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Michael Herklots

VODCast: Starting a Cigar Company From The Beginning Again! w/ Michael Herklots

This week on The Cigar Authority Live from the Toscano Sound Stage in Salem, New Hampshire… Ferio Tego is a new cigar company from Michael Herklots who has been in the industry for a long time. He started down the road from us at a little cart in the Prudential Center. We will find out his 5-year plan and what have been the struggles so far. In the first hour we will talk with Michael […]

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Ferio Tego Timeless Prestige Hermoso Cigar Review

Originally released in 2012, Timeless became one of the Nat Sherman brands associated with Michael Herklots when he worked for the New Jersey based company. However, when Altria bought Nat Sherman in 2017, the writing was on the wall that the cigar brands would eventually be discontinued. In August of 2020 the company announced that Nat Sherman cigars would cease to exist and some credit is to be given to them for allowing Michael Herklots […]

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Ferio Tego To Make It’s Debut October 2021

Ferio Tego has announced the official launch of the Ferio Tego brand of premium cigars with a pair of 2021 limited releases. Both blends are offered in a 6” x 50 toro format, packed in custom travel humidors of ten cigars each. The humidors, hand made by Humidif Group’s Cigar Box Factory in Esteli, come preloaded with the company’s Gelly Humidity Control packs to ensure the cigars are properly maintained after they are acquired. The […]

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Ferio Tego, LLC Signs Deal with Davidoff of Geneva USA for United States Distribution

The agreement is effective immediately. Ferio Tego’s premium cigar products are currently in production, post-production and aging. The companies expect to begin shipping products this summer. Ferio Tego, LLC, which was formed earlier this year by two former Nat Sherman Executives, acquired the brands formerly owned and distributed by Nat Sherman International, LLC and their respective intellectual property. The brands include Timeless, Metropolitan and Ancora among others. Michael Herklots, Principal and co-Managing Member of Ferio […]

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The After Show Talks About The End of Nat Sherman

This week, we talk about the history of Nat Sherman, and how it got to where it is today. We also speculate on where Michael Herklots may wind up next. Will he stay in the cigar industry? The Cigar Authority is a member of the United Podcast Network and is recorded live in front of a studio audience at Studio 21 Podcast Cafe upstairs at Two Guys Smoke Shop in Salem, NH and as always […]

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The End of an Era – Nat Sherman Closing Cigar Business

When Altria Group Inc. purchased Nat Sherman in 2017 the writing was on the wall. Now that writing has been announced in a press release that the company will no longer be in the cigar business… Today August 4, 2020 Nat Sherman announced it will be closing the Nat Sherman International, LLC. cigar business. Both the wholesale business and Townhouse will cease operation by the end of September 2020. In October 2019 the company announced […]

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As I See It – Altria (Philip Morris) To Sell Premium Cigar Division of Nat Sherman – David Garofalo Editorial

(Oct 23, 2019) – I can’t say that I was surprised or unhappy for the overall good of the entire cigar industry, but as predicted and expected, Altria Group, after just 1,000 days since purchasing Nat Sherman will sell off the Premium cigar segment of the operation. Altria is the parent company of Philip Morris. In January of 2017 Altria purchased Nat Sherman, a luxury cigarette company who also owned and operated a premium cigar division […]

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Michael Herklots of Nat Sherman Issues Statement

Yesterday news broke that the parent company of Nat Sherman, Altria issued a letter to the FDA that called for no exemption for cigars in the ongoing fight against cigar regulation.  The measure prompted many on social media to boycott the company, with many retailers vowing to no longer carry the brands. For a while now on our podcast we’ve said how big tobacco goes in and fights against us which was eloquently put by […]

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IPCPR 2016: Nat Sherman Introduces Metropolitan Habano

Nat Sherman should be the case study for all things marketing when attempting to change the image of your company. A cigar maker since the 1930s, Nat Sherman took your grandfathers brand and made it young with the help of a musician who found his passion for cigars in Michael Herklots. We caught up with Michael who was a guest on our podcast, at the Nat Sherman booth.  He takes us through the latest offerings […]

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Nat Sherman Changes Bands For Timeless Collection

NAT SHERMAN RELEASES TWO NEW CIGAR BANDS FOR RENOWNED TIMELESS COLLECTION Iconic Tobacconist introduces red and black bands to distinguish blends and enhance customer experience NEW YORK (March 2, 2016) – Nat Sherman, tobacconist to the World since 1930, has introduced new secondary bands on both cigar lines of the Timeless Collection to help simplify the product identification process. The Timeless Collection is comprised of two unique blends produced in two different countries. The company […]

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