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The Tobacconists’ Association of America just started its trade show this morning in La Romana, Dominican Republic, and Quesada Cigars is releasing a Casa Magna exclusively for TAA retailers. | Cigar Aficionado

Here is a comprehensive list of the TAA exclusive cigars planned for this year, and the one TAA exclusive accessory.  | Cigar Aficionado

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Dominican cigar company Quesada Cigars is adding a new line of smokes to its Casa Magna series. | Cigar Aficionado

Manuel "Manolo" Quesada celebrated his 75th birthday and to mark the occasion he has blended a limited-edition smoke. | Cigar Aficionado

Release Date: February 2019 Number of Cigars Smoked For Redux: 1 Even though it’s only been about a year since I reviewed the Quesada 1974 Lancero, I can’t say I have many strong memories about it. Granted, it’s been one heck of a year, but still, I’d like to think that at least something would have stood out. That feeling only amplifies when I scroll through the original review and notice the word  Cameroon. Specifically, this cigar uses an Ecuadorian Cameroon wrapper, which somewha...

Barcelona, Spain, April 19, 2021 – Noventure, specialized in licensing innovative substance-based medical devices and specialist food supplements, today announces it has acquired the Ulkox® and Oleoabrax® products, based on an Olea Europaea leaf extract wound-healing technology. These medical devices were originally developed by Spanish companies Quesper R&D, specialising in the creation and development of medical devices with a markedly innovative character, and Orpea Ibérica, the leading...

Share Since 2004, Cigar Aficionado has selected its Top 25 Cigars, with one cigar claiming the top spot as the definitive Cigar of the Year. It isn’t easy to stand out in today’s premium cigar industry, with hundreds of well-crafted smokes from numerous countries that use tobacco in ways cigarmakers of yesteryear might not have envisioned. However, year after year, Cigar Aficionado’s expert panel of taste testers works its way through the lineup. In the end, the panel’s blind rati...

Share Share After more than 20 years working for others in the cigar industry, Hostos Fernandez Quesada has gone out on his own. The 36-year-old opened his own small factory in the Dominican Republic last week where he produces handmade, premium cigars. “I just thought it was time to take a swing,” Quesada said on a Zoom interview with Cigar Aficionado. “I don’t want to turn 60 without having done this. It’s now or never.” Quesada had previously been with cigar label printi...