FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Miami, FL) July 12, 2011: Torano Family Cigar Company is excited to unleash Vault, the family’s newest cigar creation. The Torano family will unveil Vault at the upcoming 2011 IPCPR in Las Vegas. Blends from the Vault originate from the family’s cigar “blend book” which was started by Carlos Torano, Sr. in […]
Press Release (and thoughts): GURKHA REVEALS THREE NEW RETAILER EXCLUSIVE BRANDS: CELLAR RESERVE, ROYAL CHALLENGE AND SEDUCTION
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GURKHA REVEALS THREE NEW RETAILER EXCLUSIVE BRANDS: CELLAR RESERVE, ROYAL CHALLENGE AND SEDUCTION FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MIAMI, FL., July 11, 2011: Beach Cigar Group Inc., owner of Gurkha Cigars, one of world’s most premium and luxurious cigar brands announced today the creation of three new retailer exclusive brands timed to launch at this year’s IPCPR […]
Cigar Preview: Oliveros Sun Grown Reserve
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Oliveros Cigars is planning on launching another new blend at the 2011 IPCPR trade show. In addition to the launch of the small batch Aging Room Cigars‘ line and the new Swag Limitado ’99, Oliveros plans on launching an all-Nicaraguan puro called the Oliveros Sun-Grown Reserve. As from the title, this one will be […]
Cigar Preview: Aging Room Cigars by Oliveros
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Aging Room Cigars – M356 In the past few years, Oliveros has been expanding the brands in their portfolio. Such notable new brands that have been added to the Oliveros family have been the King Havano and Swag Cigar lines. At IPCPR this year, Oliveros plans to unveil another new brand into their family of […]
Cigar Preview: Room 101 LTD Namakubi
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Room 101 Cigars has posted information on their web-site about their third release, the Room 101 Namakubi. Details can be seen on the Room 101 Blog about the background of the cigar. It pays homage to Samurai culture. Cigar Aficionado also put information on this. Blend Profile Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Binder: Honduran Generoso seed Filler: […]
Cigar Preview: E.P. Carrillo Short Run 2011
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I’ve said this several times, 2011 is a huge year for E.P. Carrillo. They have been very active in the release category. Earlier this spring, E.P. Carrillo released two new additions to their core line – the E.P. Carrillo New Wave Connecticut and the E.P. Carrillo Elencos (the rebranding of the E.P. Carrillo Edicion Limitada […]
Cigar Preview: Toraño Family Cigars – Toraño Loyal and Toraño Vault
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This past weekend, Cigar Dave released some high level info (that he got from Torano) on two new Torano Family Cigars. As per Cigar Dave, this information was received from Charlie Torano and he had permission to share with his audicence. These will make their debut at the 2011 IPCPR show. The announcement was made […]
Cigar Preview: My Uzi Weighs a Ton by Joya de Nicaragua
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Joya de Nicaragua My Uzi Weighs a Ton On June 10th, Jonathan Drew was at a Drew Estate event at Cordova Cigars in Pensacola, Florida. Along the way, he brought along some pre-release “My Uzi Weighs a Ton” cigars from Joya de Nicaragua. This cigar represents a joint-collaboration by Drew Estate with Joya de Nicaragua. […]
Cigar Preview: A.Turrent Triple Corojo Update – Vitolas and Photos
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Logo for the Triple Play Maduro, not Corojo A. Turrent’s Triple Corojo will make its world debut at next week’s Cigar Dave remote broadcast in Charlotte, North Carolina on June 5th, 2011. Over the past few weeks, I’ve posted some info on the blend. It appears that the A. Turrent web-site has been updated with […]
Press Release: Sam Leccia Debut; Leccia Launching “Sam Leccia Cigar Company” and Announces First Cigar called the “Debut”
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When Sam Leccia parted ways with Oliva Cigars back in November, 2010, there was a lot of speculation where Leccia would wind up. Today, a press release was issued announcing the formation of Sam’s own cigar company as well as his first cigar – appropriately titled “The Debut”. For Immediate Release May 24, 2011 […]