La Flor Dominicana has announced a new program for retailers and consumers known as “The La Flor Dominicana Experience”. The new program is a five day, four night program that will give participants an opportunity to see the operations of La Flor Dominicana in the Dominican Republic, including a tour of the company’s farms and […]
Cigar News: Casa Magna Lounge Comes to The Cigar Shop in Myrtle Beach, SC
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Casa Magna, the brand that started as a collaboration between cigar icons Manuel Quesada and Nestor Placencia, has its first cigar lounge. The home to the Casa Magna Lounge is The Cigar Shop – a new premium cigar retail and lounge operation located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The lounge had a grand opening March 23rd, […]
Cigar News: Casa de Montecristo Adding Nashville, Austin, and Tampa Locations
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Casa de Montecristo Inc, the luxury retail and lounge operation under Tabacalera USA is adding stores in the Nashville, Tennessee; Austin, Texas; and Tampa, Florida markets. Each of the three stores will be new brick and mortar locations constructed from the ground up carry the “Casa de Montecristo” name. The new Casa de Montecristo Nashville is […]
Cigar News: Nat Sherman Relocates Corporate Headquarters to Englewood, NJ
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Nat Sherman has announced it has moved its corporate office to Englewood, NJ. The move marks a return to the North Jersey town as Nat Sherman maintained both manufacturing and corporate offices in the 1970s. Most recently, the Nat Sherman corporate offices were in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The company says the new Englewood office […]
Cigar News: Tabacalera USA Forms New Business Unit and Acquires Houston-based Serious Cigars
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Tabacalera USA, the U.S. premium cigar operation arm of Imperial Tobacco has announced it has acquired the stores owned by Houston, Texas retailer Serious Cigars. The four store retail operation now will be a part of the company’s Casa de Montecristo retail shop brand. Simultaneously Tabacalera USA has announced it has created “Casa de Montecristo […]
Feature Story: Dancing on the Jetty-Cigar Smoking in Cuba
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Recently, I had an opportunity to take a trip to Cuba. My purpose of going to Cuba was a combination of fact-finding and education. The signs are pointing toward the U.S. Embargo against Cuba ending. With that, this could lead to the Cuban cigar market being opened in the United States (although under current FDA regulations, […]
Cigar News: Clint Aaron Joins City Place Cigar
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262 Cigars’ Presient Clint Aaron has a new title – tobacconist. Today, City Place Cigar located in Lynchburg, Virginia announced that Aaron is coming on-board as Principal Owner beginning on October 1st. Aaron confirmed the move to Cigar Coop and also reiterated the 262 Cigars brand is not going anywhere. “Clint brings a great deal […]
Cigar News: Davidoff Lounge Comes to Greensboro, North Carolina
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This past March, Davidoff rolled out a lounge in Greensboro, North Carolina. The lounge was opened at Havana Phil’s Cigar Company and quickly became one of the premier cigar lounges in the U.S.. This week on September 22nd, Havana Phil’s formally joins the Davidoff’s family of cigar lounges as a gala grand opening launch event is planned. Havana […]
Cigar News: Casa de Montecristo Dallas Opens
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This past weekend, Casa de Montecristo opened up its new Dallas Texas location. As a a part of the opening of the store, a weekend long celebration of events took place. The new 4,300 square foot location located in the Turtle Creek section of Dallas has become the sixth Casa de Montecristo branded store in the U.S. […]
Cigar News: Club Macanudo Becomes New Partner for Knickerbocker Hotel Cigar Lounge
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The Knickerbocker Hotel has a new partner for its rooftop bar cigar lounge. Today, it was announced that Club Macanudo will team up with the iconic hotel to launch “Club Macanudo at the Knick” – a cigar lounge located at the Knickerbocker Hotel’s rooftop bar St. Cloud. The lounge will officially open for operation on […]