If there is one thing Steve Saka has been known for throughout his career it’s creating offshoot blends from his tried and true lines. We’ve seen this while he was at Drew Estate when he created the Undercrown Corona ¡Viva! line as well as some of the Liga Privada Unica Serie line. When he formed Dunbarton […]
Tonight, the one and only Nick Perdomo returns to the Prime Time Show. We will catch up with Nick on all things happening Perdomo and a bunch of industry topics. Plus we will discuss with Nick some of the unique things Perdomo does from a tobacco and production standpoint. Tune in live at a special […]
JRE Tobacco Company is releasing a new offering under its Aladino blend. Coming this summer will be the Aladino Habano. The Aladino Habano is a Honduran puro with all of the tobaccos coming from the JRE Tobacco Farm. As the name indicates, it features a Honduran Habano. It’s being initially released in one size, a […]
Crux Cigars has announced it is shipping two sizes of its annual Crux Limitada release. This includes the popular Crux Limitada PB5 and the Crux Limitada The Show. Both are the first releases of the Crux Limitada featuring the new packaging Crux introduced last summer. The Crux Limitada PB5 is being released for the […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, Altadis U.S.A. introduced a Montecristo branded product produced by AJ Fernandez called the Montecristo Nicaragua Series. Over the past few years, Tabacalera USA has turned to AJ Fernandez to produce new offerings in many of its brands in both the Altadis U.S.A. and Santa Clara Cigars […]
The year 2019 would mark the eighth consecutive year that La Flor Dominicana would be a part of the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series. In 2019, La Flor Dominicana would release not one, but two cigars to the TAA. These cigars have been branded the La Flor Dominicana TAA 50th Segunda Edición. […]
The premium cigar industry suffered another defeat in court when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued a ruling on the appeals of the U.S. District Court of Maryland’s decisions in the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) case. The appeal had been focused on moving the deadline for Substantial Equivalence filings for […]
> The Rocky Patel TAA Exclusivo 2020, the fourth exclusive release by Rocky Patel Premium Cigars for the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series is now heading to retailers. The blend of the Rocky Patel TAA Exclusivo 2020 features a Mexican San Andres wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and fillers. The cigar comes in one […]
On May 4th, Dave and I will premiere Episode 9 of Prime Time Jukebox – The Cheap Trick Show. We are honored to have band founder Rick Nielsen and his son Erron. To have this opportunity was nothing short of amazing, and from a personal standpoint, it hits home for two reasons. First back in […]
On Episode 9, of Prime Time Jukebox, we are proud to welcome Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Rick Nielsen and his son Erron to the show. Rick is the founder of Cheap Trick who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016. We will all smoke some cigars and do […]
For Prime Time Episode 135, we welcome Sean Williams, the brand ambassador of General Cigars’ Cohiba brand. Sean is a long-time industry veteran, founding a company called Primer Mundo Cigars before coming to General Cigar in 2017. We’ll look at Sean’s journey on how he got to General, and we will talk about what’s happening […]
For many years, Luis Cuevas Sr. has operated his Tabacalera Las Lavas S.R.L. in the Dominican Republic. A little over a decade ago, Cuevas Sr. created a cigar called the Cuevas Reserva. At that time, Cuevas Sr. faced a huge dilemma – either invest in the time and resources needed to introduce his own brand […]
