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News: The Return of Rocky Patel Olde World Reserve 

This is kinda interesting. I remember the Olde World Reserve being pretty tasty, and I might have an old lancero floating around somewhere. These are the ones that used to have a homogenized tobacco paper sleeve, right? Phillips and King seems to be more prevalent on the west half of the country I think, maybe I’m wrong about that. I’ll have to ask my local store owners about that.

Phillips & King now exclusively distributing the much-sought-after cigar in Corojo and Maduro. … Continue reading »

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Epic, La Sirena and Brickhouse Cigars

There was a lot of news last week, and I didn’t get to most of them, but one I wanted to touch on was from Scandinavian Tobacco Group, STG, owner of General and Forged Cigars and. Cigars International. The press release was announcing an exclusive with Southern Draw, but what I found interesting was that this was the first time I had heard of Cigora,… Continue reading »

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News: Tobacco Plaza Launches Website

I was talking with Danny Ditkowich and he mentioned to me that his store, Tobacco Plaza in Great Neck, NY, just launched a website. They have several store exclusive cigars that people have been calling the store to order, and the website became a necessity.… Continue reading »

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News: Announcing Blackened Cigars “M81” by Drew Estate

BLACKENED Cigars “M81” by Drew Estate is a passion project that brings together three immensely talented and vastly experienced cigar enthusiasts—Jonathan Drew, Founder and President of Drew Estate; James Hetfield, Metallica co-founder, singer and guitarist; and Rob Dietrich, the Master Distiller and Blender of BLACKENED American Whiskey. The collaboration began with Hetfield and Dietrich, who frequently enjoy cigars together.… Continue reading »

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News: Joya de Nicaragua Releases Cinco Décadas “El Cumiche”

Every family has it. The youngest of the tribe that either disrupts the collective or becomes the favorite; the one that, while being the youngest or smallest, also incarnates the family’s profound aspirations and tribulations;the one that fulfills a family’s life experiences. After five years of its initial release in 2018, Cinco Décadas now has its youngest incarnation, –”El Cumiche”– the 6th vitola to celebrate Joya de Nicaragua’s 50th anniversary.… Continue reading »

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