Today, Drew Estate announced that they would be rebranding their Herrera Esteli lines as well as releasing two new line extensions. The two new versions are the Herrera Esteli Brazilian Maduro and Herrera Esteli Miami. The entire line will be shown off later this week at the IPCPR trade show.
Drew Estate will soon release Kentucky Fire Cured (KFC) Sweets. They are a twist on the KFC cigar with a sweet/savory tip. KFC Sweets will be available for order in Drew Estate’s Booth at the 2018 IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas. The cigar itself is identical to the original KFC cigar, but according to a Press Release "The mouth feel on the cigar is like bacon maple goodness mixed with bourbon and barbecue."
Drew Estate have announced the national launch of “Factory Smokes by Drew Estate”. It is a collection of four blends each in four sizes at a very low price, all in 20 or 25 count bundles. Factory Smokes Maduro, Factory Smokes Shade, Factory Smokes Sun Grown, and Factory Smokes Sweet will all be displayed in Drew Estate’s Booth at the 2018 IPCPR trade show. The cigars will ship to retailers in late July, 2018.
Drew Estate just announced the return of ACID Amigos. The ACID Amigos is a collaboration with Two Guys Smoke Shop, a Drew Diplomat Retailer in New Hampshire.
The dates for each of the 2018 Barn Smoker events from Drew Estate have been announced. The Barn Smokers are meant to highlight the American tobacco experience and bring the cigar smoker to the barn to teach them about the ins and outs of tobacco growing, processing, and manufacture. Drew Estate is adding Pennsylvania to the Barn Smoker lineup in 2018,
specifically in Strasburg, PA on June 23rd. This event will be highlighted by the introduction of a new test blend that will feature a Pennsylvania Broadleaf wrapper.
Today, Drew Estate announced that the Undercrown Dogma would be making a return. The project was Cigar Dojo's first collaboration on a cigar to celebrate their 1 years anniversary as an online community.
Drew Estate just announced the national release of Isla del Sol Maduro. It will be the long hoped for maduro wrapped blend of Isla del Sol. They also announced a new Gordito vitola in the Isla del Sol Sun Grown line, the original line of Isla del Sol. Each of these new cigars will debut at the 2018 IPCPR trade show.
For close to three years, Drew Estate has been handling the distribution for Debonaire House. As of January 1, 2019, Debonaire House will handle their own United States distribution. Debonaire House will directly manage all U.S. operations including distribution, sales, and marketing. The company has agreed to a partnership with United Parcel Service (UPS), and “Cigars Direct” which allows them to ship their Indian Motorcycle and Debonaire cigars directly from their Dominican Republic factory to cigar retailers here in the United States.
Today, Drew Estate has announced the pre-release of the Liga Privada No. 9 CORONA VIVA exclusively for the Cigars International Super-Store in Hamburg, Pennsylvania. The event is the 15th annual CIGARfest. The #9 Corona Viva has the same Connecticut River Valley Broadleaf Oscuro Wrapper, Plantation grown Brazilian Mata Fina Binder, and Nicaraguan and Honduran Fillers as the original blend, but like the Undercrown Corona Viva, released in 2012, has increased Ligero for a stronger cigar.
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·Each of our panelists were given 10 votes to towards our top 25. Order mattered on their votes as their #1 vote is worth twice as much as their #10. Our list is made up of cigars that had a wide release this year. The cigars that are eligible do not have to have been reviewed on Blind Man's Puff, but the reviewer must have smoke it at some point to vote for it.