New CAO Campaign To Feature Series of CAO Consumers Nashville, January 7, 2010: CAO, one of the world’s foremost premium cigar manufacturers, announced today that it will debut a new ad campaign in the January/February issue of Cigar Aficionado magazine. With the tagline “CAO REAL” the cutting-edge cigar manufacturer will roll out a series of […]
Toraño Partners with Fumee for Branded Lounge
Over the past year, I think it has been pretty common to hear of cigar brands partnering with local cigar shops to open sponsored lounges. The most prominent of those partnerships, at least in my mind, was the nationwide launch of Diamond Crown Lounges. In fact, Brian even attended and reported on one of these […]
A Message from Pete Johnson
Originally posted at New Havana Cigars and asked to publish here by Pete Johnson: I wanted to write everyone a quick note and touch on some of the concerns revolving around the Tatuaje Drac and Tatuaje Boris Halloween cigars. Please understand that these are big concerns of ours also and we want to assure everyone […]
Drug Paraphernalia and Cigars: Words that Don’t Belong in the Same Ordinance
Being a member of the Cigar Rights of America (CRA), I routinely receive email alerts in regards to whats going on with the cigar industry from the political perspective. The most recent to hit my inbox had me shaking my head a little more than usual. The email alert contained an article written by Glynn […]
Zino Platinum Announces Crown Series Emperor Edition 2009
While browsing through my Twitter Feed yesterday, I came across a link from Zino Platinum in regards to a new release. The link pointed to their Facebook page and included a small writeup on the new Emperor 2009 release, which included a picture. While I’ve never had the pleasure of smoking a Zino Platinum, the […]
General Cigar Announces Macanudo Millionaire Contest
Over the last couple of months we have been seeing different contests and giveaways from a few different cigar manufacturers. Among them is General Cigar, which you may remember announcing details on a Mr Punch Tax Relief Program and a Partagas $10,000 Man Cave giveaway. I received a press release yesterday announcing General Cigars newest […]
Press Release: Cigar Conference West
Just the other day I was checking my email and saw something come through from our good friend Doc over at Stogiefresh. If you haven’t heard, Doc has put together an event that features food, beverages, entertainment, and education on the Central Coast of California. If you are free on September 18th and 19th, head […]
CNN Video on Hav-A-Tampa Closure
While logged into Facebook just the other day, I saw Jeff Borysiewicz of Corona Cigar Company make mention of a CNN Video involving a cigar company. Being at work when I saw the mention, I made a note for myself to watch it when I got back home for the day. The two minute video […]
IPCPR Highlights
Doing anything with one hand sucks…even recording a video. While I’m not in condition to do a full cigar review I thought I’d share a few cigars that caught my attention at IPCPR. Enjoy…
La Aurora Cien Anos goes out with a bang as a Lancero
Just a few hours ago I was checking me email and happened to come accross an interesting press release from Miami Cigar Co. It went on to inform me about a limited release of the highly popular La Aurora Cien Anos, but this time it comes in the form of a Lancero. Check out the […]