The Camacho Liberty has been in production since 2002 and it will be interesting to see if this line can survive the FDA regulations that are almost upon us. While the cigar has been marketed continuously since the 2007 date; then the blend has changed from year to year. According to a press release, “This year’s Camacho Liberty cigar is a rich and powerful blend featuring tobaccos from five different origins, skillfully rolled in a […]
Some of the most expensive tobacco in the world comes from the African nation of Cameroon. While Kenya also produces tobacco, the nation of Zimbabwe as begun producing wrapper quality tobacco for the cigar market. According to AllAfrica.com farmers in the Burma Valley in Manicaland have signed a deal to clinch a market in Germany with plans to make their tobacco available to manufacturers in America and the United Kingdom. Tobacco growing isn’t new to the […]
While the La Conquista from Gran Habano would not be eligible to be grandfathered in, the company should be in great shape with many of its core lines coming out before 2007. The La Conquista comes as a sample from Gran Habano and will be available in three sizes at this years IPCPR in Las Vegas with an MSRP of $8 to $9. The cigar name translates to The Conquest, and while the cigar was […]
The IPCPR Cigar Bash will feature Grammy-Nominated artist, Eddie Money! Join your fellow premium retail tobacconist for a 90-minute concert, open bars and cigars on July 27, 2016 at 7:00 pm at The Light Nightclub at Mandalay Bay. This is the only event where you can enjoy an indoor concert by a big named musician and smoke a cigar. ABOUT EDDIE MONEY After signing a recording contract with Columbia Records, Eddie Money burst onto the scene with his eponymous debut […]
Boutique Blends Cigars presents the Aging Room Solera. Rafael Nodal and Hank Bischoff first introduced Solera in 2005 as an exclusive brand in their Cigar Lounge in Miami Lakes, FL. The concept was developed after Rafael and his wife Alina visited Andalucía, Spain in 2004. Rafael not only fell in love with the Spanish country (where he is now also a citizen) but was very impressed with the method of aging Sherry wine and Brandy […]
Bundle cigars. What comes to mind when you hear those words? Maybe “gross” or “nasty”… I’ll admit I’ve thought for a long time that cigars under the $4.00 price point weren’t even worth my time, because how can something that cheap be good? Now that I work for Two Guys Smoke Shop, I had to find out for myself on how the Dos Hombre line of bundle cigars could be the #1 best seller in […]
Tony Serino, President of APS DISTRIBUTORS / NINO VASQUEZ CIGARS, has announced that the company is going forward with its long desired goal of entering the Super Premium Cigar market segment. “It has taken 20 years of hard work, lots of bumps and bruises to achieve success in our base business. In 1996 we started buying , importing and selling inexpensive “daily smoke” bundled cigars. Building on our past experiences, we partnered with reliable, sound, […]
Back in September of 2014, Crowned Heads released a series of Limited Edition cigars called Mason Dixon. The south would get one wrapper, and the north would get another wrapper. As luck would have it where I work was able to make a deal with another retailer and they got both editions. Now almost 20 months after the release we wanted to see how the Mason Dixon aged which we originally said, “While the Mason […]
This week we welcome live via remote Fabian Barrantes of Indian Head Cigars. They have a couple of hot new cigars that we believe are possible contenders for Cigar of the Year and we will hear from him first hand about this exciting new brand… Join us on The Cigar Authority for Cigar News, Humor and so much more live from Two Guys Smoke Shop at the La Flor Dominicana Studios for this weeks insanity. […]
Maya Selva Cigars, U.S., has announced that we will be adding a “prensado” vitola to their Flor de Selva Maduro collection. Our new Grand Pressé will be a box-pressed 6″ x 56 cigar, and will stay true to the collection’s maduro blend. The cigar will be officially released at this year’s IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada, in late July, 2016. Initially, it will only be available in the United States market. The Grand […]