Editorial: In Response to the Gurkha Raja

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Kaizad Hansotia, founder of Gurkha, and a man who I have a lot of respect for when it comes to reinventing cigar packaging, gave an interview with Rich Perelman. In it he said a few interesting things… first: The national manufacturers used to have 70-80% of the shelf space in most smokeshops because the boutique [...]

Weekly News (November 29, 2010)

The Tatuaje Anarchy went on pre-order at Smoke Inn this past Friday, orders should start arriving around December 10th. Alec Bradley gave out more information regarding their upcoming New York line. Cusano has taken over U.S. distribution for Heavenly Cigars. Toraño has filed opposition to MATASA/SAG Import’s Quesada Tributo name. You can read more about [...]

Weekly News (October 11, 2010)

A pretty impressive cigar auction will be taking place in London at the end of November, items include items from Hemingway and a Fidel Castro humidor. Speaking of Cuba, the Havana Times had a look at the Cohiba Cigar factory. Habanos S.A. launched the H.Upmann Noellas Glass Jar. Outside of that forbidden island, it’s been [...]

Review: Cohiba Behike BHK 54

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For those of you that don’t know. In 2006, Cohiba released one of the most expensive cigars in the world, the (original) Behike. Only 4,000 cigars were produced, and they only come in boxes of 40, each with a price tag of $440, and each rolled by only one person at the El Laguito factory [...]