CLE Cigar Company has released new packaging around its Eiroa Classic and Eiroa CBT lines. The new packaging follows a similar design introduced with the most recent Eiroa brand cigar, Eiroa – The First 20 Years. According to CLE, cigars with the new packaging have already begun to arrive at retailers. The biggest change will around […]
The 48th Annual Meeting and Convention of the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) is scheduled March 6 – 10th in Puerto Vallarta. Surrounding the event are the announcements for what cigars will make up the 2016 TAA Exclusive Series – a series of cigars made available to TAA retailers to sell at their shops. This […]
A fourth blend is coming to Asylum Cigars’ popular Asylum 13 line. Today the company announced the Asylum 13 Connecticut will be available at the end of the month. As the name indicates, the cigar will add an Connecticut Shade wrapper offering into the Asylum 13 line. The Asylum 13 Connecticut was blended by Christian Eiroa […]
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 […]
Add Asylum Cigars to the list of cigar manufacturers providing shop exclusive cigars to Famous Smoke Shop in Easton, Pennsylvania. Today the retailer announced it has released a new exclusive project from Asylum Cigars called the Asylum Lobotomy. Famous has indicated the cigar is now currently available for purchase. The Asylum Lobotomy is described as […]
At the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show, Christian Eiroa and CLE Cigar Company showcased three brands that were spearheaded by his father, Julio Eiroa: Aladino, Rancho Luna, and Tatascan. Today, Christian Eiroa announced that his father, and brother Justo will be forming their own company under the name JRE Tobacco. With this new company, the three […]
Eiroa – The First 20 Years is the third blend in CLE Cigar Company’s Eiroa brand. 2015 marked CLE founder Christian Eiroa‘s 20th anniversary in the cigar business. To commemorate the occasion, Christian’s father, Julio Eiroa presented him what he considered to be some “very special tobacco” . Christian took the tobacco and created a blend. […]
The Asylum Nyctophilia Maduro is Asylum Cigars’ contribution to the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Exclusive Series for 2015. Asylum Cigars is a part of the CLE Cigar Company portfolio and it marks CLE’s first contribution to the TAA. The name Nyctophilia means “preference for the night or darkness” and that is exactly what Nyctophilia is – namely […]
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 […]
CLE Cigar Company has announced the availability of its new Aladino Cigars line. Aladino is one of three cigar lines that made a debut at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show that were spearheaded by CLE Cigar Company founder Christian Eiroa’s father, Julio Eiroa. Aladino is a Honduran puro that features tobacco grown in the Jamastran […]
