Originally released in 2013, the Eiroa (Salud Amor Y Pesetas) is a tribute to the summer of 1916 when Generoso Eiroa got his first job as a boat captain for the Cuban Land and Leaf Tobacco Company. It was there that the Eiroa family began a tradition that would extend into its fourth generation. The cigars come packaged in 10 count boxes held together by a leather ribbon which is a representation of the way […]
Over 6 years ago Pete Johnson announced that he would be incorporating an idea from the wine industry. The idea, was to incorporate tobacco from one farm of one vintage into a cigar. The La Verite 2009 was rolled in 2010 and release in 2011. This changed the aging process as instead of aging in bales, the tobacco has aged in the form of a cigar. This 2009 La Verite was limited to 30,000 cigars. […]
I first met Jorge Armenteros from Tobacconist University before I started blogging, I was the occasional customer in his store, A Little Taste of Cuba when my travels took me to Princeton, New Jersey. In talking to Jorge you realize how passionate he is about tobacco, and how he wants to educate those around him for the betterment of the industry. The R & D allows him to bring the teaching to you. This tasting seminar with […]
Recently we spoke on the show about the Cigar Journal Awards, and the best value cigar from Honduras was voted as the Flor de Selva for the Villa Zamorano. As luck would have it when I returned to work on Monday morning there was some samples from the company waiting for me in my humidor. According the Maya Selva Cigars website, Since 1995, when Flor de Selva was launched in France, the “Maya Selva Cigars” […]
We stopped by the Villager Cigars booth to talk about the new Tobajara Cigar.. . The 125 year old company which is increasing its presence in the US Market is bringing a brand called Tobajara to the market for the first time. The cigar is made entirely from Brazillian long-filler tobaccos. The cigars feature a maduro wrapper and the fillers are a mixture of Mata Norte and Mata Fina. The cigars come in two sizes, […]