Posted by Charlie Minato on December 2, 2012 ·
Casa Magna Domus Magnus II, the follow-up to SAG Imports popular Domus Magnus, has been delayed until 2013. The cigars, which feature a different vintage (2007) of Jalapa Sun Grown wrapper were believed to be a late 2012 release after being announced for IPCPR 2012. However, SAG Imports has confirmed the cigars, which are part [...]
Posted by Charlie Minato on April 11, 2012 ·
In October of last year, Terrence Reilly announced that SAG Imports would be extending its popular Casa Magna Domus Magnus Limitada line to include three new limited sizes. Originally thought as a January release, due to delays and backorders on the original two sizes, the new sizes of Domus Magnus shipped from SAG Imports on [...]
Category: Cigars, Featured, Main, Nicaragua, Quesada/SAG Imports, Reviews · Tags: Casa Magna, CAsa Magna Domus Magnus, Casa Magna Domus Magnus Centuriones, Casa Magna Domus Magus Limitada Centuriones, Manuel "Manolo" Quesada, Nicaragua, Plasencia Cigars S.A., Robusto, SAG Imports, Terence Reilly
Posted by Charlie Minato on March 5, 2012 ·
Editor’s Note: This is the one week of year where Cuba is allowed to dominate cigar news with no apologies. The XIV Festival del Habano took place last week and dominated the discourse of cigar news. There weren’t any major surprises, but there was quite a bit of news. March is quietly one of the [...]
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Posted by Charlie Minato on February 28, 2012 ·
Yesterday morning, SAG Imports informed retailers they would be releasing three new sizes of the popular Casa Magna Domus Magnus Limitada. “We had enough to make about 30,000 new cigars,” said Terrence Reilly of SAG Imports, the distribution arm of the Quesada family who owns the Casa Magna brand, “so we decided to do three [...]
Posted by Charlie Minato on January 11, 2012 ·
For the 2010 rendition of this concept, click here to see Brian Hewitt’s work. Before anyone starts, I started this long before Bill Berris posted his rendition of this a few days at Cigar Snapshot. (Bill’s serves as a interesting sample of this, although there are noticeable differences beyond population size.) The concept was simple, [...]
Category: Featured, Main, Miscellaneous · Tags: A.J. Fernandez, Adrian's CroMagnon, Andre Farkas, Ashton, Ashton VSG, CAsa Magna Domus Magnus, Crowned Heads, Dan Welsh, Drew Estate, Emilio, Emilio AF1, Emilio Grimalkin, Fausto, Four Kicks, Gary Griffith, Grimalkin, Havana Cellars, Holt's Cigar Holdings, Illusione, Illusione Epernay, Jaime García, Jaime García Reserva Especial Limited Edition 2011, Janny García, Jon Huber, Jonathan Drew, José "Don Pepín" García, La Casita Criolla, La Flor Dominicana Colorado Oscuro, La Gran Fabrica Drew Estate, Litto Gomez, Man O' War Armada, Manuel "Manolo" Quesada, MATASA, Matt Booth, Michael Rosales, Mike Conder, My Father Cigars Inc., My Father Cigars S.A., My Father El Hijo, My Father Le Bijou 1922, New Havana Cigars, NHC Capa Especial, Padrón, Padrón 1964 SI-15, Pete Johnson, Piloto Cigars Inc., Quesada, Quesada Oktoberfest, Quesada Selección España, Room 101 LTD Namakubi, Room101, SAG Imports, San Lotano, San Lotano Oval, Skip Martin, Smoke Inn, Steve Saka, Tabacalera Fernandez, Tabacalera La Flor S.A., Tabacos Cubanica S.A., Tatuaje, Tatuaje Black Label Petit Lancero, Tatuaje Fausto, Tatuaje La Casita Criolla, The Quesada Factory, Tower Cigars, Undercrown, Viaje, Viaje Exclusivo Tower Cigars 45th
Posted by Charlie Minato on December 30, 2011 ·
Last year, I published an article entitled Ten Questions for 2011. The concept was simple, what were a few of the topics to watch for in the upcoming year. With the notable exception of E.P. Carrillo’s crazy year, I’d like to think that we covered most of the major topics of 2011. With another year [...]
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Posted by Charlie Minato on July 23, 2011 ·
I saw Terence Reilly pretty early into my stay into Vegas. I had a good conversation with one of the key players at Quesada/MATASA/SAG Imports, about a variety of things, but particularly about the present and future of the company his uncle, Manuel “Manolo” Quesada, sits at the helm of. The IPCPR show was relatively [...]
Posted by Charlie Minato on June 13, 2011 ·
Editor’s Note: It was seemingly on track to be a much quieter week for cigar news (in quantity it still is), and then the never-ending saga between Oliva Cigar Co. and Sam Leccia decided to show itself again. The issue is over a non-compete clause, a somewhat common thing in this industry. Sam joins [...]
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Posted by Charlie Minato on May 16, 2011 ·
Editor’s Note: A lot of tidbits of cigars that we haven’t mentioned this week, but the two major stories are the information regarding the El Rey de los Habanos lawsuit and Michael Herklots’ departure from Davidoff of Geneva. I’ll use this editorial space to comment on some of the interesting reactions to Maryland’s most recent [...]
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Posted by Charlie Minato on April 25, 2011 ·
It hasn’t been the same sort of week as last week in regards to new releases, but there’s still quite a bit of cigar news. The sun is out and the cigar event schedule is getting full. After the jump news on tons of boutiques, My Father, Tatuaje, Illusione, Viaje, Hammer & Sickle, 601, Casa [...]
Category: News · Tags: 601, 601 La Bomba, A.J. Fernandze, Altadis, Altadis S.A., Andre Farkas, Burning Leaf, Casa de Ortez, Casa Gomez, Casa Magna, CAsa Magna Domus Magnus, Charmed Leaf, Crowned Heads, Dignity, Dion Giolito, Eddie Ortega, Emilio, Emilio AF1, Emilio AF2, Erik Espinosa, Fonseca, FUMARE, Hammer & Sickle, Hammer & Sickle Berlin Wall, Havana Cellars, Illusione, Jaime García, Jameson Cigar Co., Jon Huber, Jonathan Drew, José "Don Pepín" García, Joya De Nicaragua, Joya de Nicaragua My Uzi Weighs a Ton, La Aurora, La Aurora Gran 107, La Caridad del Cobre, La Tradicion Cubana, Legislation, MAryland, MATASA, My Father Cigars, My Father Le Bijou, My Father Le Bijou 1922, My Father Le Bijou 1922 Corona Gorda, My Uzi Weighs a Ton, Nevada, Paul Palmer, Perdomo, Puff n Stuff, Quesada, Quesada España, Raíces Cubanas, SAG Imports, Shiroma's Wine and More, Tatuaje, Tatuaje Havana VI Verocu No. 1, Tatuaje SWAM 5th Anniversary, Toraño Family Cigars, Urbano, Viaje, Viaje V.O.R., Viaje V.O.R. DT, Viaje V.P.R., Viaje V.P.R. DT
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