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2011 Atlanta Tweetup at Buckhead Cigar Club
This past weekend, Shawn and I attended the 2001 Atlanta Tweetup hosted by Boram and Mike from Buckhead Cigar Club in Buckhead, GA. Shawn and I went up a day early for the 3 day mega-herf and had an outstanding time. The herf was attended by other fellow bloggers like Brian Hewitt of Stogie Review, who […]
First Responders Herf sponsored by General Cigar
As many of you know, I was invited to go to the Dominican Republic to visit General Cigar's Dominican operations. While there, I was talking to our coordinator, Victoria McKee Jaworski, about and idea I had about doing a herf for our first responders (police, firefighters, EMTs, nurses, etc) that give all they can to […]
La Flor Dominicana to introduce Small Batch IV in December 2011
Coral Gables, FL December, 2011 – La Flor Dominicana will introduce the fourth in a series of “Small Batch” Litto Gomez Diez cigars. This limited production item is sold only to selected “Appointed Merchants” These cigars are very special, made with tobaccos that are the cream of the crop. The tobaccos in these cigars are […]
Davidoff unveils new Retail Concept at Zürich Airport – the 21st Century Cigar store
Zurich, 30 November 2011 – On 1 December 2011 the Oettinger Davidoff Group unveils its new retail concept and design when opening the first of its kind Davidoff Flagship Store in the redesigned Airside Center at Zurich Airport. At the very heart of the approx. 60m² store is a 30m² walk-in humidor with generous glass […]
MONTECRISTO NEW YORK CONNOISSEUR EDITION RELEASED
Nestor Miranda Grand Reserve
Nestor Miranda released this cigar this year at the 2011 IPCPR as the pinnacle of the Nestor Miranda line. Dressed in a beautiful Connecticut Broadleaf maduro wrapper and made in the My Father cigar factory in Nicaragua, only 10000 cigars were made. Available in 10 count boxes for around $110 a box, this cigar runs […]
Crowned Heads Four Kicks robusto
After the merger of ST Group and Swedish Match, CAO undertook dramatic changes. Most of the employees where let go and the company headquarters was moved from Nashville, TN to Richmond, VA. A few of the employees from the old CAO didn’t want to accept these changes so they left and formed Crowned Heads. Jon […]
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! – Viaje Stuffed Turkey
What better of a cigar to review for Thanksgiving than the new Viaje Stuffed Turkey? It all started as a joke in an interview that the guys at Stogie Review were doing with Andre Farkas. Jerry Cruz mentioned that he needed to have a cigar for Thanksgiving…how about the Stuffed Turkey? Well, Andre liked it […]
La Gloria Cubana Artesanos Retro Especiale Club
Almost every year, La Gloria Cubana brings out a new cigar in their Artesanos line. This year, they unveiled the Retro Especiale which was inspired by an old humidor found the El Credito factory. According to Michael Giannini, this cigar took 8 years to complete, 2 of which was on the wrapper alone. The wrapper […]
General Cigar Names New Vice President of Marketing
Richmond, VA—General Cigar is pleased to announce that Alan Willner has joined the company as vice president of marketing. A consumer product marketing veteran with 20 years of experience, Willner will play an integral role in increasing the company’s market share. As such, he will oversee General Cigar’s consumer and trade marketing, public relations, CRM, […]
