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We have just returned from the Annual trade Show of the American cigar industry, which was held in New Orleans. Five days of meetings with all our suppliers, from the biggest ...
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Rocky Patel has made his name in the cigar world from factories in Honduras, producing his famous lines that have made him one of the top cigar producers in the world today...
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Our very own cigar master featured in the Miami Herald Business Section..
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The factory closure will eliminate 495 jobs according to Altadis U.S.A. as noted in a report in the Tampa Tribune. A Hav-A-Tampa distribution center in Tampa, with 150 staff, is not slated for closure, however.
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The key to the new blend is a wrapper leaf grown in Trojes, Honduras. The entire project, said Rubin, "is built around a mid-priming Trojes wrapper that allowed us for focus on the natural sweetness of the leaf....
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It never fails. I go to a restaurant with friends and family, many of them women. Sometimes there may be a whole table of us. The scenario is as follows...
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Now if you use American cedar, you will impart a very unfavorable aroma to your cigars. American Cedar is great for your cedar closets and keeping moths out of your wool and silk garments, but not great for your cigars.
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The unique "Cigar in the Bottle" that places a single Fuente Fuente Forbidden X cigar within a bottle of Grand Pommier XS Calvados (apple brandy) may be more readily available in the U.S. in the future thanks to a new distribution agreement.
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There wasn’t any doubt that manufacturers were going to be stockpiling cigars in advance of the April 1 imposition of the new Federal cigar taxes to fund the State Children’s Health Insurance Program. But 59.8 million cigars worth?
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That brings me to the topic of “draw”. The draw is the amount of effort you take when puffing on your cigar. Personally, I am not an inhaler. I am a puffer.
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Trying to figure out which of your favorite beverages goes with which of your favorite cigar brands has always been a challenge.
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Florida’s cigar industry will apparently not have to endure even more taxation at the hands of its own state legislature.
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As much as we would all like to fund childrens health care programs, lawmakers need to examine the possible affects on those employed in the cigar industry. Who will fund these laid off employees insurance needs when they lose their jobs.
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The proposed tax rate – designed to raise up to $86 million and which would be effective on July 1 – is $1 an ounce. A standard Churchill-sized cigar weighs about 0.55 ounces, so it would be taxed at 55 cents each ($13.75 per box of 25); a trendy 60-ring by 6-inch Toro would bring an additional tax of 60-65 cents per cigar or perhaps $16.25 per box of 25!
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The proposed tax rate – designed to raise up to $86 million and which would be effective on July 1 – is $1 an ounce. A standard Churchill-sized cigar weighs about 0.55 ounces, so it would be taxed at 55 cents each ($13.75 per box of 25); a trendy 60-ring by 6-inch Toro would bring an additional tax of 60-65 cents per cigar or perhaps $16.25 per box of 25!
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April 1 marked the effective start of new Federal taxes on cigars as a consequence of the passage of a bill in January to fund a major expansion of the State Children"s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
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he number of premium cigars imported into the United States dove in January thanks to a strange crash in Honduran imports, but machine-made cigars continued to rise. Figures provided by the Cigar Association of America, based on U.S. Customs Service data, showed that just 7.83 million premium cigars came into the U.S. in January, down 31.9% over the 2008 total of 11.49 million.
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Let’s just say the wrapper is going to be a Sumatra from Rocky’s special stash."
That’s about all the information available from Sam Phillips, the director of marketing for Rocky Patel Premium Cigars, about the fourth Rocky Patel seasonal cigar, the Spring Collection, due out in six to eight weeks.
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The cigar industry is ready for full swing as restrictions on travel and trade to be lifted. President Barack Obama is poised to break the embargo wall around Cuba in an effort to repair the US relations with countries in Latin America.
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Larry Monte is a devoted La Gloria Cubana fan. He is also the owner of Monte’s Pueblo Pipe in Albuquerque, New Mexico and decided he wanted to do something special for La Gloria and for his store.
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California is the nation’s largest cigar market, but up
until now, it’s never had a cigar that recognized its importance
in the national sales picture.
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When you’re the J.C. Newman Cigar Company, it’s hard to keep a secret. But their newest brand won’t be a secret much longer.
Made in a small Nicaraguan factory dedicated to the production of this line, El Baton is a Nicaraguan puro and is offered in a single size: a monstrous 6 1/2-inch by 56-ring Belicoso. It features a Corojo wrapper with a medium-to-full body and some notes of spice.
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