A.J. Fernandez Cigars has named Enrique “Ricky” Somoza as its new U.S. Director of Operations. The role was left open when A.J. Fernandez Cigars’ managing partner Kris Kachaturian announced his retirement. Somoza has been with A.J. Fernandez cigars since 2013. He previously served as the production manager at Tabacalera Fernandez in Esteli, Nicaragua. In his […]
Telenorte, a media outlet serving the city of Esteli in Nicaragua is reporting there has been a fire at one of Tabacalera Fernandez’s locations in Esteli. The report says that the fire burned down the bodegas at this location, plus six tractors. The location where the fire was reported is at the 155 km mark […]
Kris Kachaturan, who served as managing partner for A.J. Fernandez Cigars will retire from the company. The plan will be for Kachaturian to continue in day to day operating for the time being before shifting to an advisory role. Kachaturian’s planned retirement was announced by the company in a press release. Commenting on his retirement, […]
Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews 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 […]
A.J. Fernandez is not known to do a lot of events, but come October 24th, cigar enthusiasts in Tampa will have a chance to meet. Today A.J. Fernandez Cigars announced that Fernandez is scheduled to represent the company at the 6th annual Tampa Cigar Bash presented by Tampa Humidor. The Tampa Cigar Bash is a […]
Just prior to the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, A.J. Fernandez Cigars announced the Enclave. The Enclave continues along the path of the recently released New World line of cigars. Like New World, it is another project that is a collaboration between A.J. Fernandez and his father Ismael. Also like the New World line, Enclave provides another […]
Over the past twelve months, A.J. Fernandez Cigars has been on a roll. Last year’s launch of the A.J. Fernandez New World was an enormous success. While it was a cigar that was only $6.00, it was a cigar that garnered considerable critical acclaim – including Cigar Journal’s #1 Cigar of the Year. In terms […]
At the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, A.J. Fernandez will introduce its newest line of cigars, the A.J. Fernandez Enclave. The Enclave pays tribute to the native Americans, who were well known to be purveyors of tobacco. Once again, master blender A.J. Fernandez will team up with his father Ismael to produce the blend. The name […]
Cigar Distrbutor Zander-Greg is celebrating twenty years in the cigar business. As with such an occasion, there will be the Zander-Greg 20th Anniversary cigar coming out. However, there is an interesting twist for this project as Zander-Greg will be teaming up with A.J. Fernandez and will receive what is described as a “slightly tweaked” blend of […]
A.J. Fernandez has announced the Northeastern U.S. launch of its New World Connecticut will be held at Cigar Emporium in Lyndhurst, NJ on June 4th at 7pm. In a press release, Richard Yanuzzi, owner of the Cigar Emporium said,” We have a great relationship with A.J. Fernandez and we are only happy to have their […]
