Philip Zanghi might not be a household name in the Cigar Industry, but he was the man behind Indian Tabac that started in 1992. In 1995, he partnered with Rocky Patel and parted ways from the brand and the partnership in 1997. Following the successful launch of Debonaire Cigars, Mr. Zanghi is set to release Indian Motorcycles Cigars in 2015… How does this all tie together, tune in to The Cigar Authority, Saturday at 12 […]
Nelson Alfonso is a rising star in the cigar industry who is most famous for his design on the Cohiba Behike among other Cuban brands. Here in the USA, he is known as the creator of the Padron humidor as well as the owned of Selected Tobaccos which makes Atabey. Bandolero and today’s review Byron. The cigar which we discussed on last weeks The Cigar Authority podcast is a new line extension of the Serie […]
Traveling to Cuba just got easier and is perhaps another step toward the lifting of the Helms-Burton act ending the Cuban embargo. Reports state that four companies have been approved to start the ferry service as soon as this summer to the island nation. The companies include, Havana Ferry Partners of Fort Lauderdale, Baja Ferries of Miami, United Caribbean Lines Florida of Greater Orlando, and Airline Brokers Co. of Miami and Fort Lauderdale. The ferry companies […]
Today’s review is sort of a #ThrowbackThursday. You see, back in mid 90’s one of the hottest cigars was the Cusano Hermanos. And the cigar showed up this week where I happen to work, Two Guys Smoke Shop. According to David Garafolo, he got a call from a “higher up guy” at Davidoff who told him they had located a couple hundred boxes in their warehouse from way back. How far back? These cigars are more […]
Indian Tabac is a brand that was started by Philip Zanghi in 1992. In 1995 a young lawyer named Rocky Patel bought into the company. Long story short, the two went separate ways with Rocky taking full control of the brand in 1997. In 2014, Phil Zanghi reacquires the Indian brand name. Fast forward to 2015 and Indian Motorcycles Cigars is set to come into the market via Phil Zanghi. How does this all tie […]
While hanging out with Erik Wentworth and Eric Hanson of Hammer + Sickle earlier this week they asked me why I haven’t reviewed the Berlin Wall as of yet. I told them, I did review the Celebration Short Corona, but they pointed out that was a limited edition. So here we are, the Berlin Wall was launched in August, 2011 and according to their website, “Hammer + Sickle Berlin Wall Series cigars are available in three […]
Later this month, 1,000 boxes of the OPUS 6 will ship, which follows 2,000 sets released in late 2014. The set of six rare, Fuente cigars are housed in a travel case. Four of six cigars were rolled in 2012 to celebrate Fuente’s 100th Anniversary, One of which is a BBMF (figurado, fantail cap), and another is “Taurus the Bull” a special size that pays homage to the astrological sign of Carlos Fuente Sr. The set […]
In 2009 the Murcielago debuted as part of the EO Brands which was owned by Eddie Ortega and Erik Espinosa. a little over a year later EO Brands was no more. Now in 2015, the brand is coming back as part of Erik Espinosa’s, Espinosa Premium Cigars and made at the La Zona factory in Nicaragua. The original brand was made at the My Father factory and in the “divorce” Espinosa wound up with the […]
I had the opportunity to sit down with Bob Moreno the VP of Sales for La Palina where he brought back a few samples from the TAA of the forthcoming La Palina Family Series Miami, specifically the Pasha for me to smoke and review. The series which was once produced at the Graycliff factory moves to the famous El Titan de Bronze in Miami where all the roles are 100% Cuban trained and are rated […]
The band America is slated to perform at the IPCPR Bash this year which is slated to take place in New Orleans, Louisiana. The 83rd Annual IPCPR Convention and International Trade Show is set to take place from July 17-21 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. The band america was formed in 1970 where they first met in London. The band was famous for trio’s close vocal harmonies and light acoustic sound. They have had […]