael Giannini, Foundry Elements debuted at the IPCPR (International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers) Convention and Trade Show in 2013 and created instant buzz. With over a dozen exotic blends, each one was inspired by an element or compound on the periodic table: Argon, Carbon, Europium, Gold, Helium, Hydrogen, Plutonium, Titanium, Uranium, Vanadium, Xenon and H2O. Each cigar has over the top packaging that is as unique as the...