TAKE A SWING AT THE MACANUDO ULTIMATE ROUND CONTEST FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A TRIP TO AUGUSTA Richmond, VA— Macanudo®, America’s best-selling premium cigar brand, is going to award eight lucky consumers and their guests with an all-expense paid trip to Augusta to watch the 2013 Masters Golf Tournament live and in person, as […]
Cigar Preview: Aging Room Cigars Quattro
Aging Room Cigars has posted on their web-site information about their third blend, the Aging Room Quattro F55. Back in May, we summarized some background information on the genesis for this cigar: The Aging Room Quattro will be a box-press cigar featuring a nine year old Indonesian wrapper from 2003. While there were no specifics […]
Cigar Preview: Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Limited Edition 2012
The CT Shade version of the Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Limited Edition 2011 is now the Limited Edition 2012 Shipments of the Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Limited Edition 2012 have begun to arrive at retailers. The Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial Limited Edition 2012 was actually a Connecticut Shade version of the Jaime Garcia Reserva Especial […]
Press Release: What is Añoranza?
What is Anoranza? The newest cigar from Miami Cigar & Company will have many wondering how to pronounce it (Ahn-yor-ahn-za) and what does it mean? The word which is Spanish, means nostalgia; a sense of yearning. Often when we smoke, we reflect on times gone by and look back to a period of our lives […]
Press Release: Gurkha Cigar Group to Release 125th Anniversary Cigar
Miami, Florida – July 23, 2012 – Gurkha Cigar Group, Inc, makers of the super premium cigar brand Gurkha, are proud to announce the momentous launch of the Gurkha 125th Anniversary Edition cigar, which will be unveiled at this year’s IPCPR trade show at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL on August 2-6, […]
News: Erik Espinosa Confirms Dissolution of EO Brands; Discusses new Espinosa Cigar
Erik Espinosa, President of Espinosa Cigars appeared on the 7/21/12 edition of Kiss My Ash Radio and confirmed a story first reported by Halfwheel that EO Brands has been dissolved and the brands have been divided. Espinosa was a partner with Eddie Ortega with EO Brands. Earlier this year, Ortega announced he was leaving EO […]
2012 IPCPR Trade Show Preview Part 4a: Around the Show Floor
Welcome to our 2012 IPCPR Trade Show Preview. During the month of July, we are looking into the cigar industry’s biggest event – the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show that begins on August 2nd. We’re committed to delivering comprehensive coverage to this event. During the month, we are providing some features of what to expect and […]
Cigar Review: Tatuaje Wolfie (Part of the Little Monsters Series)
Tatuaje Wolfie In this assessment, we explore the Tatuaje Wolfie. This is the third of five cigars in Tatuaje’s Little Monsters Series. This series consists of a sampler pack consisting of smaller vitolas of the popular Tatuaje Monster Series. The Monster Series was created by Tatuaje founder Pete Johnson as a tribute to monster and […]
Cigar Review: Pinar Del Rio Small Batch Reserve Habano
Pinar Del Rio Small Batch Reserve Habano The Pinar Del Rio Small Batch Reserve Habano is one of two new blends in Pinar Del Rio’s new Small Batch Reserve line. The Small Batch Reserve joins two other significant releases by Pinar Del Rio Cigars for 2012. The other cigars are the Flores y Rodriguez Cabinet […]
Cigar Preview: Swag SoBe Edition by Oliveros/Boutique Blends Cigars
Oliveros Cigars today posted through various social media forums that a new addition to its Swag Cigars line is being launched. This cigar is being called the Swag SoBe Edition. The plan is for this new cigar line to be launched 2012 IPCPR. While no specifics on the tobaccos have been released at this time, […]