S Prime Steakhouse announces a new cigar and dinner event with Rocky Patel. For those of you not familiar with S Prime/Studio Sq. cigar events, they are huge, and in a word, awesome. I was at the last event (previous invite here) and it was everything you would expect from one of the most prestigious […]
Independent Scotch whisky producer, Isle of Arran Distillers, has teamed up with the Agronomy Institute at Orkney College UHI, part of the University of the Highlands and Islands, to produce a dramatic new single malt whisky made with Scotland’s oldest cultivated barley. Thought to have been brought to the UK by the Vikings over 1,000 […]
Our third edition of Sunday Cigar Shots via the #FineTobaccoNYC Instagram hashtag is below. As you can tell, this edition was somehow swept entirely by Drew Estate cigars. Should we be surprised? Anyway, during the contest, users submit their creative photos to the hashtag (you can view the photos here), and three or four are […]
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – Nov 21, 2012) – Panache Beverage, Inc. (OTCQB: WDKA), an alcoholic beverage company specializing in the development, global sales and marketing of spirits brands, has announced the launch of Alibi American Whiskey, now debuting at a suggested retail price of $23.99 per 750ml bottle. A counterpoint to current mainstream bourbon market trends, […]
Smoking locations are on the decline in most western countries. Public smoking is now criminal in many U.S. states, and the FDA is now considering even more involvement in how and where smokers can get cigars. Don’t even get started with Canada, with its regulations and sometimes more importantly its freezing weather. The popularity of private cigar […]
November 19, 2012 (Fort Lauderdale, FL) — After much anticipation, the Gurkha 125th Anniversary Edition cigar is shipping to cigar stores nationwide! This special cigar is particularly significant as 2012 commemorates the 125th Anniversary of the Gurkha cigar, where it was this year back in 1887 at the height of the British rule that Nepalese soldiers […]
November 20, 2012 (Basel, Switzerland) — At the start of the Chinese Year of the Snake (February 10, 2013), Davidoff is launching the new 2013 “Year of the Snake” Edition cigars with exclusive limited-edition accessories. In the Chinese calendar, the sixth of the twelve Chinese signs of the zodiac is characterized as wise and graceful. […]
November 19, 2012 (Londonderry, NH) — Industry veteran Rick Ardito (50) has joined Kurt A. Kendall’s 7-20-4 Cigars as Director of Marketing/Sales, as of August 1, 2012. “Realizing my ‘one-man band’ wouldn’t support 7-20-4′s growth,” Kendall explains, “I wanted to invest in the best. Our 17-year personal and working friendship drove me to catch him […]