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News: Eiroa From CLE Nears Release

Christian Eiroa’s most expensive cigar since his days at Camacho is nearing release. Eiroa, the third eponymous cigar in recent memory from the family, is slated to arrive in the next 45 days, or right before the 2013 IPCPR show if all goes to plan. “It is the Eiroa family signature strength and flavor,” Eiroa [...]

Weekly News (April 8, 2013)

Editor’s Note: The following is the letter from the editors from the April newsletter, it’s worth repeating. This isn’t a warning and our policies aren’t changing. This is a plea, a plea for a bit more consideration. We pride ourselves on running a website that can present two sides to a conservation. We do not [...]

News: CLE Plans Flagship Eiroa Line

In the midst of a host of other releases for the various Fabricas Unidas brand, Christian Eiroa will be adding another line, Eiroa. Joining the eponymous CLE brand that was introduced last year will be the Eiroa line. Eiroa told halfwheel that it is one of a couple new products he has planned that he [...]

Press Release: Asylum Cigars Announces Asylum 13 6 x 80

April 8, 2013 (Miami, Fla.) — Asylum brand founders Tom Lazuka and Christian Eiroa are proud to announce the Asylum 13 80 x 6 line extension. “I just don’t get it,” says Eiroa about the new size. “As a traditionalist, this would have never crossed my mind. Our customers continued to ask us for an [...]

News: Wynwood Cigars Ships The 15th & The First

Wynwood Cigars has begun shipping its newest line, The 15th & The First. The Miami-based partnership between Robert Caldwell and Christian Eiroa is once again focusing on the concept of fresh cigars, this time with a blend comprised entirely of Honduran Corojo tobacco. “It is a 15 week aged bunch, so we rest the unwrapped cigars for 15 [...]

News: Asylum 13 Corojo to Debut in April

Fresh off the release of the 7 x 70 barberpole Ogre, Asylum Cigars is adding the Asylum 13 Corojo, a Honduran puro that will debut in April in 5 x 50 and 6 x 60 forms. Andrew Nagy broke the news of the newest cigar from Christian Eiroa and Tom Lazuka last week, which sees [...]

News: La Barba Cigars Planning for September Release

A new project coming out of the Wynwood Cigar Factory in Miami has been announced – La Barba, which was featured in a YouTube video posted on Tony Bellatto’s TattooedSommelier.com. Bellatto is a WSET-certified sommelier, a wine instructor at Youngstown State University, owner of The Havana House in Ohio and a columnist for Cigars in Review magazine. According to [...]

Press Release: Wynwood Cigar Factory Opens

January 28, 2012 (Miami, FL) — Wynwood Cigar Factory a part of the Fabricas Unidas family has opened its doors in the Wynwood art district of Miami. The concept of the Wynwood Cigar Factory came from the minds of Christian Eiroa and Robert Caldwell and features a unique environment for cigar smokers and art lovers [...]

Review: Camacho Super Limitado

Back in March of 2011 the president of Camacho Cigars, Christian Eiroa, did an interview with Cigar Aficionado’s David Savona. During the interview Christian introduced a cigar he had been working on for awhile called the Camacho Super Limitado. The cigar was one of 24 blends he was working on that are going to be [...]

News: EH Cigars Launches from Edgar Hoill & Christian Eiora

Edgar “One Shot One Kill” Hoill has returned to the cigar business in the form of EH Cigars, a new company in association with Christian Eiroa. Hoill previously worked with Matt Booth—who worked with Eiroa when the former was still at Camacho—for the creation of the Room101 OSOK. EH Cigars is launching in three vitolas [...]