On Wednesday, June 5th, FineTobaccoNYC hosted a cigar and spirits pairing at the Carnegie Club, one of New York’s most iconic cigar bars. The complimentary event, billed as “Straight Up & Toasted,” featured the Reinado Cigars Grand Empire Reserve and Rough Rider bourbon from Long Island Spirits. About 150 guests attended the free event, enjoying […]
Year after year, dozens of new boutique cigar companies hoping to make it big enter the market. But as we all know, cracking the nut that is the cigar industry is difficult. So what separates the winners from the losers? One major business component successful cigar companies include in their strategy is the writing and […]
Studio Square NYC Hosts Inaugural Cigar Social Still Looking for the Perfect Father’s Day Gift? Look no further! On July 27th from 1-4pm, S2 welcomes Rocky and Nish Patel to The Garden for our first Cigar Social. The three hour event not only includes a meet and greet with the cigar kings themselves, […]
In our last post, we looked at the importance and uses of the social media platforms Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Google+. In this article, we’ll look at how to set up and launch your page, as well as a few practices for managing an effective (read:profitable) Facebook page. This post is an introduction to best practices […]
This review is a long time coming. Anyone who has been following FineTobaccoNYC knows that since ordering my first five pack, I’ve been a huge fan, even advocate of this cigar. Why? Because, though it is clearly a copycat of the Padron Anniversario series, I believe that the Nica Libre 1990 is unequivocally the best […]
Fans of Irish Whiskey have something to celebrate. A new distillery has been granted the first license in over 130 years to distill spirits in Northern Ireland. The distillery opens at a time when whiskey distilleries are opening up around the world to meet the strong demand in the distilled spirits market. Echlinville Distillery Echlinville […]
On May 18th, I had the remarkable luck of being able to attend SMOKE: Whiskey, Cigar & BBQ Festival hosted by Studio Sq NYC, one of New York City’s top nightlife and large event venues. At the event, over 300 New York City cigar smokers gathered to enjoy great barbecue, cigars by Rocky Patel, and […]
In the first post in this series, we looked at why social media should be an important part of your marketing strategy, as well as a few of the (bad) reasons that so many cigar companies have ignored utilizing social media to engage their customers and boost sales. In this post, we’ll look at a […]