Featured Cigars - May 2024

The Villazon factory in Honduras has been said to be a key piece in the cigar industry where skilled artisans have created blends for Excalibur, Hoyo de Monterrey, and Punch to name just a few. Now called HATSA (Honduran American Tabaco SA), they still make some of the best cigars out there rooted in deep tradition. The Villazon Maduro is made with this tradition in mind and is packed full with Colombian, Dominican, and Honduran long...

Beginning in the 1980’s and until his death in 2017, Avo Uvezian made his mark in the cigar industry by making some of the most prestigious cigars on the market. Born in 1926 in Beirut, Lebanon, Uvezian was originally known as a musician turned composer – most famously known for contributing to Frank Sinatra’s Strangers in the Night. In the mid 1980’s Uvezian met cigar master Hendrick Kelner in the Dominican Republic and together they started...

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 sticks are some of the most sought after in the world! The Flor de San Andres in your...

Most people haven’t heard of the Black Crown brand, let alone this cigar, but this is not a cigar that should be overlooked. It comes from the respected Raices Cubanas factory in Danlí, Honduras, which is home to dozens of 90+ rated cigars. Underneath the black and white band is a stunning, dark Ecuadorian Oscuro wrapper that secures a hearty criollo binder and a bevy of Dominican and Nicaraguan long-fillers. Medium to full in body, this...

The J.C. Newman Cigar Company has been around since 1895, and it was all started by Julius Ceasar Newman rolling his first cigar in his family’s barn in Cleveland, Ohio. Once he discovered his passion for cigars, he moved his family down to Tampa and quickly had a world-class reputation for producing high-quality premium cigars. The family also wanted to recreate the extremely popular Brick House line that was originally launched in 1937. Well...

Created in 2007, the San Cristobal brand is starting to make waves throughout the cigar industry. While San Cristobal is known as a full-bodied brand, the Revelation Legend in your shipment today shows a slightly lighter side of the brand. This Nicaraguan handmade is created by the legendary José “Don Pepin” Garcia, who is one of the best in the industry, known for channeling old-world Cuba into modern day blends. The Revelation starts with...

The Romeo y Julieta Aniversario line was created to commemorate Romeo y Julieta's 130 years in the cigar business. Carefully crafted in the Dominican Republic, the maduro that you have in your shipment today is an extension of the original line and features Honduran and Nicaraguan filler tobaccos, a Honduran Criollo ’98 binder, and a handsome chocolate brown Connecticut Broadleaf maduro wrapper. Once lit, expect to find a nearly perfect...

The Montecristo Platinum Habana is a bolder and richer form of the original classic, and received a stunning rating of 94 from Cigar Aficionado. This handmade is filled to the brim with long-leaf fillers from the Dominican Republic, Peru, and Nicaragua, which are secured with a Dominican binder, then all wrapped up in a Mexican Cubano Habano wrapper. Hearty and meaty, this medium to full bodied smoke has flavors of wood, salty roasted nuts...

Founded by the late Zino Davidoff, Davidoff cigars are the epitome of pleasure and the good life, and the Zino Platinum Scepter Series is both. Handmade with the utmost care in the Dominican Republic, the Scepter Series is a truly handsome cigar wrapped with a shiny, golden brown Connecticut wrapper from Ecuador. Underneath is a Dominican binder and a delicious blend of long-fillers from Peru and the Dominican Republic that have been patiently...