Dave is back from Miami as we celebrate Father’s Day with Dave’s Daughter La Gianna. Each year Two Guys Smoke Shop hosts an annual sit down dinner featuring the Father & Son or Daughter brand owner. This year we celebrate with Father (David Garofalo) and his Daughter as the La Gianna brand celebrates its 25th Anniversary. We sit down with Gianna herself as we learn about her history with the cigar industry. We will fire […]
With its silky-smooth Connecticut shade wrapper, it may seem tamer than its bolder Antaño brethren. Don’t be fooled. Antaño CT is a masterful and paradoxical blend of what a cigar with attitude can be. A cigar that defies expectations; a smoke for those with defying souls. Antaño in Spanish means ‘Yesteryear’, a word that perfectly expresses the soul of the Joya de Nicaragua Antaños. The first blend of this family was released almost 20 years […]
La Aurora Cigars has officially announced that after much anticipation, the La Aurora 115th Anniversary regular production line will be showcased at IPCPR 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada at the end of June. Now in their 115th year of continuous operation, La Aurora originally unveiled the 115th Anniversary at Pro Cigar in February of this year. “We created 115th Anniversary to commemorate this very special occasion in the history of our company,” stated Guillermo Leon, La Aurora Cigars […]
The latest cigar from Christian Eiroa is named after an area of Honduras that is special to him and as his family. The Jamastran Valley has been home to family patriarch Julio Eiroa since the early 1960s. It is also home to El Corojo the farm which grows Authentic Corojo from seeds obtained by the family in the 1980s. The cigar is available in two sizes, with the 11/18 limited to Tobacconist Association of America […]
Royal Agio Cigars USA announced today that they will be introducing Paso Doble, the second cigar blend released under the collaboration-based Balmoral Serie Signaturas (Signature Series) platform. This follows the release of the Balmoral Serie Signaturas Dueto in 2018, a special collaboration blend with Ernesto Pérez-Carrillo. For this second release, Boris Wintermans joined forces with the esteemed Litto Gomez to create an inspiring and truly one-of-a-kind cigar blend that intertwines each cigar makers’ most coveted […]
Altadis U.S.A. is celebrating a special milestone as the H. Upmann cigar brand turns 175 years old. The limited-edition H. Upmann 175th Anniversary will commemorate one of the oldest and most renowned cigars brands. This limited edition will only be expressed in the iconic Churchill size, in 10 count boxes that will number to 14,750. Fifty special-edition humidors containing 50 cigars will also be offered. The story of H. Upmann cigars is one of adventure, […]
Aganorsa leaf has added an exciting new blend in three unique perfecto sizes to the JFR Lunatic brand. Lunatic Loco consists of three GIANT Perfecto Nicaraguan puros in 4.75 x 60, 4.75 x 70, and 5.5 x 80 vitolas. The cigars are made with 100% Aganorsa Leaf tobacco and are wrapped in the proprietary Shade Grown Corojo Maduro cover leaf grown exclusively by Aganorsa in Jalapa, Nicaragua. Medium to full flavored with a rich body […]
The state of Texas has raised the tobacco age to 21 with Republican Governor Greg Abbott signing Senate Bill 21 into law. The bill had the support of the company JUUL who took full-page advertisements in state newspapers in support of the measure. Altria, the parent company of Nat Sherman Cigars owns a 35% stake in the e-cig company. The bill which takes effect on September 1, 2019 passed the House of Representatives by a […]
Earlier this year United Cigars announced the repackaging of La Gianna Cigars. The company didn’t stop there as they also revamped the packaging on their self titled United Cigars line. Gone is the weather wood boxes and the brand now features a sleek look blue box with a white lid and racing stripes which has the feels of a 1960s Le Mans racing car. Inside the matte bands are replaced with a red white and […]
Altadis U.S.A., maker of world-renowned premium cigars, is introducing the newest in the H. Upmann series, the H. Upmann Hispaniola by Jose Mendez. The brand is partnering with Jose Mendez for this special project, which will serve as a passport to the island of Hispaniola. In 1492 Christopher Columbus came ashore this island and named it Hispaniola (today known as the Dominican Republic and Haiti). Little did Columbus know that he had stumbled upon what […]