What do you do when you own a jewelry store that is robbed at gunpoint to the tune of $400,000? Litto and Ines Gomez answered that question with the founding of La Flor Dominicana in 1994. At that time they were based in Santiago, Dominican Republic and the company would change how cigars are viewed from the Caribbean Nation. The company made a name for themselves with strong cigars known as the Ligero and Double […]
Tomorrow on The Cigar Authority we will be talking about cigars that we are holding on to, and cigars that we wish we had. What does that have to do with today’s review? Nothing other than the fact we will light up the LFD Special Edition Football cigar in the second hour. Back in 2014, The Cigar Authority conducted a blind taste test where we removed the original bands from the cigar and replaced them […]
One of my favorite people in the industry isn’t a cigar maker or a brad owner. We first met when he was a cigar rep for another brand. He moved to La Flor Dominicana handling the Northeast before taking on the position of VP of Sales for the company owned by Litto and Ines Gomez. I ran into him a few times this week and had to reach for the winner of the 2014 Blind […]
Mr. Jonathan Carney stopped by The Cigar Authority today fresh off the airplane from Omaha, Nebraska where he was at the College World Series. Tonight the finals begin with a matchup between the Arizona Wildcats and the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. In support of the World Series La Flor Dominicana made 30 boxes of a baseball bat shaped 1994 for SG Roi. The cigar sold out but, Mr. Jonathan Carney brought a couple by for us to smoke. […]
La Flor Dominicana to introduce new items at 83rd Annual IPCPR trade show in New Orleans, LA this year. Coral Gables, FL July 8th 2015 ‐ La Flor Dominicana will introduce the following items at this year’s IPCPR trade show in New Orleans, LA, July 18th – 21st. [Editor’s Note: Earlier today we mentioned La Nox which you can read about here.] LFD Coronado Our most highly awarded blend has made its return! The Coronado, winner […]
The celebration of the 20th Anniversary for Litto Gomez and La Flor Dominicana continues with the release of the Limited Edition Beer Stein. Showcased at IPCPR; the units are set to arrive in Miami the last week of November and begin shipping the 1st week of December, just in time for Christmas. The Beer Stein will come packaged with 20 La Flor Dominicana 1994 Maduro cigars measuring 6 x 54 and carry an MSRP of $250.00. […]
Fresh off his appearance on The Cigar Authority Radio Show we ran into Jon Carney at IPCPR in Las Vegas. While we discussed many of the 2014 New Releases in an earlier post, we get a first hand look at the new beer stein that goes along with the new 1994 cigar. Although this is a limited edition it definitely looks like something worthy of being tracked down.
La Flor Dominicana to introduce new items at 82nd IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas this year. Coral Gables, FL July 15th 2014 ‐ La Flor Dominicana will introduce the following items at this year’s IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas, July 20th ‐ 23rd. La Flor Dominicana 1994 Limited Edition Beer Stein – In honor of our 20th anniversary we have created a very special cigar uniquely packaged in a beautiful porcelain beer stein. […]
As we pre-record our Saturday broadcast with Jon Carney from La Flor Dominicana I am going to attempt to do my first ever live blogging cigar review. Today’s cigar is the new 1994 from Litto Gomez’ La Flor Dominicana… The cigar comes in 4 sizes and has a wrapper from San Andreas with binder and filler from the Dominican Republic. Cigar: La Flor Dominicana 1994 Size: Mamba (7 x 52) Wrapper: San Andreas Binder: Dominican Republic Filler: Dominican Republic […]