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 […]
General Cigar Company has announced a new limited edition Cohiba. The Cohiba Serie M is collaboration between General’s Cohiba Team and the El Titán de Bronze Cigar Factory in Little Havana, Miami, Florida, making it the first U.S. made Cohiba. It’s a project that marks a return to El Titán de Bronze for Cohiba brand […]
An annual tradition returns to Prime Time Jukebox, the Dedications Show for 2021 The Dedications Show was started by Dave Burck on Cigar Jukebox. Each year, listeners would get the opportunity to submit a dedication song in honor of a loved one or someone special who has passed away. A tradition on the Dedications Show […]
Over the past four years, Protocol Cigars has released quite a few single-store exclusive and event-only cigars. However, when it came to the Protocol Paddy Wagon, an exclusive cigar to Caravan Cigar Company in Bath, Pennsylvania, this would be a very different project compared to the others. While the other limited cigars were one-and-done releases, […]
Baseball’s back and so is the Prime Time team ready to cover it. Tonight, we bring back our panel of Hector Alfonso of Espinosa Cigars, Miguel Schoedel of Crowned Heads, and Rob Rasmussen of Cigar Dojo as we preview the 2021 Major League Baseball Season. We will examine how Major League Baseball will adjust after […]
