Nat Sherman has announced it is making its Panamericana line available to all retailers. Previously the line had been an exclusive offering to Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) retailers. The Nat Sherman Panamericana made its debut in October 2014. The cigar originally was an exclusive offering to Nat Sherman’s Townhouse retail shop in New York. […]
Tonight, it’s another panel discussion on Prime Time – and this time we bring in some of the best from the cigar media. We got seven panelists from four media outlets (Cigar Federation, Developing Palates, El Oso Fumar Takes, Cigar Coop). Tonight we have the whole Prime Time Team plus four very special guest […]
Just prior to the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Mel Shah and Bombay Tobak announced their third line known as MQBA. Bombay Tobak had great success in the past four years in developing its two prior brands: MBombay and Gaaja. MQBA was an ambitious project being taken on. First up, MQBA would be a line that would feature […]
La Barba Cigars’ Ricochet is now heading to stores. Ricochet is the company’s San Andres Maduro offering. Ricochet was originally launched at the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show under the name “Primitivo”, however this past September La Barba Cigars’ owner Tony Bellatto announced the name change due a potential trademark conflict. While the name of the cigar has changed, […]
Earlier this year, Davidoff announced the third release of its Davidoff Chefs Edition series. The Davidoff Chefs Edition is a project that was launched in 2016. It’s a project that brings together the world of cigar making with the culinary arts. For this project Davidoff brings together a group of leading chefs to collaborate with […]
Enrique Seijas returns to Prime Time – and this time he will join us for Special Edition. We’ll catch up on all of happenings with Matilde Cigars. Plus Bear and Coop discuss the launch of CigarAction.org and Kretak’s acquisition of Foundry Tobacco Company. Coop reports back from La Zona Palooza 2018. Finally, given this episode […]
Todd Johnson, founder and managing partner of The Cigar Shop, a chain of three premium cigar retail stores based in the Carolinas, was elected State Senator for the 35th district of North Carolina. Johnson, a Republican, defeated Democratic challenger Caroline Walker in a seat vacated by longtime North Carolina State Senator Tommy Tucker. At press […]
Fratello Cigars has announced the launch of a new line called D.M.V. The name D.M.V. stands for D.C., Maryland, and Virginia and in the case of the Fratello D.M.V., it will be a regional exclusive to retailers in those regionsas well as Delaware. The Fratello D.M.V. is produced out of the La Aurora factory, […]
For the fifth consecutive year, La Flor Dominicana is releasing a commemorative cigar for the NFL’s ” Big Game”. Come this January, La Flor Dominicana will unveil the Special Football Edition 2019 cigar. As in the past, the cigar will be a regional release to the home state hosting the NFL’s championship game. In the […]
Enrique Seijas returns to Prime Time – and this time he will join us for Special Edition. We’ll catch up on all of happenings with Matilde Cigars. Plus Bear and Coop will discuss a couple of news items. Finally, it’s election night and we’ll keep the Facebook politics flame wars out of the discussion, but […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, Plasencia launched the second installment of its Alma series known as Alma del Campo. The 2017 Trade Show was also the official launch of the brands of Plasencia Cigars. The Plasencias are world-renowned for over 150 years experience in the tobacco business. Up until last year, most of that […]
