ROBERTO DURAN PREMIUM CIGARS INTRODUCES: NEYA AND BARACOA
(Miami, Florida) July 17, 2014— Roberto P. Duran Premium Cigars, after a successful 2013 launch with the Azan Line of cigars and the recent announcement of the Roberto Duran Premium Cigar Brand is ready to introduce two additional cigar brands: Neya and the Baracoa Line.
Roberto Pelayo Duran is fully committed to providing a full line at this year’s IPCPR. The Addition of the premium Neya and the value cigar Baracoa will fill in the gap in the Roberto P. Duran line as the announcement was made last week that he will introduce a super-premium brand, Roberto P. Duran Cigar.  Â
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Nomad Cigar Co. Releases C-276
Nomad Cigar Co. Releases much-anticipated C-276
EstelÃ, Nicaragua (July 18, 2014) – Nomad Cigar Company is pleased to announce the release of the Nomad C-276 at this year’s IPCPR in Las Vegas.Â
The C-276 is a full flavored complex blend featuring five different filler tobaccos (with two Ligeros). It also marks the second full production cigar that Nomad has done in Estelà at Tobacalera AJ Fernandez. The C-276 rounds out Nomad’s portfolio of offerings and joins its place on the shelf with the Dominican Classic, Nicaraguan S-307, and the released-early-in-2014 Dominican Connecticut Fuerte. The C-276 also marks Fred Rewey’s first venture into using Ometepe tobacco in a blend.
“When I was blending the C-276 I approached it in layers. I kept trying to add layers and layers of flavor but didn’t want to overpower any one tobacco in the process. At one point I was struggling to add a final component that I couldn’t quite nail down. It was suggested to me that I visit Ometepe and check out that tobacco – it was the best addition to this blend I could make – it just came together,†said Rewey.
As with the other Nicaraguan lines, Rewey creates the name of the cigar using a variety of Nicaraguan factoids.
“The “C†is for Concepción, one of two volcanoes on Ometepe Island. “276″ is the square kilometers of the island. It seemed a fitting tribute to an incredible island growing amazing tobacco.†said Rewey.Â
Details on the Nomad C-276 include…Â
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Habano Oscuro
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan
Factory: Tobacalera AJ Fernandez
Box Pressed. 21 Count Box.
Immediately available in Toro (6×50), Robusto (5×50), Torpedo (6 1/2 x 52), Toro Grande (6 x 58), Corona (5.5 x 46)Â
Contact:
Fred “Godfadr†Rewey, Nomad Cigar Company
Twitter: @Godfadr
Phone: 855-MYNOMAD (or 855-696-6623)
Viaje Teases Satori Arya, Cache & Collaboration for IPCPR
The Viaje Satori was released in 2010 and was my favorite cigar that year and still is one of my all time favorites. Every year since, there has been another release of the Satori. This year, Andre Farkas plans on releasing a new Satori. Teased on Andre’s Facebook page today was the Arya. From the looks of it, it is a new size to go along with the other sizes of Satori.
Via Andre Farkas Facebook
Also teased this year was the Viaje “Cache”.
Wrapper – San Andres Maduro
Filler/binder – Aganorsa leaf/Nicaragua…
Factory – TABSA/Nicaragua
Via Viaje Cigars Facebook
Cache makes its debut at IPCPR 2014. Its name comes from the rooms, or “cachesâ€, in EstelÃ, Nicaragua, where our best leaf is allowed to age in bales. These are the rooms Andre and members of the blending team come to test the leaf before rolling begins.
This box is a tribute to the special caches of EstelÃ, where only the best leaf is stored. To elaborate on the idea of the aging rooms, each handmade box has a hidden cache built into the bottom, where a surprise awaits.
Size:Â Five Fifty Two – 5″ X 52
Also new will be the Collaboration
The first collaboration in the company’s history will be with Casa Fernandez. The Collaboration has been in the works for a few months and will make its debut at the 2014 IPCPR show. No specific word on blend, limitability or size yet.
Via Andre Farkas Facebook
Tre-J Cigars Announces a Blending Agreement with Jose Blanco
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Espinosa to Debut Laranja Rerserva at IPCPR
Hialeah Gardens, Florida (July 10, 2014) – Espinosa Cigars is proud to announce that they will debut a new line at the upcoming IPCPR convention and trade show called Laranja Reserva.
“I wanted to release something different for the show, we had started working with this orange Brazilian Laranja wrapper last year and we are very excited with the end result. I have always liked the color orange (laranja which is the Portuguese word for orange) and the positive energy associated with that color.　 It is the color of enthusiasm, creativity, determination and success, that’s what we are all about here” said Erik Espinosa. Â
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CAO Mx2 and Flying Dog Pearl Necklace Oyster Stout Pairing
The CAO MX2 was a cigar I had strayed away from for a number of years. I had a bad experience with another somewhat similar triple maduro cigar (different company) and that lead me away from the MX2. Then I was gifted or received a MX2 in a sampler pack. The cigar was a lot better than the other experience I had with the other cigar and felt like a fool straying away from the MX2 as it was a pretty good smoke.
Up until last week when I did the CAO OSA Sol & Flying Dog Snake Dog IPA Pairing, I had never had a Flying Dog beer. I am way out of their distribution area. The Snake Dog IPA was a pretty decent beer for being an IPA. I am not a fan of an IPA, but the Snake Dog was not overly “hoppy” and paired quite well with the OSA Sol, which I was not originally a fan of either. Living on the MS Gulf Coast, I am very fond of and love oysters, so the Pearl Necklace Oyster Stout should be an interesting beer. It is actually brewed with oysters which is my first time of ever hearing of such a thing.
 
Cigar Stats
- 5×52 Robusto
- Connecticut Broadleaf Wrapper
- Brazilian Binder
- Filler of tobacco from  Nicaragua, Honduras, Dominican Republic, Peru
Beer Stats
- Oyster Stout
- ABV: 5.5%
- IBU: 35
- Roasted Barley, Midnight Wheat, Cara-Pils, Black Malts
- Perle Hops  Â
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“Smoked Up” No.76
I hope everyone had a safe and happy Fourth of July. I had to work and working on holidays makes me realize how much working in retail can be a pain. I earlied out of work, went home, had a few beers and saw the town’s fireworks show with my daughter. She had a blast as this year, she is not afraid of them as much as last year.
With the IPCPR show right around the corner, there is onslaught of news this week. New cigars, added sizes, new wrappers on old blends, new accessories; the list goes on and on and on! I was hoping to make the show this year, but my finances aren’t allowing me to among other personal & professional reasons. The trade show is expected to be in New Orleans next year. I am planning to go then, but it all depends on outcome of the same professional reasons from this year.
This week I started a series of reviews, I did a small write up on the series: CAO Cigars & Flying Dog Brewery Pairing Pack Upcoming Reviews
Tuesday I put out the first review in the series: CAO OSA Sol & Flying Dog Snake Dog IPA Pairing
Cigar Views
Leccia White Robusto: Until the Luchador came out a few months back, the White label was my favorite Leccia cigar. This is still an awesome smoke and shouldn’t be put to the wayside with the introduction of the Luchador. The White has a nice smooth cool smoke with nice flavors of a black pepper, some creaminess and a nice woodiness. Had a superb draw, burn and no other construction issues. The vast differences between the White and the Luchador is a great showing of what Sam Leccia can produce and look forward to many more cigars from him. Sam has not made any mention of a new cigar for IPCPR. I speculate he will have something up his sleeve for the show. Or he may just focus on the three blends he has now. But we will see in a few weeks.
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La Palina will debut the La Palina Black Label at 2014 IPCPR
 
TORAÑO TO UNVEIL “THE CHARLIE TORAÑO “CAPTIVA” AT 2014 IPCPR
(Miami, FL) July 8, 2014—Toraño Family Cigar Co., respected in the cigar- making industry for nearly 100 years, proudly announces that Charlie Toraño, for the first time, will unveil a cigar under his own name: Charlie Toraño Captiva.
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Charlie Toraño represents the fourth generation in the Toraño tobacco family. Working alongside his father and industry legend Carlos Toraño for 15 years, Charlie has had his hand in creating unique cigar brands under the family name as well as for countless other major distributors. Charlie, who has held the title of President of Toraño Family Cigar Company for over a decade, felt it was time to create a cigar under his own name which represents his personal tastes and pastimes.  Â
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Nomad Cigar Co. Adds a “Belicoso†To The Connecticu​t Fuerte Collection
Tamboril, Dominican Republic (July 8, 2014) – Nomad Cigar Company is pleased to announce the release of a Belicoso sized cigar to its popular Connecticut Fuerte collection.
The Nomad Connecticut Fuerte launched this year in March and was immediately available in four sizes…
- Corona 5.5 x 44
- Toro 6 x 52
- Robusto Gordo 5.5x 54
- Robusto 5×50
Fred Rewey, founder of Nomad Cigar Company, added the 6.25 x 54 Belicoso after playing around with different sizes.
“I think every manufacturer sometimes has a host of other sizes for personal use or for friends that request them. Frankly, the Belicoso was just fun. It was one of those sizes in the Connecticut line that I found myself smoking a bit more often. No sense keeping them all for myself.â€Â Â
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