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 Special Edition #29, Prime Time goes Daytime as we broadcast a special episode live from Miami Florida with our special guest Christian Eiroa. This episode airs Friday April 27th at 2pm Eastern. We will recap Christian’s journey from the time his family took over Camacho, to when he decided to start all over again […]
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, […]
“This cigar represents a grand slam home run for C.L.E. Cigar Company. It is not only the company’s best release to date, but it is easily a cigar that ranks in the upper echelon of releases made by Christian Eiroa to date.” Wrapper: Honduran Colorado Binder: Honduran Filler: Honduran Country of Origin: Honduras (El Aladino) […]
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, Patoro Cigars showcased its Patoro Vintage Cigar, offering it to the U.S. market for the first time. Patoro Vintage is an all-Dominican puro featuring a 10-year-old Dominican wrapper. The line has already been sold in Switzerland, but now a limited supply of 100 boxes of the Robusto size is being offered the U.S. market. […]
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 […]
The C.L.E. Azabache, a blend originally introduced at as a part of the 2016 Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series, is now available as a regular production offering. At this year’s 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, the Azabache was showcased by C.L.E. The Azabache features the same blend and vitolas as what was released for […]
