Erik Espinosa filmed a short video talking about one of his two cigars featuring Jamaican tobacco, the Espinosa Reggae DREAD. The Espinosa Reggae DREAD is described as a medium to full-bodied cigar featuring Nicaraguan, Honduran, and Jamaican Lengue de Vaca tobacco in an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper. The cigar is unique in that it is rolled with several pigtails […]
On June 16, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump announced he is rolling back several of former President Barack Obama’s directives on Cuba. There were no changes to the current policy that allows bringing Cuban cigars and rum into the United States, however the new Trump directive cracks down on travel and conducting business in Cuba […]
At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, Espinosa Cigars will have a national launch of the Espinosa Reggae and Espinosa Reggae DREAD. These are two cigars originally released to a limited amount of retailers in 2016. What makes these two cigars special is the inclusion of Jamaican tobacco in the filler. Espinosa Cigars describes the […]
One thing that Prime Time Special Edition allows us to do is bring you programming when a big story hits the cigar industry. While cigars were not impacted at this time by President Trump’s new directive in terms of policy toward Cuba, there are impacts to how we deal with this country. Cuba is still very much […]
Espinosa Cigars has announced it is shipping Eminent Domain, the second installment in its Backroom Series. The Backroom Series is an line of cigars for that is exclusive to Espinosa Lounges. The Eminent Domain is described as a rustic wrapped Habano cigar. It is available in one size – a 6 x 50 Toro. The cigars are […]
For Episode 2 of Prime Time, Will and Aaron welcome Hector Alfonso, Director of Operations at Espinosa Cigars and we catch up on what has been a dynamic year for the company. The Debonaire Ideal segment talks about Baseball and in our Deliberation segment we talk about limited cigars that make a comeback.
Get ready for Prime Time – the podcast dedicated to covering the cigar industry! For Episode 2, Will and Aaron welcome Hector Alfonso Sr of Espinosa Cigars into the “Hot Seat”. We catch up with Hector on Espinosa and will surely get some good commentary from him. In our Debonaire Ideal we talk Baseball. Finally in our […]
For the past three years on Cigar Coop, we have given out Factory of the Year Awards. We have divided this up into Small/Single Operation and Large/Multi-Faceted Operation. For the past two years, 2015 and 2016, the award for Small/Single Operation has gone to Erik Espinosa’s La Zona Factory located in Esteli, Nicaragua. Last month, […]
Pure Aroma Cigars, makers of the D’Crossier brand and Espinosa Cigars have ended their distribution agreement. The move is effective immediately. “Unfortunately at this moment, we are having difficulties meeting distribution demands. This is a sad day for me, Erik and I started as acquaintances and quickly became like family. However, I have faith that […]
About four years ago, master blender A.J. Fernandez consolidated his factory operations which were scattered across the city of Esteli to the new, massive Tabcaelera Fernandez. Since then, Fernandez has continued to grow and expanded his operation. This led Fernandez to acquire a new factory located about 50 miles north of Esteli just outside the Totogalpa and […]
