The IPCPR 2015 trade show doesn’t get underway until tomorrow, but we caught up with Phil Zanghi for a quick hello at his Indian Motorcycle Cigars booth.. We will have more once the show begins but here is a little teaser…
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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 […]
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 […]
The Debonaire line of cigars from Phil Zanghi who was once Rocky Patel’s Partner has seen some considerable success and that success seems to be growing. At the 2014 IPCPR, he gifted The Cigar Authority with an A size cigar that was aging for a future release. As that release grows nearer, possibly at the 2015 IPCPR we decided to reach into the humidor, and pull out this monster of a cigar. The name of […]
This week Dr. Gaby Kafie of Kafie 1901 Cigars is our featured guest. Once a successful surgeon and now a cigar manufacturer he will be calling in live from Miami, Florida where we will discuss how he went from a surgeon to a cigar manufacturer. Also, we will smoke the new Avo No. 2 and find out which one of us got named to a tasting panel for Cigar Journal magazine. Join us for the […]
Back on August 16th, The Blind Taste Test went on sale. A collaboration between 2GuysCigars.com, The Cigar Authority and the consumer. We pitted 8 cigars against each other with the band removed and rebanded with a number. You smoked the cigars on the blind and let us know the winner. We had 4 Nicaraguan, 3 Dominican and a Honduran Cigar for the event. There were a couple of surprises but without further adieu, here are […]
Debonaire is a cigar from Phil Zanghi, and if that name isn’t familiar to you, it should be. Back in 1996 Phil Zanghi and his partner at the time Rocky Patel began Indian Tabac. In fact, one can say based on a Smoke Magazine article from 1999, that it was Zanghi who was the primary reason Rocky Patel quit his day job as a lawyer to focus on cigars. Eventually the two would split up and […]
Sam Stogie each Sunday gives us his review of a cigar, as only another cigar can. This week Sam Stogie takes a look at Debonaire. According to the Debonaire website, “Debonaire Ultra Premium Cigars were intimately developed out of the passion to experience the perfect cigar at the hands of Philip S. Zanghi III, founder of Indian Tabac Cigar Company and Daniel Sinclair, founder of Durfort Holdings. Debonaire is the culmination of 20 years of […]