On Thursday a fire destroyed three curing barns and several greenhouses at the La Musica farm in Honduras. The farm is owned by Hugo Endemaño. The fire destroyed tobacco destined to be used in cigars for Alec Bradley Cigars. Endemaño also operates Fabrica de Tabacos Raíces Cubanas S. de R.L., in Honduras, a factory that […]
Late in 2020, Davidoff announced a new offering under its Zino brand known as the Zino Platinum Crown Series Limited Edition 2020. Zino is the brand that carries the namesake of Davidoff founder Zino Davidoff. It’s been positioned as a more contemporary premium brand in its portfolio. Throughout the history of the brand, it […]
It’s been a while but we are honored to have Juan Lopez, Vice President of Gurkha Cigars make his return to Prime Time. Juan’s always an entertaining and informative guest, so folks will be in for a real treat as we catch up on all of the happenings of Gurkha and Sindicato Cigars. Tune […]
The Zino brand is getting a relaunch. Today, Davidoff announced the launch of a new self-titled Zino line. It’s meant to be a more affordable regular production cigar that features entirely new packaging under the Zino umbrella. Zino has been a brand in the Davidoff portfolio for almost two decades. It’s meant to be a […]
Protocol Cigars has announced the first line extension in its Lawmen Series with a new Corona Gorda size to the Sir Robert Peel line. Both the Sir Robert Peel Natural and Maduro sizes will receive a 5 5/8 x 46 size. Protocol Sir Robert Peel was released in 2019 in a 6 x 52 Toro […]
The restructuring of the leadership team at Mombacho Cigar S.A. continues. Today it was announced that Indiana Ortez, one of the rising stars in the cigar industry is the Grenada-based company’s new General Manager. The story was first reported by Cigar Aficionado and then confirmed by Ortez on her Facebook page. Ortez is the daughter […]
Alec Bradley Cigar Company announced that its regular production premium cigar boxes will shift to 24-count configurations. The new box counts will make their debut at the 2021 PCA Trade Show in Las Vegas scheduled to open on July 10th. The boxes will arrive at tobacconists later in the month. According to Alec Bradley Founder […]
In 2020 Rocky Patel Premium Cigars would release its fourth cigar exclusive to Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA) retailers with the Rocky Patel TAA Exclusivo. TAA Cigars fall into several categories – exclusive blends, exclusive sizes, and early releases. In the case of the Rocky Patel TAA Exclusivo it would be an exclusive blend – […]
The world of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) is now coming to the cigar industry. Today, United Cigars Director of Operations, Oliver Nivaud has announced the formation of Concept Cigars. It’s a new venture used to create conceptual NFT cigars. If you aren’t familiar with NFTs, it is a unit of data on a digital ledger known […]
If you have followed the evolution of the first seven years of Crowned Heads Cigars, it was a company that established manufacturing partnerships with two cigar factories: Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr‘s Tabacalera La Alianza and the Garcia Family’s My Father Cigars. The latter part of 2018 would be a very important one for Crowned Heads as […]
