Espinosa Alpha Dawg Heads to Regular Production
Once slated for only events, the Alpha Dawg from Espinosa Premium Cigars will now become a regular production offering.
Earlier this year, the company held La Zona Palooza at its Miami headquarters and allowed attendees to vote on one of three packaging designs for what was then a cigar that was going to come in bundles.
As it turns out, the cigar will be offered in three sizes in 10-count boxes: Corona Gorda (5 1/2 x 46, $8), Robusto (5 x 50, $8.25) and Short Churchill (6 x 48, $8.75).
Alpha Dawg uses a habano rosado oscuro wrapper, a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan fillers.
Hector J. Alfonso Sr., the factory operations director for the company, indicated that the decision to make Alpha Dawg a regular production item was a result of the upcoming regulations of cigars by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA).
Alpha Dawg will debut at the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show which begins July 25 in Las Vegas.
Patrick Lagreid contributed to this story.
Charlie Minato
I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.
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