Viva Republica’s Rapture Harasha
Rapture Harasha Jason Holly, a cigar enthusiast and store owner in Northeastern Pennsylvania, took the plunge from cigar retailing to also manufacturing cigars and launched his company, Viva Republica Inc. The first cigar offering from Viva is the Rapture series with sizes ranging from a 4.5 X 50 robusto to a 6 X 58 gordo. Viva uses an Ecuadorian Havana wrapper with a Dominican Corojo binder...
La Gloria Cubana Liga MG-08
Product innovation and quality develop new trends in the cigar industry, often after innovation in marketing and sales attracts our attention. La Gloria Cubana achieves this in their Trunk Release concept at the 2013 IPCPR. On the marketing front La Gloria employs 3 interesting approaches. First, they use innovative “trunk shaped boxes” as cigar boxes holding 26 sticks, an eye catching...
Monte Pascoal Interest in Brazil
We have been smoking Brazilian tobacco for some time. And it has been grown almost since Brazil was discovered. The primary growing regions are in the northern part of the country. Mata Fina, Mata Norte, and Mata Sul are all growing regions with tobacco of different properties. The Mata Fina is the best and is used for wrappers for many different cigars. It is silky and ages to a nice...
Oliva Hockey Tournament News
OLIVA CONNECTICUT RESERVE EXCLUSIVE CIGAR SPONSOR FOR THE PHIL ESPOSITO GOLF TOURNAMENT. Miami, FL – September 11, 2013 – Oliva Cigar was the official cigar sponsor for the 3rd Annual Phil Esposito Charity Golf Invitational held on September 9th at the Laurel Oaks Country Club in Sarasota, Florida. The proceeds from this annual event benefit the All Childrens Hospital, Ronald McDonald...
The Triangle by Rebellious cigars
Rebellious Cigars was founded in 2011 in Greenville South Carolina with the stated purpose of “creating innovative brands reflecting the personalities and interests” of the founders. After previously launching their Signature Series of Habano cigars, Rebellious launched in April 3013 their Submission Series of Maduro cigars in 5 X 50 to 6 X 60 sizes. Tarano makes all the cigars for...
