As the comment period came to a close, on behalf of a coalition that includes 108 premium cigar companies, Cigar Rights of America (CRA) filed public comments, making the case that a one-size-fits-all approach to regulation of premium cigars, does not work. The sixty-one page document with almost a dozen attachments makes the case that premium cigars should be exempt from federal regulation, given the clear evidence from credible third-party studies that premium cigars do […]
J.C. Newman Cigar Company, the manufacturer of the popular Brick House cigar, is excited to announce the limited-edition Brick House ‘Ciento por Ciento’ is arriving to TAA retailers this week. Handcrafted in J.C. Newman’s Nicaraguan factory, Puros de Estelí Nicaragua, S.A. (J.C. Newman PENSA), Ciento por Ciento only uses tobaccos grown in the rich, volcanic soils of Nicaragua. It is the first Nicaraguan puro blend in the Brick House line, hence the name, which means […]
Not all of us have had the honor of traveling to Nicaragua, Honduras or the Dominican Republic and for those who haven’t the art of making cigars is often lost. Foundation has released a time-lapse video sharing the extensive process about how their cigars are made. The 11-minute video spans an entire year, though the whole process to create a cigar can take much longer due to tobacco aging and long fermentation periods. The video […]
The largest manufacturers in the premium cigar industry today filed a 273 page joint comment with the Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) opposing the agency’s Proposed Substantial Equivalence (“SE”) Rule, which would require manufacturers to submit to an extensive application and testing regime to keep any “non-grandfathered” cigars on the market. In this joint comment, premium cigar manufacturers Davidoff of Geneva USA, Drew Estate, General Cigar Company, Tabacalera USA, Perdomo Cigars, and C.L.E. Cigar Company […]
For their 20th Anniversary La Flor Dominicana celebrated with the release of the 1994, a cigar that won the blind taste test here at The Cigar Authority. To celebrate their silver anniversary La Flor Dominicana is set to release a cigar simply called, La Flor Dominicana 25th Anniversary. The cigar utilizes an Ecuador Corojo wrapper while the binder and filler come from the companies La Canela farm in the Dominican Republic. It will be available […]
Drew Estate celebrates the 20th Anniversary of the ACID Cigar brand, with the national release of ACID 20, a box pressed, chromed out, double decade masterpiece. The celebratory ACID 20 will be displayed in Drew Estate’s Booth at the IPCPR Convention and Tradeshow, held June 29-July 2, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. From the Wynwood Safehouse, Jonathan Drew President and Founder of Drew Estate exclaims, “The ACID Cigar brand was born under the Manhattan bridge, […]
Drew Estate announces today the Rebirth of the BOTL, Brothers Of The Leaf as a Drew Diplomat Retailer brick and mortar exclusive. BOTL will be displayed in Drew Estate’s Booth at the IPCPR Convention and Tradeshow, held June 29-July 2, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Harkening back to the early days of the interweb, a number of cigar communities formed that all shared one common bond, their love of the leaf. One of those early […]
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust® will be showcasing its Mi Querida® Triqui Traca of handcrafted cigars at this year’s 87th Annual Convention of the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 28th through July 2nd, 2019. “Mi Querida Triqui Traca, pronounced ‘me kay-ree-dah tree-kee trah-ka’, is arguably our boldest cigar released to date,” shares Founder and Master Ligador Steve Saka. Adding, “At its core, it remains our quintessential Mi Querida blend […]
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust® will be debuting the Sobremesa Brûlée® blend of fine handmade cigars at this year’s 87th Annual Convention of the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association in Las Vegas, Nevada, June 28th through July 2nd, 2019. “Sobremesa Brûlée is a recreation of the milder, shade wrapped ligas of my early years. Somewhere over the last three decades many of the classic shade cigars have become wispy, uninspiring and rather dull to […]
La Flor Dominicana announces the release of La Fleur D’or, a limited- edition piece crafted with 18K solid gold and adorned by eight genuine sapphires totaling 1.9ct in weight. The dual sharpened stainless-steel blades encased inside ensure functionality in addition to the evident beauty of this rare piece of which only 88 will be made. MSRP is to be set at $16,000. “We wanted to create something special, something that not only the owners of […]