Industry News
Blue Havana II Joins House of Emilio Master Retailers
Tuesday, February 18th, 2014 Blue Havana II named House of Emilio Master Retailer House of Emilio National Sales Director Nate McIntyre announced today that Blue Havana II in Alpharetta, Georgia has been named the newest addition to the Master Retailer program. “Jim Luftman has supported the boutique cigar industry for a long time, and has […]
Cigar Federation announces the release of it’s ï¬rst cigar The Collective.!
The cigar was blended by Ezra Zion Cigar Company and manufactured in the Casa Fernandez factory in Miami, Florida.! ! “New media has changed the cigar industry dramatically in the last few years. We feel it has started a second cigar-boom, especially in the boutique arena. We wanted to make a cigar that would pay […]
Drew Estate & Corona Cigar Company Announce “Drew Estate Loungeâ€
Miami, FL, February 11, 2014: Drew Estate announced today their plans to open the first official “Drew Estate Lounge†at the Corona Cigar Company Sand Lake, FL location. This momentous news was met with much excitement from both the Drew Estate and Corona Cigar camps. When asked to describe his relationship with Drew Estate, Jeff […]
“Smoked Up” No.57
The past week has been getting better in my area. The weather got beautiful this weekend in the lower to mid 60s. Was great weather to get out in and do some yard work, enjoy a few cigars etc… I was invited to be in a local cigar shop’s tv commercial on Tuesday afternoon. I […]
Drew Estate and Royal Gold Cigars Announce NIRVANA
Miami, FL, February 5, 2014: Royal Gold Cigars has partnered with renowned cigar manufacturer Drew Estate for their latest premium, hand-rolled cigar release, NIRVANA CAMEROON SELECTION. The new cigar features a luscious, light-brown, Rosado wrapper grown in the Eastern province of Cameroon, Africa. The wrapper is grown by small farmers who, when it’s time to […]
“Smoked Up” No.56
Well, I made it out of winter storm “Leon” pretty good. It got way too cold for my southern blood. Last Tuesday afternoon brought freezing rain with a few snow flurries. That night it got colder and almost all the bridges and a few roads were shut down in the area. Thursday afternoon they started opening […]
Drew Estate Unveils “DE2â€, New 60,000 sq ft Leaf Processing Facility
Miami, Florida January 27, 2014 On Friday, January 17th, Drew Estate Tobacco Company held a ribbon cutting ceremony at their new leaf processing facility, dubbed “DE2â€. Built across the street from their La Gran Fabrica in EstelÃ, Nicaragua, the new facility is one of the largest, most state-of-the-art leaf processing operations in the world, specializing […]
“Smoked Up” No.55
I wish the weather would make up its cotton pickn’ mind!! One day its 60s and beautiful, the next day its sleeting and icing the roads up. Living in the deepest part of MS, the ice and sleet is not anything we deal with on a usual basis and I didn’t like it at all. […]
Miami Cigar Commemorates 25th Anniversary With Limited Edition Humidor
MIAMI, FL – Twenty-five years ago Nestor and Mariana Miranda began distributing cigars out of the trunk of their car, visiting accounts that Nestor had built relationships with through his many years in the liquor business. Never in their wildest dreams would they have thought that twenty-five years later their hard work and dedication would […]
“Smoked Up” No.54
2014 is here and moving pretty fast already. It seems like last week I was shooting off fireworks and ringing in the new year and here it is the third week in January! This week has been a real slow cigar week for me with not too many cigars in my weekly recap. I was […]
