Nicaragua’s Puro Sabor 2021 Canceled
The Nicaraguan cigar festival will not take place in 2021.
The Nicaraguan Chamber of Tobacco—Cámara Nicaragüense de Tabacaleros—has announced that it has canceled Puro Sabor 2021 due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.
“Our priority is the care we want to give to our people in the factories and to the people who would have visited us for the festival,” said Claudio Sgroi, president of the organization, in a press release. “The evolution of COVID-19 is still unpredictable, so we believe we have made the best decision.”
This is the second time in three years the event has been canceled. The 2019 version was canceled due to social unrest in the country.
Sgroi said that the organization is planning on having virtual factory tours and classes with its members.
Puro Sabor typically takes place in late January. It is followed by the Dominican Republic’s Procigar festival and the Festival del Habano in Cuba. Neither of those events have announced plans to hold or cancel their events.
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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