The government of Austria has passed a law that will ban smoking in restaurants as well as other food providers. The measure won’t go into effect until May 1st, 2018 however, if you switch over voluntarily before July 1st, 2016 the government is offering an incentive. Restaurants who switch over before July 1st 2016 will be eligible for a 30 percent fiscal premium for conversion investments. Violators will be fined 2000 Euros for restaurant owners […]
Drew Estate Debuts New Nica Rustica “Belly” & Short Robusto Vitolas Miami, FL – Drew Estate announced today that they would be introducing their new Nica Rustica “Belly” and Nica Rustica Short Robusto sizes in stores nationwide starting in August 2015. The new cigars will be displayed in Drew Estate’s booth (Booth #15407) at the 2015 IPCPR Tradeshow in New Orleans, LA. The new sizes include the 7 1⁄2 x 54 belicoso-shaped “Belly” (MSRP $7.95) […]
Yesterday during the taping of The Cigar Authority, Jeremy Soares of My Father Cigars stopped by with a sample of the new El Centurion H-2K-CT. The story of the cigar goes that while in Connecticut Don Pepin Garcia and Jose Garcia paid an unannounced visit to one of their farms that supply the company with Connecticut Broadleaf tobacco. During the trip, a discussion was had to try to grown Habano 2000 in the Connecticut River […]
The following letter was sent out to retailers announcing the hiring of a new Director of Sales and Regional Sales Manager. When our grandfather, Julius Caeser Newman, hand-rolled his first 500 cigars for the family grocer back in 1895, he was determined to provide the finest cigars and greatest level of service in the industry. Today, 120 years later, we remain focused on adhering to these founding principles of superb quality and exceptional service. To […]
Mombacho Cigars S.A. Announces Partnership with World Renowned Artist Todd White GRANADA, NICARAGUA – July 13, 2015 – Granada based Mombacho Cigars S.A. (Mombacho) announced today that it will be partnering with world renowned Artist Todd White for his 2015 Limited Edition Release. Mombacho will be joining Todd White on his USA and Canada Gallery Tour and hosting private events with Mr. White in each of the 5 tour cities; Cleveland, Laguna Beach, Toronto, Boston […]
FRATELLO INTRODUCING THE FRATELLO TRAY AT THE IPCPR Springfield, VA (June 23, 2015) – Fratello will unveil the Fratello Tray at this year IPCPR in New Orleans. “We decided to combine the power of engineering with functionality and style. Cutting the total Fratello shelve space by 30% while increasing our cigar output by 10% was one of our main goals” said de Frias. The Fratello Tray will be available to IPCPR show attendees only and free with […]
Drew Estate announces the following news for Herrera Estelí Release of Norteño Edicion Limitada Churchill, Additional Norteño Packaging Configurations, and Herrera Estelí Tubos Miami, FL – Drew Estate announced today that they would be releasing a new Edicion Limitada in the Herrera Estelí Norteño line. The new cigar will be displayed in Drew Estate’s booth (Booth #15407) at the 2015 IPCPR Tradeshow in New Orleans, LA. The new Herrera Estelí Norteño Edicion Limitada will be […]
On today’s episode of The Cigar Authority, we will break down David Garofalo’s Editorial about the 2nd most asked question in a cigar shop. With IPCPR 2015 in New Orleans we expect to hear a lot of rumors, but today we will make up some that may or may not have a chance of happening soon. All that and the usual madness know as The Cigar Authority. [jetpack_subscription_form] Next Episode: The Rumour Mill
Often at times when I sit down to do a cigar review, I am at a loss at what to smoke. There are many cigars I smoke on a regular basis that we have reviewed in the past. Today was different as I woke up in the mood for a specific cigar, a Tatuaje Cojonu 2012. The cigar which debuted in 2012 came in three different wrapper choices, Habano, Broadleaf and Sumatra. The name is […]
Back in the day when Alan Rubin first entered the cigar industry he had a brand called Trilogy that was a triangle-shaped cigar. Now, with IPCPR just a few days away word has come out that the Alec Bradley Nica Puro will feature a limited edition Diamond Shape cigar once again. The 6.25 x 54 Nicra Puro Diamond Rough Cut is limited to 2,000 boxes of 16 and will have an MSRP of $7.75. It […]