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 […]
United Cigar is the distribution arm owned by David Garofalo. Garofalo is best known as being a founder of Two Guys Smoke Shop as well as The Cigar Authority podcast. United Cigar distributes several brands – and perhaps best known are the brands of Nelson Alfonso’s Selected Tobacco (Atabey, Byron, and Bandolero). United Cigar always […]
At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Selected Tobacco launched two new sizes under its Atabey line, the Atabey Idolos and Atabey Sabios. This brings the total number of vitolas offered in the Atabey line to eleven. Atabey Idolos introduces a 4 x 55 vitola into the Atabey line while Sabios introduces a Robusto-sized 5 […]
United Cigar has announced it has taken proactive measures to prevent the counterfeiting of the most premium line it distributes, Atabey. In a press release, Oliver Nivaud, Director of Sales for United Cigars said: Over the last year we have heard whispers of counterfeit or unbanded Atabeys. Regretfully, these whispers have turned into a […]
This week Tuesday was Thursday on the Prime Time Show. Given Thanksgiving was on Thursday, we did a regular Prime Time Show on Tuesday night. The whole team was in place as Aaron, Bear, and Coop welcome Oliver Nivaud, National Sales Manager for United Cigar Group. We will talk all things United Cigar including the […]
United Cigar is a company owned by David Garofalo, best known as the owner of Two Guys Smoke Shop. The company works with a diverse array of manufacturers and handles U.S. distribution for their cigars. It is also a unique venture in that they provide education to their authorized retailers. While many of the brands of United Cigar are staples at […]
Selected Tobacco, the brand owned by Nelson Alfonso, has announced that it is adding five new sizes to the ultra-premium Atabey line. The new sizes will officially be launched at the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas. Being added to the line are the Duendes (6 x 54, Torpedo), Spiritus (7 1/2 x 40), Misticos (6 3/4 […]
Welcome to our 2014 IPCPR Trade Show Preview. During the next five weeks, we will provide a preview into the cigar industry’s biggest event – the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show that begins on July 19th. Over the next few weeks, we’ll have a weekly preview from an industry standpoint. In between, expect lots of announcements […]
Atabey by Selected Tobacco United Cigar Retailers has announced that Selected Tobacco, which produces Nelson Alfonso’s cigar brands in Costa Rica including Atabey, Byron, and Bandolero will be available for new retailers at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas. Over the past year, these brands have only been available to the 33 retail […]
Atabey by Selected Tobacco (Brujos Vitola) The Atabey is probably a cigar most people have not heard of. It is one of three blends made by a company called Selected Tobacco. Selected Tobacco makes three brands: Bandolero, Byron, and Atabey Cigars. The company launched their line at the 2012 IPCPR Trade Show in Orlando, Florida. […]
