Fumée Customers Pick “Worst Cigar Ad of All Time” Austin, TX (November 24, 2010) – Let’s face it, there are many bad cigar ads out there. Some are great, but overwhelmingly we find that cigar ads can be poorly thought out or victims of bad photo-shopping. To illustrate the point, Fumée Cigar Bar in Cedar [...]
Have you heard about “Nicaraguan Hottie-Gate?” Well, educate yourself: Perdomo To Sue
Cool news from Camacho. Nice to see someone going green! Miami, Florida, July 19, 2010 – Camacho Cigars, a key player in the international cigar market, and Bayer CropScience, the world’s leader in crop science and crop protection, have signed a working partnership under the Bayer Food Chain Management program. With this new alliance, Camacho [...]
Hellow all, below are some pics of our Burlesque and CAO event. Hope you all had a chance to come by and experience it:
This blog will be longer than the others I’ve posted about my trip because I’m going to give you a virtual tour of Drew Estate, and do my best to convey to you all of the amazing information I learned along the way. So grab a cigar and start reading! First, let’s go over the [...]
Prepare to be jealous: Joya de Nicaragua “Antono Dark Corojo”- I wanted to like this one more than I did. I have another, I’m going to give it another shot with a cleaner palate. Illusione/Drew Estate “Nosotros”- Had one that was a week old, so it was pretty ammoniated still. Lots of potential. A guy [...]
We saw a lot of factories on our trip. Some big, some small, some clean, some dirty, some state of the art, some quaint. Here’s a fun guessing game for you: can you match the rolling floor to the factory? Factories: Rolling Floors: For the answers, highlight here with your mouse: 1 is Joya De [...]
One interesting thing I learned in Nica from Jon Drew, was that the box trade is pretty black market. Wood is expensive in Nicaragua, and the regulations are strict. Therefore, some box factories participate in shady activity. Companies like Drew Estate pay more money and experience more set-backs because they use legal companies who don’t [...]
What an honor! Read the write up on Fumee and come in to check it out for yourself!
Well, I’ve returned from Esteli, Nicaragua, and I’m going to do a series of short blogs about different aspects of my trip. I learned a ton, and I highly recommend going if you get the chance. Just check out cigarsafari.com and book a trip. For now, here are the top 5 most interesting or weird [...]
