For the third consecutive year, C.L.E. Cigar Company is releasing an exclusive cigar for the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA). While the past two years have seen C.L.E. release new blends to the TAA, for its 2018 release, the company made a decision to create a line extension to one of its most popular lines, […]
Fratello Cigars is coming to Germany. Today Fratello Cigars owner Omar de Frias announced that Klaus Kleinlagel will handle distribution in Germany. “We are very excited to be partnering with Klaus & Martina Kleinlagel. Their history in the tobacco industry, their family-owned operation and passion for premium cigars was a perfect match for our growing brand,” […]
Fabian Barrantes has departed IndianHead Cigars, and Elvis Batista is now the company’s Director of Sales. IndianHead Cigars is owned by Jochy Blanco. IndianHead is the company that is best known to those in the premium cigar business that handles Blanco’s La Galera cigar brand. Batista most recently has served as the Key Account Manager […]
Tonight on Episode 47 of the Prime Time Show, we welcome Master Sensei aka Eric Guttormson of Cigar Dojo. Master Sensei has created a powerful media medium and community for cigar enthusiasts, and tonight we will learn a little more how that all came to be. In our Debonaire Ideal segment, we will talk some […]
Special Edition is a brand that gives us the opportunity to deviate from the usual formula of industry talk. On this show, it’s bery different from what you have seen on Special Edition as we devote a full episode to previewing the 2018 Major League Baseball season. The genesis of this is while we talk […]
In 2017, Gurkha Cigars announced what would be its signature release for 2017, the Gurkha 10th Anniversary 15 Year Cellar Reserve. This is a cigar to commemorate what has become one of Gurkha Cigars most successful lines, the Gurkha Cellar Reserve. The original Gurkha Cellar Reserve made its debut in 2007. Four years later, Gary Hyams was […]
Jeremy Jack Cigars has announced it has added a new lancero line extension to its JJ14 line. The new lancero becomes the fourth size in the JJ14. The JJ14 features an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper over Aganorsa-grown Nicaraguan binder and filler. The JJ14 Lancero measures 7 1/2 x 40 and is available in 20-count boxes. […]
Seven health groups are not happy that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has delayed the pre-market approval process on e-cigarettes and other tobacco products, including cigars. They have now gone to court in hopes of expediting the process again. Today a lawsuit was filed jointly by the American Academy of Pediatrics and its Maryland […]
Last week, the long-awaited Advanced Notice of Public Rule Making (ANPRM) in regards to premium cigars was officially announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. On March 26th, 2018 the ANPRM was published in the Federal Register. It’s a document that paints the picture in terms of what the FDA is thinking – namely […]
Dr. Gaby Kafie, owner and founder of Kafie 1901 Cigars, has authored a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb in regards to nicotine levels in cigars. The letter is a response to the recent Advanced Notice of Public Rule Making (ANPRM) in terms of maximum nicotine levels. In the ANPRM, […]
