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Press Release: Nomad Cigar Company To Release Nicaraguan Cigar At IPCPR

April 23, 2013 (Orlando, Fla.) – Fred Rewey, founder and president of Nomad Cigar Company, formally announced the introduction of a Nicaraguan blended cigar to the Nomad family. The Nomad Estelí LE Lot 1386 will be released in July at IPCPR with future blends later in the year. Until now, Nomad’s entire production has been [...]

News: Emilio Plans Mia Dora for IPCPR 2013

Friday night, Gary Griffith of Emilio Cigars announced his newest cigar, Mia Dora. The cigar is being made by A.J. Fernandez in honor of a woman named Dora. This is the second cigar Griffith has created to honor a woman, the other being La Musa. While the blend info and prototype art—seen below and above [...]

Weekly News (December 24, 2012)

Editor’s Note: Winner, winner, chicken dinner. Enjoy the holidays. Arturo Fuente Ships Un-Named Reserva 2012 — Story here. Two Lanceros Planned for Nestor Miranda’s 70th Birthday — Details here. L’Atelier Adds LAT 46 SS — Details here. La Gloria Cubana Sanson Heads to the Southeast — Story here. XIKAR Adds New Executive II Options — [...]

Weekly News (December 3, 2012)

Editor’s Note: (The) Contest is in full swing. Thanks all for participating, still lots of crazy stuff to come. In addition, for those that can make it to Maple Grove, MN on Friday, Brooks and I will be there for halfwheel’s Holiday Party Pt. 1. Part 2 will be in Dallas in the middle of [...]

Press Release: Emilio Cigars To Distribute Ezra Zion

November 30, 2012 — Kyle, Chris, & the Don, the owners of Ezra Zion Cigar Company and CigarFederation.com, and Gary Griffith, owner of Emilio Cigars, announced today that they have entered into a nationwide distribution agreement. To satisfy the rapidly expanding demand for the super-boutique Ezra Zion product line the Emilio sales staff will service [...]

Weekly News (November 5, 2012)

Editor’s Note: There are eight weeks left in 2012, I counted. It’s hard to believe, but I suppose it as that time to start thinking about looking back. Although, when I look at what is still expected in 2012 in terms of new releases, the year is far from over. On a completely different note, [...]

Press Release: Emilio Releases La Musa Cigars

November 2, 2012 — Gary Griffith, owner of Emilio Cigars, announced today that the long anticipated release of La Musa Mousa is scheduled for the week of November 5. The initial shipments will occur by mid week to those who have placed preorders, followed by allocation of cigars to newer accounts wishing to open. In [...]

Weekly News (August 27, 2012)

Editor’s Note: The shipping frenzy continues, but not much else. Normalcy returns. Emilio Carpe Noctem — Again via Gary Griffith. Oliva Serie V Melanio Ships This Week — We reviewed it here. Jameson Santos de Miami Haven Parejo Ships — We reviewed it here. Colección Habanos 2011 Ships — Press release here.

Weekly News (August 20, 2012)

Editor’s Note: At some point, there will be news. I promise. Until then, the cigar industry is content on shipping the releases shown off at IPCPR, which for now means—quiet. Tatuaje TAA 2012 — Details here. Room 101 Some Ol Bullshit — More coming via Matt Booth. Davidoff Aniversario Colorado Claro No. 3 — Still [...]

Press Release: Miami Cigar & Co. and Emilio Join Forces for #CHATweetup2012

August 13, 2012 — What started last year with the inaugural Tweetup event at Burns Tobacconist (@burnstobacco99) and was put together by the hard work of David Jones (@dmjones1009) tikibaronline.com has grown into the massive event that is expected to converge on Chattanooga on August 24th and August 25th. To commemorate the united voice of [...]