Today the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR) launched an FDA Toolbox on their newly designed Legislative Center. The FDA Toolbox serves as a resource to help you better understand, comply with, and combat the new FDA regulations whether you are a retailer, manufacturer, or consumer of premium tobacco products. The IPCPR encourages you to utilize the FDA Toolbox resource throughout the coming years as the FDA regulations are implemented. The web page will be […]
Inspired by the worldly lifestyle of cigar legend Avo Uvezian, AVO Cigars turns up the tempo with a second release under the highly-rated Syncro Series – the new Syncro Nicaragua Fogata. Having savored the spicy, sweet notes from Isla Ometepe, the AVO Syncro Series now ventures deeper into the rugged landscape of Nicaragua – collecting and composing wilder, richer, more intense flavors. Venturing north into the dark, mountainous soils of Nicaragua’s Esteli and Condega regions, […]
Here it is… short and sweet…THE FACTS AS I SEE THEM A Summary of FDA Regulations on Cigars The FDA adopted restrictions on the sale and distribution of cigars including advertising and promotion restrictions. All cigars (premium and domestic) are now subject to regulation by the FDA. Manufacturers of cigars must comply with the following regulations: Submission of ingredient lists for each cigar and reporting of harmful or potentially harmful constituents. Registration of cigar manufacturing […]
In 2014, The Cigar Authority announced the winner of our Cigar of the Year award. That cigar was the B.G. Meyer Standard Issue, a blend by Rob Weiss (whom you may know as the producer of TV shows such as Ballers and Entourage). After winning Cigar of the Year, he released a few more additions to the brand, the B.G. Meyer Slackers and today’s topic of discussion, the B.G. Meyer Gigantes. What am I smoking? […]
Miami, FL – C.L.E. Cigar Company is shipping the long awaited C.L.E. Chele and C.L.E. Prieto lines next week! These cigars are different from what Christian Eiroa, Founder and CEO of C.L.E. Cigar Company is known for. These are the first cigars from the C.L.E. Cigar lines that are made in Nicaragua. “The fact that we can also make cigars in Nicaragua opens us up to many possibilities with many different tobaccos. You have to […]
Today, the FDA Regulations were official published beginning the countdown to FDA enforcement on August 8, 2016. Additionally they published “Requirements for the Submission of Data Needed To Calculate User Fees for Domestic Manufacturers and Importers of Cigars and Pipe Tobacco.” We have included that document here so you can get a headache reading it, just like us. 2016-10688 Requirements for Submission of User Fees
It’s always a good time when friends come to town, and this week started off with Hector Paz the VP of Sales from Miami Cigar & Company coming up for a visit with their new New England Sales Rep Willy Marante who does in-house sales for the company and will be traveling up here every 45 days. Today’s cigar review is something that isn’t available anymore, but it was a favorite of mine when I […]
Estelí, Nicaragua – May 9, 2016 – Master blender and world tobacco traveler, Nicholas Melillo, has released the next cigar in Foundation’s lineup: THE UPSETTERS, a blend of Jamaican and Nicaraguan fillers which is a travel story itself, documenting Melillo’s endless trips to tobacco fields and curing barns. Foundation’s debut cigar, the award-winning El Güegüense, The Wise Man, is a traditional Nicaraguan puro, a celebration of native Nicaraguan culture and history. THE UPSETTERS is something […]
The Real Value Of the 6 X 60 Size The Question: Compared to the 6 X 50 is the 6 X 60 worth paying up to the extra $1 that the manufacturer charges? What I think will happen (Written before the Experiment began): I think that the thicker of the 2 cigars with burn slightly slower than the thinner. In the end I expect that if a Gordo is $.50 or less more than the […]
It’s been a trying week in the cigar industry, and in the first hour of the show we are going to keep things light. We’ll talk about the history of Two Guys Smoke Shop and the upcoming 31st Anniversary before Mr. Jonathan takes us into his laboratory to look a myth many cigar smokers believe. In the second hour, Glynn Loope will join us to help us make sense of the FD Regulations that were […]