Ernesto Padilla will now be distribute his Padilla Brands of cigars through Oliva Cigar Co. This will affect how Padilla cigars are sold in the United States and in internationally.
The partnership has been…
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I’m just coming down off the high of the IPCPR Cigar Trade Show in Orlando Florida. This week long parade of new cigars and accessories literally had my head spinning. As a buyer for one of, if not the largest selling shops in the world, can you just imagine what I go through? Everyone is excited about their new brands and new items and so am I, but when you take thousands of new products and put them all together and are force fed them by some of the best salesman in the country one after one, day after day, something gets lost. Ten cigars in by noon on day one will make what seems to be paradise into brutally obnoxious. And some great new cigars are wasted on me…
Cigar Journal Magazine presented its annual Cigar Trophies during the IPCPR trade show.
The event which featured Ruta 6, the latin music sensation was attended by over 200 of the premium cigar industry’s biggest names and most prolific cigar makers. The ceremony was presented by Chief Editors Colin Ganley and Reinhold Widmayer.
Guests enjoyed Champagne and a selection of the cigars that won Cigar Trophies in 2012.
The winners included:…
I personally hold a few roles here at the cigar trade show and thought I could easily wrap up the day here on the blog. As a retailer and The Cigar Authority I have been putting in 20 hour days. There is no time to prepare for this blog and do it proper justice today.Yesterday was a not stop world-win as it has been since arriving. 20 hour days of fun and work…or has it […]
There’s a cigar being made which will be a collaboration between the Quesada and García families. Sisters, Patricia and Raquel Quesada are the daughters of Manual Quesada, owner of the brand Fonseca among others. They have attached their names with Janny Garcia who is the daughter of Pepin Garcia, owner of Don Pepin/My Father Cigars. The name of the cigar will be…
This weekend is the 4th of July Weekend…or is it? It falls on a Wednesday this year which makes it confusing to me, would it be before or after the 4th. The week “End” would be after right? I don’t know for sure, but what I do know is what cigars I will be lighting up for both weekends. First will be…