Posted by Charlie Minato on November 8, 2010 ·
The big news this week, the story I broke on Thursday, Sam Leccia will be leaving Oliva Cigar Co. at the end of this year. This comes shortly after the partial unveiling of Studio Tobac, the arm of Oliva who will subsume the Cain and NUb brands. Sam doesn’t own any part of either brand, [...]
Category: News · Tags: Arturo Fuente, Big Smoke, Cain, Cigar Family Charitable Foundation, Davidoff, El Triunfador, Fuente, General Cigar Co., J&J Cigars, J.C. Newman, Macanudo, Maduro, NUb, Oliva, Pete Johnson, Saks Fifth Avenue, Sam Leccia, STUDIO TOBAC, Tatuaje, Tatuaje SODO, Thompson Cigar Factory, Toro
Posted by Charlie Minato on November 1, 2010 ·
Hope everyone enjoyed their Halloween weekends. Instead of candy, I had Padrón weekend. The annual release of the Oliva Serie V Maduro hit stores this past week. The Rocky Patel Valedor which is a B&M only stick that was made for the NRA also hit stores. A special Opus X Scorpion was released at Casa [...]
Category: News · Tags: 601, 601 Macho, ABC, Arielle Ditkowich, Burn, Burning Leaf, CAO, Casa de La Montecristo, Casa Fuente, Cigar Law, Cuba, Cuba Aliados Miami, EO Brands, Fuente Fuente OpusX, General Cigar, General Cigar Co., Habanos S.A., Jack Schwartz, Janny García, Jason Wood, Jon Huber, José "Don Pepín" García, La Flor Dominicana, La Sirena, Litto Gomez, Litto Gomez Dominicanos, Manuel García, My Father Cigars, NRA, Oliva, Oliva Serie V, Oliva Serie V Maduro, Oliva Serie V Maduro 2010, OpusX, OpusX Scorpion, Pete Johnson, Quality Importers, Reyes Family Cigars, Rocky Patel, Rocky Patel Valedor, Room101, Room101 LTD Conjura Edition, Sabor Havana, Scandinavian Tobacco, Serious, Smoke Inn, STG, Swedish Match, Tatuaje, Tatuaje Anarchy, Tatuaje Barclay Rex, Tatuaje Exclusive Series, Thompson Cigar Factory, Tobacco World, Trademarks, UpDown, Village Tobacco
Posted by Charlie Minato on October 25, 2010 ·
First was news that a new 6 x 60 would come to the Master Line. In addition, Toraño supported the Gala for Hope, for Hope Haiti: TORAÑO FAMILY CIGARS SUPPORTS THE ANNUAL GALA FOR HOPE BENEFITTING MISSION OF HOPE HAITI (Miami, FL) October 18, 2010— Toraño Family Cigars was proud to support the annual Gala [...]
Category: Featured, Main, News, Weekly News · Tags: Allones Superiores, Andre Farkas, Barclay Rex, Carlos Llacarlos Llaca, Cigar Rights of America, Dominicanos, Gale for Hope, George A. Rico, Gran Habano, Gran Reserva #3, Guillermo León, Habanos S.A., José "Don Pepín" García, José Blanco, La Aurora 107, La Aurora Serie Aniversario 107, La Sirena, Litto Gomez, Litto Gomez Dominicanos, Maldonadoldonado, Master by Carlos Toraño, Miami Cigar & Co., Nat Sherman, Partagás Cigar Factory, Pete Johnson, Ramón Allones, Tatuaje, The Mogul, Thompson Cigar Factory, Toraño Family Cigars, Trademark, Viaje, Yale
Posted by Charlie Minato on October 18, 2010 ·
For the first time in a while, a fairly quiet news day… Add Graycliff to the list of cigar manufacturers who are now branding watches. The Zino brand previewed its newest creation, the Zino Chateau. Hurricane Paula headed towards Cuba earlier this week. Fortunately it seemed to only temporarily knock out power. In other Cuban [...]
Category: News · Tags: Brian Bilbray, Congressional Cigar Association, Cuba, Davidoff, Graycliff, Habanos S.A., Hurricane Paula, Juan Lopez, Juan Lopez Selección No. 4 Regional Edition, Legislation, New York, New York City, New York Tobacconist Association, Oettinger Davidoff Group, Oliva, Oliva Serie V Maduro 2010, Regional Edition, Serie V, Serie V Maduro, Thompson Cigar Factory, Zino, Zion Chateau
Posted by Charlie Minato on October 4, 2010 ·
This past week has been nothing but crazy. Only a few hours after posting the news for the week of September 28th, Dion Giolito of Illusione dropped a bomb: the Nosotros partnership with Drew Estate is over. Pete Johnson launched his new website and gave details on the newest edition of the Monster Series, The [...]
Category: News · Tags: Alan Rubin, Alec Bradley, Altadis, Artemis, Camachomacho, Canada, CAO, Congress, Cuba, Davidoff, Dion Giolito, Discount Cigars, Drew Estate, Dunhill, Ernesto Padilla, Family Blend, Finlad, General Cigar Co., Habanos S.A., House of Representatives, Jason Wood, Jonathan Drew, José "Don Pepín" García, Lawsuit, Legislation, Liga Privada, LTD Conjura Edition, Macanudo, Monster Series, Montecristo, Nosotros, Operation Hope, Padilla, Pete Johnson, Reds, Room101, Scandinavian Tobacco, Swedish Match, Tatiana, The Face, Thompson Cigar Factory, Xikar
Posted by Charlie Minato on July 5, 2010 ·
The Thompson Cigar Factory in Bartow was saved from its death. The House Committee on Agriculture voted (25-20) to move forward with plans to remove travel restrictions to everyone’s favorite communist Caribbean island. Tom Johansmeyer, whom also writes for Cigar Reader and Luxist, wrote an interesting piece for Huffington Post on cigar marketing. My Father [...]
Category: Featured, Main, News, Weekly News · Tags: Brick House, Brick House Mighty Mighty, Fabrica de Tabacos San Rafael S.A., Jaime García, José "Don Pepín" García, La Reloba, My Father Cigars S.A., Thompson Cigar Factory
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