Released last week, The Perdomo Special Craft Series is specially blended to pair with types of beer. The Connecticut for the Pilsner, Sungrown for Amber, and Maduro for Stouts. Today we look at the Stout, which according to Perdomo, “It uses a dark, oily Cuban-seed Nicaraguan Maduro wrapper from the Jalapa Valley, a rich, aromatic Nicaraguan binder from the Condega Valley, and robust Cuban-seed Nicaraguan fillers from the Estelí Valley. The Maduro is also medium […]
June 3, 2015 — Black Label Trading Company is pleased to announce the second release of MORPHINE: Hand crafted in Esteli at Fabrica Oveja Negra. Black Label Trading Co. first released MORPHINE in June, 2014. This year MORPHINE was produced by BLTC’s factory, Fabrica Oveja Negra in Esteli. “MORPHINE was a huge success for BLTC last year. I believe it was the right cigar for our company at the right time, we had to bring […]
Massachusetts is at it again, this time flavored cigars are under attack with the Senate passing a tobacco tax increase to 210% on flavored cigars. According to Senator Jason Lewis, a Democrat from Winchester, the use of flavored tobacco has jumped 4,000 percent since 2006. Because of this number and the attraction to younger people he had an amendment attached to the state budget that will raise the tax rom the current 40%. Unflavored cigars would […]
Nicholas Melillo, also known as, “Master Blender Nick R Agua,” has formed Foundation Cigar Company of which he will be the president and CEO, as well as in charge of tobaccos and blending. The former vice president and director of tobacco and production at Drew Estate Cigar Company has lived in Esteli, Nicaragua, for the past twelve years and has created many top premium cigars that are on the market today. Melillo has blended ultra-premium […]
FOR THE FIRST TIME, AVO CIGARS IS LAUNCHING A BOX PRESSED CIGAR SERIES CALLED AVO SYNCRO NICARAGUA, A CIGAR WITH NICARAGUAN FIRE, DOMINICAN FLAIR AND A WORLD OF STORIES Basel, June 2015. Inspired by the cosmopolitan lifestyle of cigar legend Avo Uvezian, AVO Cigars has ventured beyond its Dominican roots, capturing exotic notes from vibrant cultures around the world to create an exciting collection of blends called Syncro. As a first in this new series, […]
With the boys of Hammer + Sickle located in Massachusetts just over the border from New Hampshire we get to see Eric Hanson and Erik Wentworth on a semi-regular basis. Over the last month or so we have been smoking the Double Eagle which began shipping yesterday. Limited to just 170 boxes of boxes of 10 the Double Eagle is the perfect marriage of Nicaraguan tobacco and Honduran craftmanship. This cigar boasts full flavor, remarkable construction […]
Earlier today, the California Senate approved a bill that would raise the legal age for buying tobacco products from 18 to 21. The bill, SB 151, was introduced by Democrat Senator Ed Hernandez who argued that 90% of all tobacco users start before 21. The bill was supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network and the California Medical Assn. Opponents include the California Retailers Assn., the Cigar Assn. of […]
The FDA strikes again, and this time it has to do with the marketing of tobacco products. According to a report published on the FDA website, advertising or marketing a tobacco product that was released after February 15, 2007 could become a thing of the past. A substantially equivalent tobacco product has been found by FDA to either have the same characteristics as a predicate tobacco product; or has different characteristics than the predicate tobacco product […]
According to a posting on their Facebook page, House of Emilio has hired Garry Griffith’s replacement. As reported last month, Gary Griffith stepped down from his position shortly after a meeting of the brands House of Emilio represents. The replacement is Spencer McGuire who had been working behind the scenes according to owner Scott Zucca. Spencer McGuire starts the new job with an extensive travel and event schedule across the United States. According to McGuire, […]
Earlier this year, Democrat Governor Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania proposed a tobacco increase to 40% in a state where the previous rate was 0%. That measure was defeated in a unanimous votes of 193-0. The state still does not have a budget in place, and this is the last month to get one in place as the fiscal year ends at the end of the month.