Acme Route 66 Classic is a Good Everyday Cigar
Acme Cigars traces its roots back to the late 1800’s. Acme was a well-known supermarket chain and also known as the supplier of dubious products to Wile E. Coyote in the old Roadrunner cartoons. Route 66 opened in 1926 and was America’s best known highway until it was removed from the US highway system in 1985. So Acme Route 66 is full of nostalgia – but how is the cigar? The Route 66...
John Thomas From D.R. Wholesale – a United Nations Cigar
D.R. Wholesale Cigars from Orlando Florida showcased several cigars at the annual IPCPR held in New Orleans in 2015 and provided me with a sample of their John Thomas (JT) brand. I found very little information on D.R. Wholesale. However, the JT cigar was a 7 X 60 handful with an Habano wrapper around an Ecuadorain binder and filler from Honduras, Mexico and Panama and Nicaragua. I consider the...
Dunhill’s 80th Anniversary Cigar
80 years covers a lot of history – from the end of the Great Depression to the end of the Great Recession (a coincidence?). Dunhill celebrated the 80th anniversary of its Don Candido line by issuing a very limited edition called Seleccion Suprema in only 1 size – a 6 X 50 toro. Dunhill states that this is the most exclusive launch in its history and the cigar is available in 8 count boxes...
Jose Blanco’s New Senorial Cigars Are Worth A Try
Jose Blanco has a well established reputation after a long career at La Aurora and a shorter stint at Joya de Nicaragua. Leaving a short retirement, Jose created Las Cumbres Tabaco in 2014 to launch his new Senorial blend, marketed as a full bodied, full flavored cigar. This blend uses Dominican Piloto Cubano and Dominican Corojo fillers with an Esteli Nicaraguan binder, all wrapped by an...
Gurkha’s East India Classic Havana Blend Is Quite Good
East India has 6 separate blends in the market and the Classic Havana Blend is one of the best. The Havana Blend is offered in 4 shapes (robusto, toro, XO and figurado) and sports San Andres tobacco wrapped around proprietary binder and filler. The Havana is box pressed and made in Nicaragua. Gurkha provided me with a Havana toro at the IPCPR in New Orleans. The toro was attractive with an...
