{"id":69759,"date":"2024-12-13T15:36:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T14:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=69759"},"modified":"2024-12-13T15:36:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T14:36:17","slug":"j-c-newman-ships-last-leroy-neiman-2024-collectors-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/j-c-newman-ships-last-leroy-neiman-2024-collectors-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"J.C. Newman Ships Last LeRoy Neiman 2024 Collector\u2019s Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">This week, J.C. Newman Cigar Co. is shipping the last release of LeRoy Neiman 2024 Collector\u2019s Edition cigars to 84 premium cigar retailers across the United States. This is the second year that America\u2019s oldest family-owned premium cigar maker and the LeRoy Neiman and the Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation have collaborated to create a luxury, handcrafted cigar honoring the late, iconic, cigar-smoking American artist, LeRoy Neiman. Continuing the tradition from last year, all profits will be donated to support arts education in public schools.<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cThis year\u2019s edition features LeRoy\u2019s 1987 painting, \u2018Left Bank Caf\u00e9,\u2019\u201d a beautiful image depicting a lively gathering at a Parisian caf\u00e9,\u201d said Drew Newman, fourth-generation owner of J.C. Newman. \u201cWe chose to feature this image because LeRoy was the official painter of the Olympic Games for decades and this past year\u2019s Summer Olympics were in Paris. We released these special cigars earlier this year so that they arrived ahead of the Opening Ceremony of the Paris games.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8222;LeRoy Neiman embodied a richly textured blend of creativity, passion, and exuberance, which found expression in his iconic artwork and a signature appreciation for fine cigars,\u201d said Tara Zabor, LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation Executive Director. \u201cHe was the quintessential artist who understood the intricate dance between culture, taste, and craftsmanship. His fondness for cigars was more than just a habit; it was an intrinsic part of his persona, a ritual that paralleled his artistic process\u2014taking time to savor, to contemplate, and to create.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">LeRoy Neiman Collector\u2019s Edition cigars are handcrafted at J.C. Newman\u2019s historic El Reloj cigar factory in Tampa, Florida. The 2024 release is a 7\u201d x 50 Churchill rolled with a Havana Rosado wrapper, a Florida Sun Grown binder, and a blend of aged filler tobaccos from Latin America. This year\u2019s edition is limited to 12,000 cigars, packed in 600 cabinets of 20 cigars with a suggested retail price of $22 per cigar. J.C. Newman is shipping the final 220 boxes this week.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">Inside each cabinet is an authentic lithograph of \u201cLeft Bank Caf\u00e9.\u201d The image is also wrapped around each cigar. The bottom of each cabinet includes a surprise print of Neiman\u2019s paint-splattered New York City studio floor. All of the packaging was printed by Vrijdag Premium Printing in Holland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">J.C. Newman and the LeRoy Neiman Foundation will be donating all profits from this collaboration to support arts education in Tampa\u2019s public schools, including those surrounding the El Reloj cigar factory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8222;Every cigar from the LeRoy Neiman 2024 Collector\u2019s Edition directly supports our ongoing mission at the Foundation,&#8220; notes Tara Zabor. &#8222;The profits help us improve arts education in local public schools, keeping LeRoy&#8217;s passion for nurturing creativity alive and thriving among the next generation of artists.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All profits from this limited-edition luxury cigar collaboration will support arts education in Tampa Bay public schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":69760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[49,55,2812,44],"tags":[6635,9564],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69759"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69759"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69762,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69759\/revisions\/69762"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}