On May 11, 2017, Casa de Montecristo opened its 7th Casa de Montecristo premium cigar lounge, this time in Nashville, TN. Opening celebration events are planned for July 21 and 22 at the lounge at 600 Ninth Avenue. Happenings include music by a local DJ, product tasting, premium liquor, raffles and premium goodie bags. VIP celebrities […]
Cigar News: Corporación Habanos Announces José María López Inchaurbe Replacing de Ercilla as Development VP
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At Corporación Habanos, S.A.’s Shareholders’ Meeting in May, it was announced that José María López Inchaurbe will be replacing Javier Terrés de Ercilla in the position of Development Vice President. Lopez will have responsibility of rolling out new brands and the associated marketing efforts associated with them. José María López Inchaurbe is an agricultural engineer who began working at […]
Cigar News: Espinosa Reggae and Reggae DREAD to Make National Debut at 2017 IPCPR
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At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, Espinosa Cigars will have a national launch of the Espinosa Reggae and Espinosa Reggae DREAD. These are two cigars originally released to a limited amount of retailers in 2016. What makes these two cigars special is the inclusion of Jamaican tobacco in the filler. Espinosa Cigars describes the […]
Cigar News: Davidoff Golden Band Awards 2017 Nominees Announced
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Davidoff has announced its 2017 Golden Band Award nominations. The awards program is meant to honor the company’s best Appointed Merchants who, according to Davidoff “truly embody the Davidoff Standard of Excellence”. There have been a couple of changes implemented this year. First up, the awards will be presented on the IPCPR Trade Show floor on […]
Cigar News: Drew Estate Reorganizes Sales Department, Selim Hanono Departs
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Drew Estate has announced its intention to significantly restructure its sales organization, at both the inside and field level. The new structure will feature new role definitions and have greater decentralized decision-making which will strengthen Drew Estate’s ability to more efficiently serve the needs of its customers in each channel of distribution in which it competes. As a […]
Cigar News: FDA Commissioner Gottlieb Addresses Premium Cigars at Senate Appropriations Hearing
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At a June 20th, 2017 Senate Appropriations Committee to discuss the 2018 Fiscal Year Budget for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Senator Marco Rubio brought up the Deeming Rule and the current impacts on the premium cigar market. Senator Rubio asked FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb if there were any plans to re-evaluate the inclusion of […]
Cigar News: Cigar Dojo and Camacho Team Up for Imperial Stout Barrel-Aged
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Cigar Dojo, the first and largest social cigar application/community has announced its seventh limited edition collaboration. This time Cigar Dojo is teaming up with Camacho Cigars for the Camacho Imperial Stout Barrel-Aged. The cigar will be sold exclusively through Smoke Inn Cigars beginning June 30th, 2017. In 2015, Camacho released its American Barrel-Aged line, which […]
Cigar News: Fratello Navetta to Debut at 2017 IPCPR
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At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, Fratello Cigars will unveil its fourth line, Fratello Navetta. It’s a line that pays homage to company owner Omar de Frias’ previous career at NASA. The new Fratello Navetta line will make its debut at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show. The name “Navetta” translates to “Shuttle” and in this […]
Cigar News: Drew Estate Announces 2017 Connecticut Barn Smoker
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Drew Estate has announced the next scheduled event of the 2017 Barn Smoker Program: the Connecticut Barn Smoker on August 12th, 2017. The Barn Smoker concept is an event unique to Drew Estate. It allows the consumer to go on site to learn about how tobacco is grown and processed by the people who do […]
Cigar News: Camacho Liberty 2017 Celebrates 15 Years
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Camacho Cigars has formally announced the Camacho Liberty 2017 edition. This year’s theme is “Fifteen Years Strong” as it commemorates the 15th anniversary of the annual limited edition series. It’s also a release that brings some changes to the series. The Camacho Liberty series was first launched in 2002, and since then has been an […]