The Bentley Green Edition Robusto is a Nicaraguan-made cigar that combines elegance and approachability in a well-crafted format. Dressed in an Ecuadorian Rosado wrapper, this Robusto immediately catches the eye with its smooth, reddish-brown hue. The wrapper is clean with minimal veins and tight seams, giving the cigar a refined appearance. It’s well-packed and feels substantial in the hand, promising a quality experience. Upon lighting, the first third delivers a burst of cedar wood that […]
This week on The Cigar Authority, we’re talking Age In The Cigar Industry with Jon Carney CEO of Bentley Tobacco USA! Jon has been around for a long time but he’s still a young gun! But we’re not just talking about age in the cigar industry when it comes to people but also tobacco! We will smoke a Bentley cigar in the first hour. Join Mr. Jonathan, David Garofalo and Ed Sullivan as we light […]
Bünde, Germany / Orlando, Florida – A great new chapter opens for Bentley Tobacco and the American cigar industry as Jonathan Carney, widely known in the industry as “Carney”, takes the helm of U.S. operations for Bentley Tobacco | USA. Renowned for its unwavering commitment to taste and quality, Bentley Tobacco | USA operates under the ethos “Driven by Taste,” dedicated to serving customers who expect nothing but the finest. Whether it’s cigars, pipes, tobacco, […]
This week on The Cigar Authority we will have two guests. Jon Carney will join us in studio. He has just returned from his sales meeting in the Dominican Republic and he will have an explosive announcement to share with us. Also Glynn Loope from the Cigar Rights of American will be calling in to bring us up to speed with the plan to remove premium cigars from the FDA. All this and the usual […]
The La Flor Dominicana Beer Stein was supposed to hit the shelves of retailers in late 2014, but after production delays it landed in early 2015 missing out on the Christmas season. Limited in production to 3,000 units the Beer Stein Edition 1994 is different from the regular release. According to La Flor Dominicana VP of Sales Jon Carney the Beer Stein Edition features a San Andreas Maduro wrapper in comparison to the Natural that […]
La Flor Dominicana is set to release El Carajon the first week of December. The cigars which measure 4 x 34 features a Habano wrapper over Dominican binder and fillers. The cigars come packaged in a retailer friendly 5.75 x 5.75 cube of 100 cigars with a MSRP of $2.50 per stick. When asked if El Carajon meant the “face of Jon (Carney)”, the Director of Sales for La Flor Dominican Jon Carney laughed and said […]
A couple of months back we reported on a lawsuit against La Flor Dominicana by Connecticut Valley Tobacconist over the trademark of Mysterio. Today, we get word that the Mysterio will now be known by a symbol. The Cigar Formally As “M”. The TCFKA will remain the same blend, and carry an MSRP of $16.70 per cigar. They are available as both a Oscuro & Natural as they were before the name change. La Flor Dominicana […]
Winter is officially here in New Hampshire, as it snowed yesterday and temperatures got down into the 20’s overnight where I live on the New Hampshire/Massachusetts border. We only had a dusting, however, where the director of sales for La Flor Dominicana Jon Carney currently lives he had close to a foot of snow and temperatures into the teens. Driving into work, with the cold air preventing me from lighting up in the car as […]