On Episode 48 of the Prime Time Show, we welcome Tony Bellatto He is the man behind La Barba Cigars and one of the principals involved with the Lost & Found project. Tony’s also a wine sommelier, and we will dive into his background in this area on our Debonaire Ideal. Finally, on our Deliberation […]
The Texas market is important to most brands in the cigar industry, and Marrero Cigars is targeting it. This the company announced it has named Tony Gomez as its Regional Sales Representative for the Dallas market. “I am honored to embark on an exciting new chapter in my career in the cigar industry. Many of […]
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 […]
Back in January came word that a group of cigar-related businesses in Texas had filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) challenging Warning Labels requirements. This past week, the group has motioned the court to throw out the current Warning Label requirements that are a part of the Deeming Regulations. Meanwhile, […]
In 2017, Davidoff Cigars released a special limited edition culebra offering known as the Davidoff Culebras Limited Edition. A culebra is a group of three panatelas twisted together to form a snake-like entity. The origins of the culebra can be traced back to Cuba, but there are many conflicting stories about the how the creation of […]
Tonight on Episode 48 of the Prime Time Show, we welcome Tony Bellatto He is the man behind La Barba Cigars and one of the principals involved with the Lost & Found project. Tony’s also a wine sommelier, and we will be covering wine in both our Debonaire Ideal and Deliberation segments. All of this […]
The Kristoff TAA Exclusive 49 is a cigar by Glen Case’s Kristoff Cigars that is a part of several new exclusive releases that have been made available to the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) by several manufacturers for 2017. While this is Kristoff’s first official TAA Exclusive cigar, it is not Kristoff’s first go around […]
In the latest round of the cigar industry’s lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the three plaintiffs have motioned the court to throw out the current Warning Label requirements that are a part of the Deeming Regulations. The move comes a little over a week after the FDA issued an Advanced Noticed […]
Late last year, JRE Tobacco started to soft launch the Aladino Maduro, an extension to the company’s signature line, Aladino to a group of its select retailers. JRE Tobacco is a company headed up by legendary Julio R. Eiroa and his son Justo Eiroa. It was back in 2016, when the father-son duo launched JRE Tobacco. […]
As a part of the brand’s 50th anniversary, today Davidoff has announced the return of the Davidoff Selección 702 Limited Edition 2009. As the name indicates, this is a cigar that was last released back in 2009. The Davidoff Selección 702 Limited Edition 2009 derives its name from the “702” wrapper that covers the cigar. This […]
