Cornelius & Anthony is getting ready to introduce its first Connecticut Shade offering. At the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, the Cornelius & Anthony Aerial will make its debut. The Aerial will be the company’s fifth regular production offering, and the fourth one to come from Erik Espinosa’s La Zona factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. In addition […]
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, […]
Cornelius & Anthony has announced a new line called Venganza. The cigar is positioned as a “rich and flavorful powerhouse”. The cigar will be produced at Erik Espinosa’s La Zona factory and will make its debut at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show. The Venganza will feature art work for the 1876 patent form of The […]
The Daddy Mac is one of two new releases by Cornelius & Anthony launched in 2016. Cornelius & Anthony is the premium cigar division S & M Brands. S & M Brands is owned by the Bailey family and run by Steven Bailey. The family has over 150 years in the tobacco industry. The Daddy Mac […]
The 2015 Cigar Coop Factory of the Year Award for a Small / Single Operation goes to La Zona. When Erik Espinosa launched Espinosa Premium Cigars in 2012, he would also purchase a two story inn located in Esteli, Nicaragua that would become his very own factory – La Zona, It didn’t take long for La […]
“Espinosa Cigars has a lot to be proud of when it comes to the Espinosa Laranja Reserva offering, and the Caixa continues what is a great story around this line…What I liked about the Caixa is how it is a different cigar, yet keeps true to what the Laranja Reserva line is all about. “ […]
La Zona, the cigar factory owned by Erik Espinosa has created an exclusive cigar to Twin Smoke Shoppe in Philadelphia. The new cigar has been dubbed “Renzulli” and pays tribute to Twin Smoke Shoppe’s proprietor Anthony Renzulli. The new Renzulli Cigar will have an official event launch at the retail location on September 17th. Erik […]
Eddie Ortega, owner of Ortega Premium Cigars and Sean Williams, owner of El Primer Mundo Cigars have announced a joint project called Larceny. The concept behind this project is that each brand owner will create a cigar for the other brand owner. Each brand owner will then release the swapped blend to the public under […]
