On Wednesday morning (3/28/12) the cigar world was shocked to learn of the unexpected passing of Ashton Distributors’ Senior Vice President Manny Ferrero. Ferrero was 63 years old. Ferrero was in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico attending the annual Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) conference. He collapsed Tuesday night while on the dance floor at a […]
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system. Today, we assign a numeric score and assessment rating to the Nat Sherman Timeless – a cigar […]
J. Grotto: Headin’ Out With Four New Reps and a National Ad Campaign This January, Paul Joyal, Ocean State Cigars’ founder and president, expanded his market coverage to over half the US, adding three more manufacturers’ representative firms. They, and his first rep (hired in 2011), now are calling on tobacco shops in 26 states […]
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system. Today, we assign numeric ratings to two previously assessed cigars- the Tatuaje Fausto […]
1NEW PRODUCT RELEASE Urbano Cigars, Inc. Tampa, Florida Phone: 813-967-7826 Fax: 813-994-1543 E-mail: Matt@UrbanoCigars.com Contact: Matt Urbano FOR RELEASE: March 25, 2012 The second Urbano Economy Bundles … hand-made, all aged tobacco value-priced bundled cigars, with mixed-filler, are now available in 4 shapes, 2 wrappers Urbano Cigars’ Third Salvo: Handmade Mixed-Filler Bundled Cigars … Priced […]
Viaje Friends and Family There are two things come to mind with Viaje Cigars: 1) micro-batch releases; 2) blends guarded with secrecy. In the case of the Viaje Friends and Family Cigar, these things couldn’t be more true. The Viaje Friends and Family cigar was a personal blend of Viaje founder Andre Farkas. Farkas made […]
JM Tobacco’s new entry into the handmade, long-filler premium cigar market, Carnero, now adds a third blend, with a potent and full-flavored Cameroon wrapper Carnero, J.M. Tobacco’s First Full Premium Cigar Now Available in Cameroon Wrapper Late 2011 saw JM Tobacco, Inc., announce its first entry into the all long-filler, handmade boutique premium cigar market, […]
Sosa Family Selection Connecticut I’ve mentioned many times that 2011 was definitely the year of the Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper cigar. Over the past couple of years, many companies have been trying to do something innovative or different beyond the mild/mild to medium Ecuadorian Connecticut cigars. Some companies have been more successful at it than others. […]
A new Partagas 1845 cigar is being added to the General Cigar Company’s Partagas line. Some preliminary information appeared in the March 20th, 2012 edition of Cigar Insider on this new release scheduled to hit retailers in April. According to the article, the blend was a collaboration between Jhonys Diaz, Francisco Rodriguez, and Yuri […]
Viaje WMD 2012 There has been quite a bit of activity around Viaje on this web-site the last few weeks, and this has been for good reason. During the past month, Viaje has released a total of eight cigars to its authorized retailers. These eight cigars could technically be aligned to six different blends. Add […]
TORAÑO FAMILY CIGAR CO. TAKES PART IN 8TH ANNUAL RINGSIDE BOXING EVENT TO BENEFIT THE CHARLEY FOUNDATION (Miami, Fl.)March 19, 2012 – Torano Family Cigar Co. was honored to be chosen to participate in the Charley Foundation’s 8th Annual Ringside: A Fight for Kids on Friday, March 2, 2012 at Liberty Hall, in The […]
The following is the official press release for the La Palina El Diario KB (Kill Bill). This is a cigar we recently assessed and rated a 95. Country of Origin: Honduras Factory: Raices Cubana Wrapper: Honduran Corojo ’99 Rosado Binder: Honduran Criollo ’98 (x2) Filler: Nicaraguan Corojo ’99 and Criollo ’98 Size: 4.25 x 40 […]
