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Press Release: La Palina Releases the Second Goldie from the La Palina Collection: The Goldie Laguito No.5

April 24, 2013 — Goldie Drell Paley, the namesake of La Palina cigars, was the wife of Samuel Paley, who founded the company in 1896. Bill Paley, Sam’s grandson and current owner,created The La Palina Collection Goldie to celebrate the history, contributions and accomplishments of women in the cigar industry. Bill is proud to present [...]

Redux: La Palina Goldie Laguito No. 2

In the summer of 2012, La Palina released the Goldie Laguito No. 2, a 6 x 38 Petit Lancero rolled by a single person, Maria Sierra, who was one of the first women trained to roll cigars in Cuba. Named after Goldie Drell Paley, who was the wife of the founder Sam Paley. Only 1,000 boxes of 10 [...]

Press Release: La Palina Announces Price Decrease

February 12, 2013 (Washington, D.C.) — Through increased sales and a consolidation of facilities, La Palina is able to announce an average price DECREASE of 10% on some of its most popular lines. According to La Palina founder and President Bill Paley, “I wanted to pass along the savings we have gained to our loyal [...]

News: La Palina to Release New Goldie

In the coming months, La Palina will be following up their highly successful Goldie Laguito No. 2 with a bigger edition, the 6 x 54 Goldie Laguito No. 5, according to La Pailna’s Director of Sales, Andrew Brennan. The blend is designed to be very similar to the Laguito No. 2, which used an Ecuadoran [...]

Press Release: La Palina Cigars Announces the Addition of Andrew Brennan

October 31, 2012 (Washington, DC) — La Palina Cigars is pleased to announce the addition of Andrew Brennan to the company. Andrew is joining La Palma as Director of Sales. He comes to La Palina from La Flor Dominicana where he was Vice President of Sales. According to Bill Paley—president and founder of La Palma [...]

News: Andrew Brennan Joins La Palina

Andrew Brennan took to Twitter this morning with a new Twitter handle and a new job, director of national sales for La Palina. Brennan ended his tenure at La Flor Dominicana last Wednesday after roughly five years with the Dominican cigar maker. Both the news last week and the news this morning was shocking to [...]

News: La Palina to Unveil KBII at IPCPR

Sources have confirmed that La Palina will be unveiling the new El Diario KBII, known as the ‘Kill Bill 2,’ at the upcoming IPCPR convention and trade show in Orlando next month. The new KBII will be a 6 x 40 and will come in 30-count cabinet boxes. MSRP for the new cigar has not [...]

Review: La Palina Goldie Laguito No. 2

In June of this year, La Palina announced a new vitola in its Collection series. Dubbed the “Goldie”, it is a 6 x 38 Petite Lancero which is named after Goldie Drell Paley, who was the wife of the founder of La Palina cigars Sam Paley. Here is a little bit of history about the [...]

Press Release: La Palina will debut the La Palina Classic at the 2012 IPCPR Show in Orlando

July 3, 2012 — The La Palina Classic is a noteworthy blend that will become a staple in your humidor. This medium-bodied cigar has a hint of sweetness and spice with earthy undertones that excite the palate. A Brazilian grown habano seed wrapper surrounds an Ecuadorian binder. Dominican and Nicaragua filler complete the blend, building [...]

Press Release: La Palina will debut the La Palina Maduro at the 2012 IPCPR Show in Orlando

July 3, 2012 — The Honduran made La Palina Maduro has exceptional combination of sweet and spice that is sure to impress. The naturally processed Mexican maduro wrapper is hand-selected for its distinctive color and oily texture. A double binder from Honduras and Nicaraguan corojo and criollo filler tobaccos further highlight this beautifully rich wrapper, [...]