A dark wrapper version of its Byron 20th Century Londinenses to Casa de Montecristo in Countryside, Illinois. It’s a cigar that has was rolled in 2010 and has been aging for ten years. The Byron line is produced by Nelson Alfonso of Selected Tobacco, which is distributed by United Cigars in the U.S. “The Byron […]
We mentioned last year how HVC Cigars was one of the best kept secrets in the cigar industry. Now a year later, its safe to say that Reinier Lorenzo‘s company is no longer a secret. HVC had two significant releases over the past two years with the HVC First Selection Broadleaf and the HVC 500 Years Anniversary. […]
In terms of shop exclusive cigar series releases, the Smoke Inn MicroBlend Series might rank as one of the most successful of all time. There have been 16 releases over the past ten years, and the company that has been the most active is Tatuaje Cigars. The MicroBlend Series started out with the Tatuaje Anarchy […]
Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) 2021 has been rescheduled. Tobacco Media Group (TMG) who runs the TPE Trade Show has confirmed that TPE21 is now scheduled for May 12th to May 14th, 2021. The previous dates had been January 29-31, 2021. TMG has said the change was made due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The location for […]
Danny Vazquez, who serves as a Sales Leader for RoMa Craft Tobac, has announced he is leaving the company. His last date at the company is scheduled for August 28, 2020. Vazquez joined RoMa Craft Tobac in September 2017. Prior to joining RoMa Craft Tobac, Vazquez was the owner and founder of Barocoa Cigar Company, […]
At the end of 2019 came news that My Father Cigars had acquired the Fonseca brand from Quesada Cigars. This past week, My Father Cigars released details of its first release under the brand, Fonseca by My Father Cigars, to Cigar Aficionado. Plans are for shipping to begin the end of August. The Fonseca […]
In the Davidoff portfolio, the company has two of the longest running annual limited edition series anywhere. The AVO Limited Edition Series has been around since 2001, and this year marked 20 consecutive years of AVO Limited Edition cigars. The other is the Camacho Liberty Series, a release that is meant to coincide with the […]
Each year the IPCPR/PCA Trade Show features companies that are exhibiting for the first time. This year a company called Stallone Cigars was going to make its debut at the 2020 PCA Trade Show. Stallone Cigars is a company founded by Tony Barrios, a cutting horse competitor. For several years, Stallone Cigars has been sold […]
In 2019, Mombacho Cigars released the Mombacho Cosecha 2014, the third installment of the company’s Cosecha series. It’s an ambitious limited-edition small-batch project that is the brainchild of Mombacho President and Master Blender Claudio Sgroi. The Mombacho Cosecha series has parallels to the wine worlds. In the world of premium wines, there is a concept […]
Padilla Cigar Company hasn’t been at the past couple of IPCPR Trade Shows, but 2020 has seen the company turn its attention back to its brick and mortar side of the business. Over the years, Padilla Cigar Company has undergone many changes – and 2020 is no exception. At the same time, Padilla has […]
It’s a little later in the year, but the engines will be starting on Sunday August 23rd for the 104th Indianapolis 500. On this Prime Time special, we will preview the race Prime Time style as we welcome back Racing Expert Phillip Schmitz. We’ll break down the race including how the qualifying went down, […]
A few weeks ago, Abe Dababneh of Smoke Inn issued a challenge to six cigar media entities to each assemble a sampler of five cigars. The samplers are each available on Smoke Inn’s online store. The challenge also includes a competition to sell the most sampler units called “Battle of the Bands.” Cigar Coop is […]
