What are you doing in February? Sure, it’s a bit early, but if you want to go to the ProCigar Festival next year, you might want to start nailing down the details now. The festival runs from February 6 – 11, 2010 in the Dominican Republic … and everyone will be there!
Where were those new cigars from Tatuaje rolled? It might have been right on this table! This is where the action happens at the My Father Cigars factory.
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Ever wanted to take a peak inside a Cuban cigar factory? Here’s your chance! Today’s photo of the day takes you inside the inside … Cuba and the factory within its borders. photo by hoyasmeg via Flickr
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Ever wondered how Drew Estate cigars are made? Watch this video with company co-founder Marvin Samel to learn the intricacies of the cigar manufacturing process. Disclosure: I received a cigar, a few slices of pizza and a few glasses of cognac free at this event.
The Drew Estate story is an amazing one. Starting somewhere in Oneonta, New York — and Long Island, Brooklyn and down in Manhattan’s Finacial District — the company now sends cigars all over the world from its Esteli, Nicaragua cigar factory. Watch this video to get the inside story on Drew Estate … straight from [...]
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To say the least, the operation at Pepin Garcia‘s My Father factory, in Esteli, Nicaragua, is vast. This is a shot of the rolling room, where blends become the reality that you smoke. Do you have a cool cigar photo? Send it to us at tips [at] cigarreader.com.
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Ever wondered why we chose the name Cigar Reader? Well, in the cigar factories, there’s sometimes a guy who will read the newspaper to the rollers who are hard at work. The La Aurora factory in the Dominican Republic, giving me the chance to see this blog’s namesake for the first time.
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If you’ve ever wanted to see first-hand how cigars are made, the time is right. As cigar manufacturers fight for more space on retailers’ shelves in the face of still-constrained consumers’ budgets, marketing efforts are getting personal – and highly interactive. Two years ago, in-store dinners were hot, and a year later, sponsored lounges indicted [...]
Is Bloomberg everywhere? I saw this sign in the La Aurora cigar factory down in the Dominican Republic. At some spots, smoking is prohibited in order to ensure that the product is not affected. Disclosure: La Aurora and Miami Cigar & Company picked up the tab for this trip. My opinions are my own.
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