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 […]
With the year a little more than four months old, the city of Madison took up a zoning proposal to regular the sales the of tobacco for the sixth time. On Monday, the City Commission passed a proposal from Democrat Mayor Paul Soglin which seeks to define tobacco retailers and how they can operate. The measure propose limits that will back tobacco retailers from within 1,000 feet of schools, day cares, libraries, parks, playgrounds, youth […]
Swedish Match is a Swedish company based in Stockholm that makes snus, moist snuff, and chewing tobacco, the company also makes machine-made cigars, matches and lighters. Swedish Match operates out of nine countries, and the products are sold in more than 100 countries worldwide. Swedish Match is publicly owned, shares have been listed at NASDAQ and they own and operate General Cigar, with cigar brands including Macanudo, Gloria Cubana, Cohiba, Punch, Garcia Vega, White Owl among many others and partners with ST Group […]
A couple of weeks ago I had the honor of sitting with Lauren Ferraro (CLE Rep) and Pablo Schneider (Patoro Owner) and sample this new cigar distributed in the USA by CLE (Christian Eiroa). If the name Schneider doesn’t sounds familiar, it should as Pablo Schneider is the grandson of the famous Dr. Schneider who once owned Davidoff and looking at the boxes there is a similarity to that lineage. The wood style boxes are very […]
In Connecticut, the New Haven Board of Alders is expected to vote this week on a measure that would change where you can light up. Over the weekend Democrat Senator Richard Blumenthal joined Democrat Mayor Toni Harp of New Haven to talk about restricting tobacco. The measure if passed would ban tobacco as parks and beaches amongst other areas such as school ground and city buildings. New Haven, CT is home to 130,000 residents […]
It is arguably the greatest weekend in sports with the NHL and NBA Playoffs in full swing, the NFL Draft, The Kentucky Derby and Mayweather vs Pacquiao. We will touch base on the fight and the Derby before smoking the newest from Selected Tobaccos, the 56 ring gauged Byron. All that and the usual shenanigans on The Cigar Authority live at 12 Noon!. [jetpack_subscription_form] Next Episode: Winner by TKO Down The Stretch
According to a post on the House of Emilio Facebook page, Gary Griffith is no longer a part of House of Emilio in which the company calls retirement. However, when we reached out to Gary Griffith he stated, “I have nothing but the best of wishes for all the House of Emilio brands, past and present, and will continue to support them in any way I can.” He added, “I’m keeping all options open at this […]