Let’s talk prestigious and elegance. Let’s talk about blending style and mastery of the craft. Let’s talk Foundation Cigars. And, of course, you can’t talk about Foundation Cigar Company without talking about the man behind it, Nick Melillo. In 2017, Nick blended and released the first cigar from his Highclere line, the Highclere Castle Edwardian […]
Let’s talk origin stories. Several years before OGT even existed, when I was obsessed with cigars but didn’t own a shop, I remember sitting on my front porch, enjoying a stick, and watching interview videos from the summer trade show. An announcement was given about a collaboration between Matt Booth, AJ Fernandez, and Robert Caldwell. […]
LCA Drop is happening this Thursday at 9pm CA time/12am est! What is it? Good question. I anticipate this drop to be closer to my palate than most of the releases through the year. Something I love about the limited sticks dropped by the LCA and Privada Cigar Club, they are often different than what […]
It’s the holiday season, and what do I enjoy more than spending time with family, caroling around the tree, and expressing thanks for the savior’s birth? All of the above with a good cigar in hand, or two or three. Leave it to the guys at the LCA to bring something special to the occasion. […]
It is here! The much anticipated annual release of the LCA Reserva Vintage! Each year, Privada Cigar Club and Christian Eiroa craft one of the finest limited cigars to market, a Honduran Corojo puro that simply delivers on flavor, construction, and elegance. This year, the LCA Reserva Vintage 2022 brings some new aspects of sweetness […]
“It’s a Christmas Miracle!” And believe me, it is. At this time last year, through the OGT Cigar Society, I released the third cigar from the Cigar Clowns we had received, the Festivus. It was a beautiful, box-pressed toro, sporting a Maduro wrapper that imparted notes of cocoa, earth, cream, sweetness, and hints of cinnamon […]
Okay, it’s time to talk HVC cigars. This is a brand, I feel, is way too slept on at OGT cigars. HVC’s portfolio is a list of amazing inflections of Nicaraguan tobacco and, more specifically, Aganorsa Leaf tobacco. Among Reinier Lorenzo’s blends that have gained notoriety, like HVC Hot Cake, First Selection Broadleaf, and HVC […]
The latest LE dropped from Black Label Trading has arrived, the famed and favorite Morphine. This year’s rendition, BLTC Morphine 2022, offers some new things! The Robusto Torpedo siz of the Morphine cigar has a subtle barber pole, I say subtle due to the very thin wrapper leaf that runs down the body of the […]
I can’t believe I haven’t written about this, especially since I was after it for so long. This blend is definitely on my favorites list. It is no secret that here at OGT I am a fan of Tony Barrios’ blending; Stallone cigars are rich, full-flavored blends of superb quality. Typically you will find carefully […]
It’s that time of year again; Halloween drawing to a close, Thanksgiving is on its way, and the HVC Limited Black Friday release is here! Each year, the owner and blender of HVC cigars Reinier Lorenzo creates a new blend for the Thanksgiving/Christmas holidays. Aptly named for the major shopping season, the HVC Black Friday […]