Larry Amoruso of Florios It is with great sadness that I have learned that Larry Amoruso, owner of New York’s Florio’s Restaurant and Three Little Indians Cigars has passed away. I learned this information from a friend a little while ago and was able to confirm this on Florio’s Hollywood (Florida) Facebook page that Larry […]
Cigar Coop with Bill Paley (L) and Glynn Loope (C) Readers of Cigar Coop have heard me rave about La Palina Cigars. I rated two of his sticks in the Top 10 – including one at Number 5 and one at Number 7. Today Bill Paley was a guest on Fox News and did a […]
Cigar Coop and Matt Booth Matt Booth took Charlotte by storm as he was the guest of honor at a Room 101 Cigars event hosted by Outland Cigars. Matt had been scheduled to fly to Charlotte for this event back in December. Due to a family emergency, Matt had to fly back to the West […]
Back in December, the cigar industry was rocked when one of its icons, Jon Huber announced he was leaving the CAO brand. Huber was the Director of Lifestyle Marketing and had a lot to do with the “edge” that CAO brought to the table in their products. I just saw a link to an interview […]
Cigar Coop (L) with Manuel Quesada (R) at Outland Cigars There is no question that Manuel Quesada is not only one of the great cigar-ebrities out there – and backs up with knowledge and being a class act. I have previously wrote, “… the man is a gentleman through and through. He probably is […]
This is a little bit of a lighter note. When it comes to NFL head coaches, I admit, I am a fan of the days of a suit and tie. I always liked to see Vince Lombardi in his tie. When Mike Ditka wore a tie under his sweater, I thought it was great. When […]
The Gloom of Mayor Mike Bloomberg America’s Mayor – Oscar Goodman Two Mayors – one in the City of New York and one in the City of Las Vegas. Two that could not be further part. Mayor Mike Bloomberg is not a friend of Cigar Enthusiasts. Mayor Oscar Goodman is. However, it goes further […]
This past Tuesday, I posted some information in regards to Tim Ozgener’s departure from CAO Cigars. In this post, I posted a reference to a press release by General Cigars to announce that Ozgener was leaving CAO. In that press release, there was some ambiguity in that release with whether or not Ozgener was leaving […]
No Doubt a product of Ozgener’s marketing For the second time in two weeks, the Cigar World has been rocked with the departure of another Cigar-ebrity. Tim Ozgener of CAO Cigars is leaving the company, and it looks like leaving the industry. The official reason by General Cigars is that Ozgener is leaving to pursue […]
Sam Leccia at IPCPR 2010 in action I saw this post on this post on the Cigar Aficionado Web-Site. The legendary Sam Leccia is leaving Oliva Cigars. Sam is truly one of the Cigar-ebrities in the business. He is the master behind the the Nub and Cain sticks. The Nub and Cain sticks will stay […]
