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News: Barry Stein’s KILO to Debut at Chattanooga Tweet-Up

Barry Stein had two dreams for the cigar industry. The first was to work in the industry, which he does as Assistant Director of Marketing for Miami Cigar & Co., the second—which will come true later this year—was to blend and sell his own cigar. Stein’s blend, KILO, will debut this August at the 2013 [...]

News: Casa Miranda Chapter Two to Debut at IPCPR 2013

The follow-up version of the Casa Miranda Chapter One will debut two years later and in the exact same place as the original: Las Vegas, Nev. Miami Cigar & Co. will show off the Casa Miranda Chapter Two at the 2013 IPCPR trade show and convention in mid-July. The Nicaraguan-made cigar is described as both [...]

Press Release: Miami Cigar & Company Announces Nestor Miranda 70th Birthday LE

January 7, 2013 (Miami, FL) – For Nestor Miranda’s 70th birthday on Valentine’s Day 2/14/13 the most interesting man in the cigar business is set to release a commemorative cigar for this historic milestone in his life. The “Nestor Miranda 70th LE” will be released as a lancero cigar from the two factories that Nestor [...]

News: Miami Cigar & Co. Working on Nestor Miranda 70th Birthday Cigar

Barry Stein of Miami Cigar & Co. tweeted out news Wednesday of a new cigar project in celebration of Nestor Miranda’s upcoming 70th birthday, which is on February 14, 2013.   There are no specifics as to the cigar as of yet, with Stein saying it is still in the working stages. In the tweet, [...]

IPCPR 2012: La Aurora And Miami Cigar & Co.

Last year, I said, “too much.” This year? It was much of the same. There were a lot of products, although this year was noticeably heavier on the Miami Cigar & Co. side of things. The caveat is—much like Rocky Patel—most of these lines were either extensions to series or limited editions. In the end, [...]

Press Release: Miami Cigar & Co. and Emilio Join Forces for #CHATweetup2012

August 13, 2012 — What started last year with the inaugural Tweetup event at Burns Tobacconist (@burnstobacco99) and was put together by the hard work of David Jones (@dmjones1009) tikibaronline.com has grown into the massive event that is expected to converge on Chattanooga on August 24th and August 25th. To commemorate the united voice of [...]

Review: Para Japón by La Aurora

It was March 11, 2011 when an 8.9–magnitude earthquake hit Japan, devastating enough on its own without being followed up by a tsunami that caused record amounts of damage and destruction. A group of online cigar media, including Japanese native Mario Takeyama of Cigar Explorer, who were visiting La Aurora’s facilities in the Dominican Republic shortly after [...]

Review: La Aurora 107 Puro Vintage (Prerelease)

On December 9, 2011, Buckhead Cigar Club held their second annual ATL Tweet-Up. This year’s featured guests were Guillermo León of La Aurora and Jason Wood of Miami Cigar & Co. That Friday, La Aurora showed off two unofficial additions to the La Aurora 107 line: the La Aurora 107 Puro Vintage and the La [...]

Weekly News (December 12, 2011)

Editor’s Note: A few things. Last week I stated that we would not be publishing a Top Ten list this year, I lied. Due to a variety of things, one will come out sometime this week. Sales meetings start this week and will continue through the middle of January, which means you can expect lots [...]

News: La Aurora/Miami Cigar IPCPR Preview

There are more? Miami Cigar & Co. and La Aurora have already shed light on a host of new releases for the IPCPR show, but there are more. (By my count, MCC/La Aurora and Perdomo are currently leading the arbitrary competition for most new releases at the 2011 IPCPR, but that’s besides the point.) The [...]