Each and every year, C.L.E. Cigar Company is one of the busiest booths at the IPCPR Trade Show. 2018 was no exception, and while there wasn’t a plethora of new releases, there was no slowdown of activity. This year the company showcased its C.L.E., EIROA, and Asylum brands as well as Patoro Cigars, the Dominican […]
At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, C.L.E. Cigar Company launched three ten-count samplers across its C.L.E., Eiroa, and Asylum brands. First up, is the C.L.E. brand sampler. It contains two cigars from each of the following brands: C.L.E. Connecticut, C.L.E. Habano, C.L.E. Corojo, C.L.E. Azabache, and C.L.E. Signature. Each cigar is a 50 x 5 Robusto. […]
While at C.L.E. Cigar Company World Headquarters in Miami for our Prime Time goes Daytime broadcast, we ran into Asylum Cigars co-owner Tom Lazuka. We caught up with Tom on the latest happenings at Asylum Cigars as well as his beloved Michigan Sports. This episode ran live just following our regular Prime Time Special Edition #29 broadcast. Don’t […]
For Special Edition #29, Prime Time went Day Time as we broadcasted a special episode live from C.L.E. Cigar Company World Headquarters in Miami Florida with our special guest Christian Eiroa. We recap Christian’s journey from the time his family took over Camacho, to when he decided to start all over again with C.L.E. Cigar […]
This past week, Asylum Cigars released the Medulla Oblongata Maduro. As the name indicates, it’s a maduro version of the Asylum’s Maduro Oblongata line released in 2017. While the original Medulla Oblongata was a Honduran puro highlighted by Authentic Corojo, the Medulla Oblongata uses a San Andres wrapper in place of the Honduran wrapper. The Maduro comes in […]
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, […]
It’s hard to believe that it has been five years since Asylum Cigars was founded. Asylum Cigars is a partnership between Christian Eiroa and Tom Lazuka. The brand has built a strong and diverse portfolio of offerings during these years and is credited for spearheading the 60+ ring gauge movement. At the same time, the […]
Asylum Cigars has been a juggernaut over the past five years in the cigar industry. Tonight, on Episode 20 of the Prime Time Show, we have the co-founder and co-owner of Asylum Cigars, the one and only Tom Lazuka. We discuss the rise of Asylum Cigars and talk about the latest happenings with the brand. […]
It seems like yesterday that Christian Eiroa returned to the cigar business with the launch of C.L.E. Cigar Company, but this year Eiroa and C.L.E. celebrated five years in business. There was plenty of activity to showcase that milestone. At the same time, C.L.E. showed it is a company that is building on its strengths. Five years ago, Eiroa […]
At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, Asylum Cigars launched a new all Honduran Corojo offering known as Medulla Oblongata. It’s a cigar that is going to be available in four sizes – each in a parejo and box-pressed offering. Medulla Oblongata is packaged in 50-count boxes featuring 25 parejo cigars (known as Medulla) and 25 box-pressed cigars (known […]
