Two months ago, the Premium Cigar Association raised the issue of “Responsible Marketing” stating that “marketing that makes use of characters, foods, or candy associated with children’s interests are never appropriate, even when targeted toward an adult audience.” Today Glynn Loope and Joshua Habursky of the Premium Cigar Association penned an article entitled “Let’s Not […]
United Cigars has announced its Stadium Series II. This year, United Cigars will be teaming with CLE Cigar Company for the Stadium Series release. This year’s release features an 11/18 size of the CLE Corojo blend in packaging resembling a baseball stadium. This is the second year CLE Cigar Company has teamed with United Cigars […]
E.P. Carrillo has announced it is adding a 5 x 50 Robusto size to its Encore line known as El Futuro. El Futuro is the fifth regular production line, and the first regular production line extension since Encore’s launch in 2018. The tobacco used for the Encore was aged and cured in something called tercios. […]
Tonight the Cigar Coop Coalition gets together and smokes the EIROA PCA Exclusive 11/18. Much like the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) has done, the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) entered the world of exclusive cigars. The EIROA PCA Exclusive was offered to those retailers that attended the 2021 Trade Show. These are intended to be […]
Davidoff’s Black Band line is getting its own limited edition cigar. Today, Davidoff announced it will release a limited edition cigar that incorporates tobaccos for the Black Band Collection lines of Davidoff Nicaragua, Davidoff Escurio, and Davidoff Yamasá. The cigars are slated to be released to Davidoff Appointed Merchants and Flagship Stores on May 5, […]
Crux Cigars has announced that Ben Dyer is joining its sales team. Ben will be covering Alabama, Georgia, Eastern Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina . His role will include servicing existing retail partners, hosting events and growing Crux’s presence throughout the territory. “Ben is a great addition to the Crux Team, his professional character […]
Late in 2020, La Flor Dominicana launched an event program known as the Gourmet Smoke Sessions. The Gourmet Smoke Sessions is a concept that was meant to bring the world of premium handmade cigars together with gourmet food preparation. Each event would be hosted by a particular retailer. The events would feature a gourmet-prepared meal […]
Baseball’s back and so is the Prime Time team ready to cover it. Tonight, we bring back our guest cigar industry panel of Hector Alfonso of Espinosa Cigars, Miguel Schoedel of Crowned Heads, and Rob Rasmussen of Cigar Dojo as we preview the 2022 Major League Baseball Season. Now that we have labor piece, […]
Pospiech Cigars has announced a new cigar known as the BDP. It’s a cigar done in collaboration with Mike Palmer of Cigar Hustler and co-host of A Cigar Hustler’s Podcast, and Cordoba and Morales Cigars. Not many details are being disclosed about the cigar. It’s 6 1/2 x 54 Toro that will be sold in […]
In the 2010s, we saw many cigar releases embracing the branding of “Nicaragua.” Some of these Nicaragua-branded releases involved producing cigars in Nicaragua, some involved incorporating Nicaraguan tobaccos, and in some cases, all-Nicaraguan blends were released. Such was the case in 2014 when VegaFina released the VegaFina Nicaragua – which was a Nicaraguan puro. Since […]
