General Cigar Celebrates an Icon with Hoyo de Monterrey Edición de Cumpleaños 150 General Cigar Company will debut Hoyo de Monterrey Edición de Cumpleaños 150, the first and only cigar to feature a proprietary Habano Shade wrapper tobacco, the first ever grown in Esteli. Hoyo de Monterrey Edición de Cumpleaños 150 is a 6” x 54 box-pressed offering handcrafted in Honduras. The blend features a classic Ecuadoran binder and a spicy combination of Nicaraguan filler […]
At this years TAA, La Flor Dominicana will debut the La Flor Dominicana Exclusive Series aka “TAA 47”. The cigar which will feature a Ecuador Habano wrapper, Mexican binder, and Dominican filler will be offered as 3 contenders. Members of the TAA will vote which size they prefer with the winner going into production. Contender #1 is 5.5 x 52, Contender #2 is 6 x 60, and Contender #3 is 6.5 x 54 Box Pressed Torpedo. […]
COUNTERFEITERS OF COHIBA, MACANUDO AND PARTAGAS CIGARS SHUT DOWN ACROSS FLORIDA IN SERIES OF SEIZURE RAIDS AND ARRESTS Richmond, VA–General Cigar Company Inc. announced that teams of special agents from the Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages & Tobacco (“ABT”) conducted a series of raids and arrests throughout Florida relating to the manufacture, distribution and sale of counterfeit versions of the Company’s COHIBA®, Macanudo® and Partagas® cigar brands. Since February 28th, ABT has seized counterfeit cigars […]
Tobacconist University Announces New Consumer Certification Program Strengthening relationships between retailers and their customers New Jersey, March 23, 2015: Starting in April of 2015, Tobacconist University (TU) will hand off their consumer certification program to Certified Retail Tobacconists (CRT). The University updated this program allowing certified retailers the exclusive right to administer final exams to consumers who want to become certified. TU anticipates that these changes will elevate credibility throughout the luxury tobacco industry and […]
According to a published report in the Patriot Ledger, the Quincy Housing Authority is considering a smoking ban in its nearly 1600 residential units. The Housing Authority manages 938 state funded and 650 federally funded residential units in the city of Quincy which is south of Boston. The report states that residents were sent out a survey where in which they sought the best way to implement a smoke free housing policy. Some of the […]
Last week Lauren Ferraro stopped by with Tom Lazuka after a series of events in Rhode Island. We got to shoot the shit for a while and discusses some of the new releases. Part of the reason for the stop over was Lauren wanted to drop off a couple of Asylum Insidious Maduro smokes for review. In the past we smoked the original release of the Insidious and were presently surprised. This time around it is […]
As we reported last week, the town of Madison, Connecticut held a hearing on a proposal to ban smoking at beaches and parks. The original proposal called for no designated areas for smokers, and after the selectmen listened to the concerns of residents they have agreed to designate areas for smokers. The Beach and Recreation Commission will now assign designates smoking areas, areas which have not yet been defined. The selectmen of Madison, CT unanimously approved […]
Drew Estate Announces Updated Liga Privada Papas Fritas Packaging Miami, FL – Drew Estate announced today that they would begin offering their Liga Privada Papas Fritas cigar in a newly designed 50-count box. These new boxes will replace the 4-count tins / 28-count boxes that the Papas Fritas line is currently offered in and will, as a result, reduce the single cigar retail price to $5.25 MSRP from it’s current price of $6.40. When reached for […]
Last week I had the pleasure of sitting down with Ernesto Perez Carrillo who after the rumors we reported you might think he had an axe to grind. However when we asked about those rumours he shrugged it off saying the rumors have been persistent since him and Michael Gianini worked on a project in 2014. I asked him, if he wanted to dismiss the rumour officially on the record and he just smiled as he […]
Two Guys Smoke Shop Exclusive Firecracker From La Flor Dominicana March 23rd, 2015 (New Hampshire) – The original short format cigar with a fuse, is the Firecracker, measuring at just 3 x 50 and features a closed foot. In the Fall of 2014 The Cigar Authority and Two Guys Smoke Shop partnered up with a blind taste challenge. With 3 rounds and new releases, La Flor Dominicana walked away as the winner with nearly 500 […]