The Dominican Procigar Festival is scheduled to take place from February 16h to 21st 2020. It starts at Casa de Campo from February 16-18th and will move on at Santiago de los Caballeros from February 18th-21st. The following cigar manufacturers will open their factories and give field tours: Tabacalera de García, La Flor Dominicana, De…
New Release from Ernesto Pérez Carrillo – A Limited Inch
Ernesto Pérez Carrillo presents this year in Intertac 2019 his new Inch, limited edition, a cigar with a trend format, 6 1/8 x 64, a dark layer of Havana seed, planted in Connecticut, United States, capote and Nicaraguan gut. The cigar reaches the market in boxes of 10 units and has only manufactured 20,000 cigars…
A Cigar For Kings
As the Cigar Journal slogan says ”every cigar tells a story”, and in the case of Oscar Valladares nothing could be more true. From the start his cigars have had a background story, most often connected to the Mayan history. At InterTabac he brought his newest creation, Altar Q to Europe. “I use tobacco from…
Tatuaje revives the Mexican Experiment
A few years ago Pete Johnson of Tatuaje Cigars created a cigar called Tatuaje Mexican Experiment. Now it’s time for the sequel, ME II (pronounced metoo; no connection). “Mexican Experiment was my first try with the San Andrés wrapper and it was made in a very small amount,” he says. “Since it’s easier to bring…
Gurkha Cigars – three new lines
Gurkha launches the Treinta line to mark the brand’s thirtieth anniversary. In Europe, the Treinta will be available from January 2020 in three formats: Robusto (127 x 20,6 | 5 x 52) , Toro ( 152 x 21| 6 x 53) and Magnum ( 152 x 23,8 | 6 x 60). Wrapper: Ecuador Filler: Nicaragua…
National Release of the Undercrown ShadyXX
Drew Estate launches the national release of the Undercrown ShadyXX to Drew Diplomat Retailers starting today. This limited-edition cigar was created in partnership with Shady Records’ President Paul Rosenberg to celebrate their 20th Anniversary. Paul Rosenberg, Eminem’s long-time manager and Shady Records’ President, adds, “Getting this cigar out in stores feels a lot like releasing a…
Davidoff Exclusive Event Italy
Also this year the ITA International Tobacco Agency and Davidoff Italia have surprised all the aficionados by organizing a beautiful weekend dedicated to the Dominican Republic. On Sunday, September 15th, in the fabulous and sunny city of Rome, the Exclusive Event Italy took place, whose name already bode an exceptional day. In the early afternoon…
Condega Cigar Evening At Dom Cigár In Bratislava | October 14, 2019
Dom Cigár, importer of many premium cigar brands to Slovakia, will hold a Condega cigar evening on October 14, 2019 at Hron Club in Bratislava (Dudvážska 5).
Davidoff Presents A Global Release Of Small Batch Cigars
Davidoff announces the release of its Small Batch cigars. The Davidoff master blenders have created twelve blends in a series of small batches ranging from medium to full-bodied multi-origin blends.
Smoking jacket creates awareness for Oliva’s school in Nicaragua
In order to raise money for their school in Nicaragua J. Cortèz & Oliva created a raffle where everyone choosing to donate had the chance to win a smoking jacket. “The jacket is in the same color as the limited edition of Oliva Melanio 2019 and inside it we made a design with that label,”…
The first Sunset Ash event in Beirut
On the 23rd of July the Lebanon company Fidel Cigars owned by Mr. Danny Ibrahim organised in cooperation with J. Cortès & Oliva cigars the Sunset Ash night in Beirut with exclusively Oliva cigars.
First J. Cortès & Oliva event in Turkey
August 30. When Purosever Club recently organized it’s 49th Herf in Istanbul they invited Thomas Gryson, export manager and travel retail coordinator at J. Cortès & Oliva Cigars, to attend. This was the first time anyone from this company participated in an event in Turkey. “Purosever was established as an online forum ten years ago…
