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Press Release: Jon Huber, Formerly of C.A.O., Creates New Cigar Company
Jon Huber, the former director of lifestyle marketing for C.A.O. International Inc., has formed a new cigar company with three other former employees of C.A.O. The new venture is called Crowned Heads LLC. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, where C.A.O. was located until it was moved to Virginia, Crowned Heads consists of Huber, Mike Conder, formerly […]
Bella Torres – BestCigarPrices.com
This week, I’m reviewing the second budget friend cigar sent to me by BestCigarPrices.com. This one is the Bella Torres by Havana Cuba who also make the Oliveros cigars. This cigar is the same vitola as the Medici, 4 1/2 x 60, robolo. This cigar hails from the Dominican Republic with the same ~$4.00 price […]
Medici by Alec Bradley – BestCigarPrices.com
This week I’m doing a budget friendly review of a cigar sold exclusively by BestCigarPrices.com called the Medici. BCP sent me two samples to try and review in their new size, the Robolo. The Robolo is a short, fat gordo size of a smoke that is priced around $4.00ish. I’m quite fond of Alec Bradley […]
La Aurora Broadway
Recently, New York was hit with a hefty tax of 75% on cigars which really hurt local cigar shops. This drove up the price of cigars drastically and pushed many cigar smokers to buy their cigars online or from catalogs instead of their local shops. Because of this, La Aurora decided to bring out a […]
Press Release: GARY HYAMS LEAVES CAO INTERNATIONAL
Richmond, VA—General Cigar announced today that with completion of the integration of CAO® International and General Cigar Company, Gary Hyams will step down from his role as chairman of CAO International, effective today. Along with Dan Carr, president of General Cigar, Mr. Hyams led the integration of the two companies as part of the recent […]
Press Release – MIAMI CIGAR & COMPANY CREATING $5,000 DONATION TO THE LOVE FUND
Miami, FL, 26 January…Miami Cigar & Company’s principals, Marianna & Nestor Miranda are supplying 1000 cigars from the Nestor Miranda Collection to five shops in Miami. These cigars will be sold to benefit The Love Fund, which benefits the families of fallen officers. Each shop will have 10 boxes with an actual retail value of […]
Gran Habano Gran Reserva #3
Recently, Gran Habano announced the discontinuation of a lot of their established lines which concerned many cigar lovers. Gran Habano is known for making really good cigars for a very affordable price. The loss of some of the more popular lines was just a refocusing of their cigar lines which started with the release of […]
La Sirena The Prince
Released this year at IPCPR in New Orleans, La Sirena was relatively unknown before the show. I met Brand Manager, Arielle Ditkowich, at the Miami Cigars booth while talking to Nestor Miranda. There was a buzz at the show about Arielle’s new cigar line so I was eager to try it. Alas, I left there […]
Guest Review: Flor de Gonzalez 90 Miles Toro “ROTT†Review
Ben – Today we have a guest reviewer filling in for us today that many of you have seen on the sight before. Shawn has done a couple of dual review with me in the past and this is his first, but hopefully not last, written review. Shawn reviews the new 90 Miles cigar from […]
Press Release: STUDIO TOBAC COMMISSIONS LIMITED-EDITION CIGAR SAMPLER PRODUCTION TO BEGIN IMMEDIATELY TOTALLY NEW CIGARS WILL NOT BE FOR SALE
MIAMI, FL – January 4th 2011 – Studio Tobac today announced that they are beginning production on a very exclusive cigar sampler. The Studio Tobac Limited-Edition Cigar Sampler will contain six cigars; all of which will not be available as regular production. The Limited Edition sampler will be available in 2011 as a “gift with […]
