Happy Birthday
September 17, 2014 While last year marked the 10th anniversaries of both Tatuaje and My Father cigars, this does seem to be the year of birthdays. Manuel Quesada and his family marked 40 years in business earlier this year with the release of … Read More
Happy Oktoberfest
September 24, 2014 While it is still September, the German tradition of drinking lots of beer and eating tons of food is now underway in Munich. The 16-day festival will run until the first weekend in October (it began on Saturday). … Read More
NOLA smoking
September 26, 2014 The IPCPR has said next year’s convention will be in New Orleans. New Orleans has been a rather friendly city for smokers, but by the time the convention rolls around, maybe not so much. City Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell recently pushed … Read More
Drew and Swisher
October 20, 2014 It has been announced today that Drew Estate has been acquired by Swisher International. Details of the agreement have not been released. The rumors about the deal have swirled for many months, but today the news officially came out. This … Read More
Still Smoking in Lubbock
October 29, 2014 Last week, the Lubbock city council was supposed to vote on a new smoking ban but instead the vote was postponed indefinitely. Not for any really good reason, but because the people in favor of the ban wanted more … Read More
Nebraska still smokin for now
November 6, 2014 Back around Labor Day, I told you about how Nebraska’s cigar bars were going to have to shut down. Seems an Omaha pool hall challenged the smoking ban and ended up getting all the exemptions removed especially for the state’s … Read More
Happy retirement (sort of) Gordon
November 7, 2014 If you subscribe to Cigar Aficionado, you may have noticed a change in the current issue. Tucked in the editor’s note is a Bon Voyage to Gordon Mott. Gordon had been talking about cutting back for a while and he … Read More
Proud Pappy
November 10, 2014 Drew Estate is coming up with a new cigar in partnership with legendary bourbon producer Pappy Van Winkle. The new cigar will be called the Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve and will be available sometime in the near future—pre orders … Read More
Casa Fuente reopens
November 12, 2014 If you are looking for a place to smoke in Vegas, you can go back to Casa Fuente. The upscale cigar bar located on the strip has reopened. Casa Fuente is in the Shops at Caesars and the mall is … Read More
Rocky shipping
November 20, 2014 Every year at the trade show, Rocky Patel usually has several new cigars and this year was no exception. One of the cigars he added to the line was an expansion of his Decade with Decade Cameroon. … Read More
