In 2011, Drew Estate recruited Willy Herrera to join its company. At the time, Herrera was working at the small El Titan de Bronze factory located in Little Havana, Miami. Drew Estate and its founder Jonathan Drew were looking for someone to join the company to blend something Cubanesque – a style Herrera had become […]
Daybreak has come for Phil Zanghi and Debonaire House. This month the long-awaited Connecticut Shade offering from Zanghi, the Debonaire Daybreak, is heading to retailers. After working on some blend iterations, Zanghi came full circle and ended up using an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper on the original Debonaire blend featuring a Dominican binder and a […]
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 […]
For Episode 27 of the Prime Time Show, we are proud to welcome “Dirty” Fabien Ziegler of Drew Estate. It will be a little bit of a different show as we talk “non-traditional” (i.e. infused) cigars with Fabien. In our Debonaire Ideal segment we will talk horror movies, and in the Deliberation Segment we break […]
The Liga Privada Unico Serie UF-4, one of the most limited Liga Privada cigars by Drew Estate, is returning in its annual release. As in previous years, the UF-4 will be released to coincide with Countryside, Illinois-based retailer Casa de Montecristo’s annual Halloween party on October 26. Since its inception in 2010, the Liga Privada […]
For Episode 27 of the Prime Time Show, we are proud to welcome “Dirty” Fabian Ziegler of Drew Estate. It will be a little bit of a different show as we talk “non-traditional” (i.e. infused) cigars with Fabian. In our Debonaire Ideal segment we will talk horror movies, and in the Deliberation Segment we […]
For Episode 26 of the Prime Time Show, we are proud to welcome Juan Martinez, the President of Joya de Nicaragua. It will be an all-Nicaragua show as we catch up with Juan on all things happening Joya de Nicaragua. We will then discuss a little of Nicaraguan culture and history in our Debonaire Ideal […]
On Thursday October 12th, 2017 Swisher International announced that its CEO and President Peter Ghiloni will be retiring at the end of the year. Ghiloni’s retirement caps off a 34-year tenure at Swisher International. Concurrently, the company also announced Ghiloni’s successor will be John Miller, Swisher International’s Vice President of Sales and Marketing. To premium cigar […]
Drew Estate’s Pappy Van Winkle Tradition cigar, a limited production cigar that pays homage to Van Winkle family, has arrived at Drew Diplomat retailers. The Van Winkles are best known as owners of the Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery and makers of Pappy Van Winkle bourbon and rye products. The cigar also had a formal kickoff at […]
The following is the text from a press release from Drew Estate on a cigar theft: Back on August 8, 2017, a truck containing a full load of Drew Estate premium handmade cigars was stolen in the greater Miami Area. An active investigation into this theft is ongoing and involves numerous law enforcement entities. The specific cigars […]
