Casa de Montecristo is teaming up with the Red Meat Lovers Club for two cigar dinners in Texas. Dubbed the Montecristo Steak, the event will raise funds for two local charities. Attendees will be among the first in the nation to experience the new Montecristo Epic Vintage 12. The event will also feature a first […]
JR Cigar has announced a third cigar in its 50th anniversary series. This cigar will be a special installment of the Montecristo Cincuenta in the form of a rounded torpedo “The Montecristo Cincuenta was originally released in 2019 to celebrate another 50th anniversary – that of our Tabacalera de Garcia factory in La Romana, Dominican […]
Altadis USA has announced a new installment under its Montecristo Epic line known as the Montecristo Epic Vintage 12. The Montecristo Epic line was launched in 2012 with the Montecristo Epic Vintage 2007, a cigar that featured tobaccos from a 2007 vintage crop. Cigar Aficionado reported the Vintage 12 utilizes a 2012 vintage crop. “To […]
Each week, I have the opportunity to produce the news segment for KMA Talk Radio. On Cigar Coop, we will now post replays of the shows the week following the date the show is aired in our “blog.” A few weeks ago for episode 404 the crew from Cigar Dojo took over the show. Plus […]
It’s a special doubleheader on Prime Time Special Edition 89! First Rafael Nodal and Jennifer True join us from Tabacalera USA to help kick off the launch of the Montecristo 1935 Anniversary Nicaragua. Montecristo is one of the most iconic brands in the world, and the 1935 Anniversary Nicaragua commemorates the 85th anniversary of this […]
It’s a special doubleheader on Prime Time Special Edition 89! First Rafael Nodal and Jennifer True join us from Tabacalera USA to help kick off the launch of the Montecristo 1935 Anniversary Nicaragua. Montecristo is one of the most iconic brands in the world, and the 1935 Anniversary Nicaragua commemorates the 85th anniversary of […]
For Prime Time Jukebox Episode 22, we introduce the first installment of our Music Debate Series – a head to head match with Dolly Parton vs. Diana Ross. We put two icons from the world of music against each other. We explore the history of these two women – and some of the parallels and […]
In 2014, Altadis USA released the Espada by Montecristo. Historically, it was an important cigar in that it was the first Montecristo cigar to come out of Nicaragua, and for Altadis it was one of their first major releases produced by an outside factory which in this case was the Plasencia factory. In addition, the […]
For Prime Time Jukebox Episode 22, we introduce the first installment of our Music Debate Series – a head to head match with Dolly Parton vs. Diana Ross. We put two icons from the world of music against each other. We explore the history of these two women – and some of the parallels […]
2020 marks the 85th anniversary of the Montecristo brand – and Altadis USA has announced a cigar to commemorate the occasion with the Montecristo 1935 Anniversary Nicaragua. It’s described as a collaboration between the famed Grupo de Maestros, Tabacalera USA Director of Product Capability Rafael Nodal, and master blender AJ Fernandez. The first Montecristo was […]
