Andy Yaffee, best known for being Micallef Cigars’ National Sales Director for the past four years, is leaving the company and joining Crowned Heads. Yaffee will be the territory sales representative for Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Washington D.C. Prior to joining Micallef, Yaffee spent five years as a sales representative for La […]
Once again, General Cigar’s Macanudo brand is teaming up with Napa Valley’s Flint Knoll Winery to release the Macanudo Estate Reserve Flint Knoll No. 2. Like the original Macanudo Estate Reserve Flint Knoll release, the cigar contains a binder leaf that was aged in Flint Knoll French Oak wine barrels. The blend for the Macanudo […]
On Special Edition #147, we welcome back Joshua Habursky, Deputy Executive Director, and Glynn Loope, State Advocacy Director of the Premium Cigar Association (PCA). While the cigar industry had a big win in the courts, there are plenty of battles still being fought, and we will get the latest from Josh and Glynn on this. […]
In 2004, Rocky Patel decided to launch a value-priced cigar that wouldn’t have any cigar bands, and would be packaged in 100-count crates. The cigar was dubbed The Edge and it became a huge hit for Patel’s Rocky Patel Premium Cigars company. Today the brand has now extended to eight different lines. The cigars now […]
La Aurora has announced a new limited edition line known as the La Aurora Small Batch. As the name indicates, this will be a series of small-batch, limited-edition cigars. The cigars that are a part of the series are blends by La Aurora Master Blender Manuel Inoa that have been in the aging rooms for […]
It’s all Metallica tonight as we talk Metallica the band, Drew Estate Blackened M81 Cigars, and Blackened American Whiskey, and Metallica. We’ll dive into the career of Metallica and go through some of our favorite and impactful songs by Metallica. We will do it while smoking M81 cigars and Coop will partake in some […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Espinosa Cigars introduced the fourth installment of its limited-edition Las 6 Provincias series, the Las 6 Provincias CMW. This annual limited edition series pays homage to the pre-Castro era of Cuba. The name Las 6 Provincias means “six provinces,” – and it refers to the six […]
Lampert Cigars continues its European distribution expansion. This weekend the company has announced it has expanded its distribution into Italy. The company’s distribution there will be handled by Italia Cigar Company. In a press release announcing the distribution deal, Lampert says Ocean Breeze (5 x 54, Robusto Grande) will initially be covered in the distribution […]
General Cigar has announced it has released a limited edition offering under its Sancho Panza blend. With the new Sancho Panza Limited Edition, General Cigar continues to build on the brand, which had a relaunch in 2022. General Cigar says the cigar is now available. In a press release, Matt Wilson, brand manager for Sancho […]
We have a winner for our Montecristo Prize Pack. The drawing is shown in the video below. Congratulations to Keith Webber who is our winner. A note for all on contests going forward: You must respond to an email to claim your prize within 24 hours. If we don’t respond with a confirmation, that means […]
