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Review: La Flor Dominicana Mystery

Last month, La Flor Dominicana announced a new cigar called the “Mystery Cigar” that would be given out and sold exclusively at specific events in 2013. Details on the blend are being purposely kept secret, as are total production numbers and even if it will be released again in the future. The press release had [...]

News: La Flor Dominicana Launching Mystery Cigar for Events

La Flor Dominicana will be debuting a new event-only “mystery cigar” this Friday at W. Curtis Draper’s in Washington, D.C. that will be part of a year-long series of events around the country. The cigar is a 6 1/2 x 44 Lonsdale, but the blend hasn’t been released at this time. A person familiar with [...]

News: The Pipe & Pint Gets LFD Store Exclusive for 15th Anniversary

The Pipe & Pint in Greensboro, NC has announced the arrival of a limited production store exclusive created by Litto Gomez of La Flor Dominicana. Dubbed simply “The Pipe & Pint Anniversary,” the cigar is limited to a total production of 2,000 sticks, divided into 200 boxes of 10 cigars. The cigar commemorates the store’s [...]

Review: La Flor Dominicana Oro Natural No. 6 (Prerelease)

Among a handful of new releases from La Flor Dominicana at this summer’s IPCPR trade show was the Oro line, a trio of cigars with a new blend and packed in gold tubes, which in turn come in five-count boxes. According to Litto Gomez, the line is said to be “an amped up Coronado blend,” a reference to [...]

IPCPR 2012: La Flor Dominicana

La Flor Dominicana’s IPCPR 2012 plan were pretty well-documented in a variety of places, particularly in the press release. In the first day—which looks noticeably empty, the La Flor booth was one of the busiest. La Flor Dominicana Limitado V From the press release: Limitado V – This release will be our fifth installment in [...]

Review: La Flor Dominicana Limitado V (Prerelease)

In 2002, Litto Gomez released the first Limitado cigar, a 6 1/2 x 54 Toro that used an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper over Dominican filler and binder.  Roughly every two years since, a new Limitado has been introduced, and the newest version the Limitado V was introduced at the IPCPR show in Orlando, Florida last week. [...]

Weekly News (August 6, 2012)

Editor’s Note: As is often the case with the Weekly News that falls closest to IPCPR, it’s the news without any IPCPR-related stories. Show coverage will continue through the week. Two More Additions to Tatuaje’s Mexican Experiment — Here and here. SAG Takes Over Regius Distribution in the U.S. — Press release here. José Seijas [...]

News: José Seijas Partners With Litto Gomez

Only months removed from departing Altadis, José Seijas has found a new project in La Romana—rolling La Flor Dominicana Air Benders. As first reported by David Savona, Seijas is partnering with Gomez in order to better expand the reach of the La Flor Dominicana brand, particularly to tourist visiting the Dominican Republic. Seijas is partnered [...]

Press Release: La Flor Dominicana to introduce new items at IPCPR trade show in Orlando this year

July 26, 2012 (Coral Gables, FL) — La Flor Dominicana will introduce the following items at this year’s IPCPR trade show in Orlando next week, August 2 – August 6. Limitado V – This release will be our fifth installment in the Limitado series, which has a release about every two years. The powerful blend [...]

Weekly News (July 23, 2012)

Editor’s Note: A few weeks ago I said the 2012 Cigar Releases List would sit at 750 before IPCPR. With a bit over a week before the start of the show, the list has 751 entries. And it’s just getting started. Litto Gomez Outlines La Flor’s IPCPR Releases — Details here. Camacho Ships Liberty Series [...]