{"id":76498,"date":"2026-05-28T13:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=76498"},"modified":"2026-05-28T13:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:00:54","slug":"christopher-mey-brings-a-taste-of-nicaragua-to-hungary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/christopher-mey-brings-a-taste-of-nicaragua-to-hungary\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Mey Brings a Taste of Nicaragua to Hungary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">In the expanding global market of premium cigars, few ambassadors appear to be logging as many miles as Esteban Carreras\u2019 Christopher Mey.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">The global sales director and brand ambassador for Esteban Carreras has spent much of the past few years tirelessly crisscrossing international markets, visiting retailers, hosting tastings, and strengthening the Tennessee-headquartered, Nicaraguan-produced brand\u2019s influence on markets near and far.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">A recent stop in early May of 2026 brought him to Szeged, Hungary, home to the flagship location of La Fum\u00e9e Lounge, a growing cigar lounge operation that currently counts three Hungarian locations, with two more planned to open before 2027.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Waiting at the airport for Mey was La Fum\u00e9e\u2019s \u201clounge on wheels,\u201d a\u00a02020 Mercedes van that was transformed into a fully functional mobile cigar lounge, complete with a professionally-ventilated smoking cabin designed for drives with comfortable cigar enjoyment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">The evening\u2019s event centered around a guided tasting featuring the Esteban Carreras 13 Year Aged Maduro and the Soga de Oro Maduro Toro, a limited-production cigar that has quickly built a following among passionados after garnering a 93 rating from Cigar Journal.\u00a0The event market the official release for the acclaimed small-batch cigar in Hungary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Guests were led through the nuances of each blend by Mey, whose presentation was translated into Hungarian by Tam\u00e1s Simon, director of La Fum\u00e9e.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">After a hearty helping of traditional Hungarian goulash soup, many guests choose to pair their cigars with G\u00fcnzer-\u00d6rd\u00f6g\u00e1rok, a robust red wine from Hungary\u2019s Vill\u00e1ny region that has become something of a house favorite at La Fum\u00e9e for cigar accompaniment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Before departing the country, Mey also visited La Fum\u00e9e\u2019s Budapest location, capping off yet another passport-stamped chapter in the his international quest.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The evening\u2019s event centered around a guided tasting featuring the Esteban Carreras 13 Year Aged Maduro and the Soga de Oro Maduro Toro, a limited-production cigar that has quickly built a following among passionados after garnering a 93 rating from Cigar Journal.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":76499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[53,49,2808,44],"tags":[5894,9795],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76498"}],"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\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76498"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76501,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76498\/revisions\/76501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}