Cigar News

Cigar News

• One on One with Orlando Mendez – Cigar Snob Podcast E158 May 1, 2024
  The Voice alumni Orlando Mendez aka The Cuban Cowboy jumps on a Zoom call with Cigar Snob’s Erik Calviño from his home in Nashville to discuss his love of country music, his hometown of Miami, and his favorite cigars. Follow him here @orlandomendezmusic Watch what’s also on this podcast episode💨 🎙️Reviewing the Aganorsa Leaf Rare […]
• The Wolfsonian at Florida International University Presents Cigar History Exhibit May 1, 2024
  The Wolfsonian–FIU, a museum and research center at Florida International University in Miami, presents Smoke Signals: Cigar Cutters and Masculine Values, a cigar exhibit through September 29, featuring an accessory collection that starts in the 19th century.  Smoke Signals includes 141 cigar cutters from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, shedding light on leisure […]
• Bond Roberts Cigars Launches in Miami April 30, 2024
  Bond Roberts, the online global Cuban cigar auction platform, has launched Bond Roberts Cigars. The cigars, blended by Cuban cigar roller Hamlet Paredes, are produced at Oscar Valladeres’ factory in Honduras. The first of the Bond Roberts Cigars line includes a  5 ⅞ x 50 Petit 109 and a 7 ¼ x 50 109. The […]
• Former PCA Exec Scott Pearce to Lead Cigar Association April 29, 2024
  The Cigar Association of America will be led by Scott Pearce, former executive director of the Premium Cigar Association. Pearce, whose title will be president, will begin his duties May 28. “Scott is uniquely positioned to grow and bring innovative lobbying and advocacy to CAA,” Chris Howard, CAA board member, said in a press release. […]
• Tripadvisor Names J.C. Newman as the Top Museum in Tampa April 29, 2024
  Tripadvisor‘s travel contributors have helped make  J.C. Newman Cigar Co.’s El Reloj cigar factory as the top museum in Tampa, Florida. Based on visitor reviews, Tripadvisor has presented the factory with a “Travelers Choice” award for 2023.  Because J.C. Newman is a four-generation family business, many of its Tripadvisor reviews note that guided tours of […]
• Orthodox – Black Label Trading Co. April 26, 2024
  Black Label Trading Co. will begin shipping Orthodox next week.  It features a Mexico San Andrés wrapper, Ecuador Habano binder, and Nicaraguan filler. It comes in a  5.75 x 50 Toro ($13), a 5 x 46 Corona Gorda ($12.50) and a 4.5 x 52 Short Robusto ($12.50). “Orthodox is really about Black Label getting back to […]
• Dark Beers X Aganorsa Rare Leaf Reserve Maduro: Perfect Pairings – Cigar Snob Podcast E158 April 25, 2024
  The Cigar Snob Podcast team tastes the Aganorsa Rare Leaf Reserve Maduro paired with 4 American beers. The guys were tasting them blind but we’ll let you in on it: The Tank Freedom Tower, Yuengling Hershey’s Chocolate Porter, Founders Breakfast Stout, and Cigar City Maduro Brown Ale. Which do you think pairs best? Watch what’s […]
• Foundation Cigars Begins Shipping The New Wise Man Corojo and Maduro April 23, 2024
  Foundation Cigars is shipping the Wise Man Corojo and Maduro lines to U.S. retailers. Produced in collaboration with Pepin Garcia and My Father Cigars, the Wise Man Corojo is an all-Nicaraguan blend, while the Wise Man Maduro features fillers from Estelí, Condega, and Jalapa covered with a San Andres Mexican wrapper leaf.  They come in […]
• Alec Bradley Uncut Series Taps EverNorth Spirits April 23, 2024
  Alec Bradley has released a new Uncut Series, a pairing in partnership with EverNorth Spirits.  Each Alec Bradley EverNorth Uncut Series pairing contains a  bottle of EverNorth Essence and two 7 x 50 Alec Bradley Fine & Rare BCN-143 cigars with a retail price of $99.99. The box-pressed Toro cigars feature a Honduran Trojes Criollo […]
• The Padróns April 22, 2024
  Over the weekend we received the incredibly sad news that Rodolfo “Rudy” Padrón passed away. Rudy was not one for publicity or fanfare but back in 2011, as part of a story I wrote about the Padrón family, I was able to wrangle him for a sit-down interview and 1 photograph. Before finally agreeing to […]