Gigantes? Gordos? Grandes? Call them what you want, but they’re 6 inches long and have a ring gauge of 60. These are the hot new sizes in the cigar market, according to Cigar Aficionado, and the amount 6×60 cigars hitting retailer shelves is on the rise, particularly based on what came out last week at [...]
It’s that time of the year again! When the cigar community invades one city for a week of cigar smoking and wheeling and dealing at the annual industry trade show and. For cigar enthusiasts, it is Christmas in August, with all the leading cigar makers there to unveil their latest blends for the thousands of [...]
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Watch this video to see what was on the minds of the people in the cigar industry in regards to our rights to smoke and the work the Cigar Rights of America is doing.
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This dispatch is from Barry Stein, of A Cigar Smoker, delivered from the floor of IPCPR. Check back throughout the day and week for more. Barry writes: I was able to scope out the building of the La Aurora booth which will also house Miami Cigar (I also assisted on the setting up of displays). [...]
This dispatch is from Barry Stein, of A Cigar Smoker, delivered from the floor of IPCPR. Check back throughout the day and week for more. Barry writes: Davidoff had a cigar tasting yesterday that featured Henke Kelner. Also in attendance was the beautiful Danielle Hawthorne who is the brand manager for Zino. Henke was able [...]
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This dispatch is from Barry Stein, of A Cigar Smoker, delivered from the floor of IPCPR. Check back throughout the day and week for more. The Cigar Rights of America panel at the IPCPR show was actively followed, according to the buzz on Twitter, and our correspondent on the floor of the show, A Cigar [...]
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This is the first in a series of dispatches that Barry Stein, of A Cigar Smoker, will deliver from the floor of IPCPR. Check back throughout the day and week for more. According to Barry, IPCPR in New Orleans on the first day is a “who’s who” of the cigar industry. The hot spot so [...]
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Look for a new cigar from the oldest cigar company in the Dominican Republic this week. La Aurora, which is celebrating 107 years of history in 2010, is set to release the Guillermo Leon at the IPCPR show. It’s the company’s first cigar to be made with two binders instead one, according to Cigar Aficionado, [...]
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Look for a new cigar from the Torano Family Cigar Company this week. The company is releasing the first in its Single Region Series cigar at IPCPR, with a concept that “highlights the different characteristics of tobaccos grown on individual farms in various regions in the world’s best tobacco-producing countries,” according to DC Cigar Examiner [...]
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