Gurkha Cigars has announced it is discontinuing two regular production lines, Treinta and San Miguel. The move is being made to facilitate Gurkha making room for additional productions in the future. Both blends were produced at Aganorsa Leaf’s factory in Estelí Nicaragua. “We fully recognize that shelf space is real estate in our industry. In […]
Once again, Gurkha Cigars had one of the largest booths at the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. While we didn’t get a chance to interview anyone from Gurkha, one cannot ignore the fact that they left quite an impression on this year’s trade show. For the past few years, Gurkha had been releasing simpler […]
Gurkha Cigar Group is getting ready to celebrate its 35th anniversary as a company. At this year’s 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Gurkha showed off a new humidor and cigars to mark the milestone. The humidor has a red-colored piano-style finish. It’s a 150-count humidor, but the unit contains 75 cigars. The cigars […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Gurkha Cigars will celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of its popular lines from the past, the Gurkha Beauty. The 2023 PCA Trade Show opens July 7, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada. “It’s been 25 years since Gurkha first introduced the Beauty and it’s still a […]
2024 is the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese calendar. Many companies over the past few years have released Chinese Calendar themed cigars to mark the occasion. This year, Gurkha Cigars is getting the jump on things as it has announced it will release a cigar in honor of the Year of the Dragon […]
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put its Deeming Regulations into effect, the concept of predicate cigars was introduced. Predicate cigars are ones that were first introduced to the market prior to February 15th, 2007 and anything introduced after that would require the FDA pre-market approval. This gave companies with predicate cigars a […]
On Episode 254, we kick off the 2023 season of Prime Time and welcome the one and only Juan Lopez of Gurkha Cigars. Juan is always an entertaining and informative guest. We will catch up with Juan and all things Gurkha. Plus, we will also have our Alec Bradley Live True, Cattle Baron, Dunbarton Tobacco […]
At Total Product Expo (TPE) 2023 Gurkha Cigars introduced a three-blend value set known as the Grand Age II. As the name indicates, it is a spinoff of an older Gurkha line, the Gurkha Grand Age. “The Grand Age II is a fun project we’ve been developing over the past few months,” comments Jim Colucci, […]
At Total Product Expo (TPE) in Las Vegas, Nevada, Gurkha Cigas unveiled a third blend under its popular Gurkha Ghost line, the Gurkha Ghost Connecticut. “We feel that the Gurkha Ghost Connecticut will be the perfect addition to our portfolio of Gurkha Ghost,” says Juan Lopez, Vice President of Sales, in a press release. “The […]
On Episode 254, we kick off the 2023 season of Prime Time and welcome the one and only Juan Lopez of Gurkha Cigars. Juan is always an entertaining and informative guest. We will catch up with Juan and all things Gurkha. Plus, we will also have our Alec Bradley Live True, Cattle Baron, Dunbarton […]
