At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Selected Tobacco formally introduced its fourth pillar in its portfolio, the Alfonso. Under that pillar, a six-size line known as Alfonso Anejos is being introduced. The brand is named for Selected Tobacco’s owner and creator, Nelson Alfonso and his family. Typically Alfonso does not disclose information about […]
Arizona-based Ambassador Fine Cigars is celebrating 25 years in business and next month Selected Tobacco will release a commemorative exclusive humidor to mark the occasion. The humidor will not only contain Selected Tobacco’s flagship brands of Atabey, Byron, and Bandolero, but a first look of a new cigar called Alfonso, named for Selected Tobacco owner […]
Casa de Montecristo, located in Countryside, Illinois and home to the Byron Cigar Lounge, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The retailer is being shipped a very special humidor to mark the occasion. The humidor was designed by Nelson Alfonso of Selected Tobacco. Each humidor includes 20-extra aged Grand Poemas (6 x 56) and 20-extra aged […]
Selected Tobacco has released a set of Byron Humidors for 2022. This edition of the Byron Humidors is limited to one size per blend, only 5,000 cigars per blend. This year’s edition features Byron 19th Century Grand Poemas, 20th Century Habaneros and 21st Century Elegantes. In addition to these blends being packaged in a special […]
United Cigars has announced new releases in its Firecracker Series. The first will be the Bandolero Firecracker from Selected Tobacco, a band that is distributed by United Cigars. The second will be from El Artista under David Ortiz’s Big Papi brand. The Firecracker is a 3 1/2 x 50 that features a long fuse stemming […]
The world of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) is now coming to the cigar industry. Today, United Cigars Director of Operations, Oliver Nivaud has announced the formation of Concept Cigars. It’s a new venture used to create conceptual NFT cigars. If you aren’t familiar with NFTs, it is a unit of data on a digital ledger known […]
After opening their first location in Illinois over 25 years ago, Sam and Mike Khalil with their partner Matthew Farokhian of Casa de Montecristo have branded their newly renovated Shaumburg location as the country’s first Byron Cigar Lounge. The lounge has 5,000 square feet in space along with three separate walk-in humidors. While the doors […]
In 2021, Central Florida retailer Corona Cigar Company is celebrating 25 years in business, and United Cigars has two special humidor sets to mark the occasion. The retailer is receiving two exclusive limited-edition humidors from United Cigars representing the popular ultra-premium Selected Tobaccos’ Atabey and Byron brands. The humidors were designed by Nelson Alfonso. The […]
Winter Park, Florida retailer Cigars on the Avenue is celebrating 25 years in business, and United Cigars has two special humidor sets to mark the occasion. The retailer is receiving two exclusive limited-edition humidors from United Cigars representing the popular ultra-premium Atabey and Byron brands, each containing ten cigars. For the project, proprietor Don Patel […]
United Cigars and Industrial Cigar Company have announced the opening of the first Atabey branded lounge in the U.S. The lounge will be opened at Industrial Cigar Company’s Frisco, Texas. A sold out grand opening event is scheduled for September 17th. United Cigars Director of Operations Oliver Nivaud said in a press release, “We are […]
