|
|
SIGN UP FOR WEEKLY SMOKE
A weekly email with the highlights of the week.
Enter your email address.
|
|
|
|
COLUMNISTS
|
Heard in the Humidor
For the week of May 5-9, 2008
Los Angeles – Imperial Tobacco acquired Altadis, S.A. last year because the company sells a lot of cigarettes. It also sells a lot of cigars, in fact more than any other company in the world. Its unquestioned leadership in cigardom was confirmed by Imperial’s release of the full-year results for Altadis for 2007, which showed that the company’s total cigar sales reached $1.31 billion U.S. (converted from Euro). That’s a lot of sticks; the highlights.
posted:
Monday May 5th - 10:09am
READ MORE
Heard in the Humidor: April 28 - May 4
LOS ANGELES – The annual Tobacco Plus Expo in Las Vegas is focused primarily on the convenience store market, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t plenty of new brands to see and new ideas to consider. Some of the highlights ...
posted:
Monday April 28th - 11:16am
READ MORE
|
|
The Good Life Diaries
The Good Life Diaries: A Talk with Jose Seijas
So often when you think of cigar men, you think of stocky guys in guyaberas standing in a field smelling tobacco leaves, their shirt pockets stuffed with freshly rolled puros for them to smoke all day.
But there is a cigar man who is quite different. Tall in stature and always impeccably dressed, Jose Seijas is a soft-spoken gentlemen whose passion for making some of the most popular premium cigars on the market is incredibly evident, yet his demeanor is as subtle as the cocoa notes on the cigar that bears his name.
posted:
Monday March 31st - 1:08pm
READ MORE
First Annual ProCigar Festival in the Dominican Republic
Well there is no doubt about it. The first annual ProCigar Festival in the Dominican Republic was a sensational hit! Unlike the festival thrown in Havana each year, the ProCigar festival was an intimate group of less than 200 people from around the world.
posted:
Tuesday March 11th - 11:18am
READ MORE
|
|
Views From a Smoke-Filled Room
Views from a Smoke-Filled Room
Cuba has been the center of the cigar industry since at least 1614 when the Spanish Crown chartered a company to begin organized production of tobacco products on the island. It stayed that way all the way until 1962.
posted:
Monday April 14th - 10:32am
READ MORE
Views from a Smoke-Filled Room
LOS ANGELES – If you’re going to smoke a cigar, you’re going to need an ashtray. And if you’re in the market, there has never been such a wide selection of gorgeous models to choose from.
posted:
Monday April 7th - 10:15am
READ MORE
|
|
This Week in Cigar History
This Week In Cigar History: May 5-9
Remembered for his curt response that dismissed the significance of his stogie ways - “sometimes a cigar is just a cigar” - Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, was born this week on May 6, 1856.
posted:
Monday May 5th - 10:11am
READ MORE
This Week In Cigar History : April 28-May 4
Released this week on May 1, 1941, devoted cigar smoker Orson Welle’s directorial debut, Citizen Kane, revolutionized American audiences and filmmakers with its haunting tale of publishing tycoon Charles Forster Kane’s lonely death (“Rosebud”) and life- using groundbreaking shooting techniques, a discontinuous narrative script, and complex montage film sequences.
posted:
Monday April 28th - 5:38pm
READ MORE
|
|
Cigar of the Week
Cigar of the Week: Henry Clay
Cigar brands that are popular today were not always at the top of the sales charts and old favorites have faded by the wayside over time. That’s the story of Henry Clay, but it doesn’t mean that it’s a cigar that should be ignored.
posted:
Monday April 14th - 10:37am
READ MORE
Cigar of the Week: Juan Lopez
Connoisseurs always prize finding unique brands that are made with artisanal quality, in small quantities and that hold the promise of an exquisite experience. Once they find them, some will not be satisfied with anything else. Welcome to the world of Juan Lopez.
posted:
Monday April 7th - 11:13am
READ MORE
|
|
The Cigar Fan
The Masters, Cigars And the Rites of Spring
One of the great stories this year at the Masters had little to do with Tiger or South African sensation Trevor Immelman. No, this story is about Miguel Angel Jimenez, who opened the Masters with a 77--practically taking himself out of contention on day one. Jimenez did pull himself together on Friday by and gutting out a 70 and miraculously making the cut.
posted:
Tuesday April 22nd - 10:36am
READ MORE
Bugged Out
Don’t be afraid to freeze your imports. It may just save your precious stock.
posted:
Wednesday March 26th - 10:05am
READ MORE
|
|
|
Cigar Report TV
