Comments on: Stogie News: Keep the New Cigars Coming

By: Stogie Reviews: La Gloria Cubana Medaille D’Or No. 1 Maduro

Stogie Reviews: La Gloria Cubana Medaille D’Or No. 1 Maduro — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:01:01 +0000

[...] These days, there are so many new cigar releases, it seems that reviews are reserved for the latest debuts. That, of course, makes sense. What would you think of a music critic raving about this band he’d just discovered: The Beatles. Or a book reviewer ecstatic over stumbling across a fascinating novel called “The Great Gatsby.” [...]

By: Stogie News: 75th Annual RTDA Trade Show Highlights

Stogie News: 75th Annual RTDA Trade Show Highlights — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 13:52:44 +0000

[...] Last Tuesday I provided you with a short rundown of several new cigars that were being introduced. Despite Congress’ attempts to raise federal taxes on premium cigars by as much as 20,000 percent, the trade show, as expected, was a showcase of new stogies. Among the new releases were lines of Scarface cigars from Universal Studios, Playboy by Don Diego stogies that proudly display the iconic bunny logo, and El Tiante 23 Series cigars from former Red Sox pitcher Luis Tiant. Rocky Patel’s got a new stick called Decade, and Alec Bradley introduced a box-pressed Maxx called The Vice. La Aurora is also shaking up its 1495 Series by offering all of the cigars in the line available in your choice of five – count ‘em, five – different wrappers. [...]

By: Stogie News: More Congressional Tobacco Shenanigans

Stogie News: More Congressional Tobacco Shenanigans — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:21:59 +0000

[...] In addition to harming publications that rely on advertising, such draconian rules threaten to stifle the recent streak of innovation that has been seen in the premium cigar market, as introducing new products often requires an advertising campaign to inform potential consumers. [...]

By: sungrown

sungrown — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:16:40 +0000

Over the past 2 weeks I’ve probably burned through about 20 Edge Sumatra. It’s an awesome cigar. Actually, this cigar was the original Edge, which was never released. It was shown at a previous RTDA, but never hit retail shelves. The year after, it was released in Corojo and Maduro format.

By: New Cigars Releases of 2007

New Cigars Releases of 2007 — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:55:25 +0000

[...] With the RTDA Trade Show just around the corner companies have been busy announcing their new lines this past month and the Stogie Guys have the roundup. [...]

By: Mac and Nudo

Mac and Nudo — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:37:57 +0000

Yeah, I too always thought the warning on The Edge was a bit silly. While I enjoy the line, it certainly doesn’t merit caution.

I look forward to seeing how they smoke with Sumatra wrappers.