Robert Wright, brand owned of Pura Soul who has been with Christian Eiroa for a number of years has opted to leave CLE. Back in July, 2014 we showed the new look Pura Soul and it appears these cigars will be available via Robert Wright himself who is venturing off on his own. Robert Wright and Christian Eiroa remain close and the split has been amicable.
News came out over the weekend, that Grace Sotolongo got engaged, so we want to offer her congratulations and we figured what better time to review her cigar. If we don’t like it she’s still on that engagement high. For those of you who don’t know Grace Sotolongo she is the person behind Hechicera. Grace got her start at My Father Cigars, before moving over to Fabrica Unidas which is home to CLE, Asylum, Pura Soul and […]
Although the new CLE signature series was announced over a month ago, finding information on it was difficult. So while this press release might be a little dated, the following is from Christian Eiroa: CLE Signature Series I am proud to introduce the CLE Signature Series Cigars; a collection of blends that I sit down and play with to smoke on my own. The cigars are made by three rollers in Miami who only make cigars […]
Robert Wright, the man behind Pura Soul is someone I have known since I lived in Brooklyn, NY. When I was partners in The Humidor, he was our local rep. He would eventually wind up with Christian Eiroa where he would partner up with him on the release of this smoke. One of my favorite memories of Robert Wright was at Country Club Cigars watching him play the saxophone at an event. I was surprised […]
In what appears to be a continuing trend another cigar warehouse was robbed in Florida. This time around it was Fabricas Unidas. Fabrica Unidas is the parent company to Christian Eiroa’s new venture which holds Asylum, CLE, Wynwood, Hechicera and Edgar Hoill Cigars. The company was not prepared to share details at the time of press. In July 2013, Florida Distributors was victim to a robbery totaling in excess of $300,00 and in September of the same […]