The #18 Cigar of the Year is a project between celebrity restauranteur Guy Fieri and Espinosa Cigars.
2023 Cigar of the Year Countdown (Coop’s List) #18: Knuckle Sandwich Maduro Toro H

The #18 Cigar of the Year is a project between celebrity restauranteur Guy Fieri and Espinosa Cigars.
The newest iteration of the Knuckle Sandwich Chef Special by Espinosa Cigars and Guy Fieri made it’s debut at the 2023 PCA trade show in Las Vegas. This is a follow up on the 2022 release which was a huge hit with the cigar community. This new version features and Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper versus the […]
Celebrity Restauranteur turned cigar-brand owner Guy Fieri wanted a special cigar to commemorate his 55th birthday and turned to Espinosa Cigars, who handles both his production and distribution for his Knuckle Sandwich brand, to make such a cigar. The result was a cigar known as the Knuckle Sandwich 55. Fieri was initially given 55 ten-count […]
Each Saturday morning, I have the opportunity to co-host KMA Talk Radio with Abe Dababneh, Alex Tavella, and Paul DeGrocco. I also produce the cigar news segment for the show. Our format is free-form, where we talk cigars and other newsworthy topics. The following is Episode 494, which aired on April 22, 2023. This episode […]
After Espinosa Cigars made a monstrous splash by bringing Guy Fieri and his Knuckle Sandwich line to the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, everybody wonder what Espinosa Cigars would for an encore. The answer would be to pick right off where they left off. Once again, Fieri was at the Trade Show this […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show which opens July 7, 2023, in Las Vegas, the Knuckle Sandwich Robusto 3-Pack Sampler will be released. It contains three cigars with one cigar from each of Knuckle Sandwich Cigars’ core line. Knuckle Sandwich is the cigar line launched by celebrity restauranteur Guy Fieri with Espinosa […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Guy Fieri’s Knuckle Sandwich Cigars will release the Knuckle Sandwich Chef Special 2023 edition. This follows up the brand’s first limited edition, 2022’s Chef’s Special. Knuckle Sandwich Cigars are blended and distributed by Espinosa Cigars. The Chef Special features a different blend than its 2022 predecessor. […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Guy Fieri’s Knuckle Sandwich Cigars will release a sampler known as Prix Fixe. In the culinary world, Prix Fixe is a special menu that follows the rule of “three of each. In keeping with that theme, this limited-release nine-cigar sampler contains; three Knuckle Sandwich Habano, three […]
The story of celebrity restauranteur Guy Fieri has been well-documented. It was in January of 2022 when it was announced that Fieri would be teaming up with Erik Espinosa to launch Knuckle Sandwich cigars. Knuckle Sandwich Cigars are being done in partnership with Espinosa Premium Cigars, who are handling both the production and distribution of […]
One of the big stories of 2022 was the announcement that celebrity restauranteur Guy Fieri would be teaming up with Espinosa Cigars to launch the Knuckle Sandwich brand of cigars. Knuckle Sandwich Cigars is a brand produced by Espinosa Cigars and distributed by Espinosa Cigars. Over the years, company president Erik Espinosa had developed a […]