Cigars And Cigarillos

What is the Cigarette & Tobacco Manufacturing Industry? Companies within this industry manufacture cigarettes, cigars, smoking and chewing tobacco, and reconstituted tobacco. Tobacco manufacturers acquire their raw materials from tobacco growers, tobacco stemmers and redriers, paper and fiber manufacturers and then process these into tobacco products. The final products are then sold to wholesalers and retailers. The Cigarette Manufacturing Industry comprises establishments primarily engaged...Read Full Story

This torpedo size from La Aurora sports a cameroon wrapper, but La Aurora has always blended cigars with Cameroon tobacco. The difference of this blend was a switch from Dominican mix binder to a full Nicaraguan binder with a new label. This Cameroon wrapper is thin and delicate so the cigar has to be handled with care. The wrapper is also toothy and the cigar is a full bodied smoke with some medium bold flavors of nuts and cedar. The cigar has a dry sweet finish and burns great. The price of...Read Full Story

One of the latest creations from Subculture Studios and Joya de Nicaragua is the “ My Uzi Weighs A Ton ”.  Available in three sizes, all with a 60 ring gauge, in lengths of 5, 6, and 7 inches.  The cigar I am smoking for this review is a 6×60. The back story on the MUWAT is: “The UZI story began on the very first final consumer blending session at the Joya de Nicaragua factory in late 2010 during a Cigar Safari tour with the B.O.T.L.(botl.org members) group. After conducting blending...Read Full Story

GENERAL CIGAR KICKS OFF SUPER BOWL WEEKEND IN STYLE General Cigar will be the toast of Indianapolis this weekend, with sampling events that are on par with the Big Game itself. In fact, two of the three events that General Cigar is participating in have been named to BleacherReport.com’s highly-publicized ranking of the “10 Best Parties of Super Bowl Week.” According to Alan Willner, General Cigar’s vice president of marketing said, “General Cigar has long been known for associating our...Read Full Story

A ustin, January 24, 2012:   Two familiar names in the cigar industry, Michael Rosales and Skip Martin, announced today the formation of a new premium cigar company, RoMa Craft Tobac . The new entity combines the operations of Rosales’ Costa Rican Imports, LLC and Martin’s Galveston Bay Tobacco, LLC into a more efficient independent company managing the Adrians , C roMagnon , C roMagnon Aquitaine , Intemperance , T hirty and Hava Cigar brands including manufacturing operations in Esteli...Read Full Story