Capture a Mild Capadura for Yourself
According to the internet, the Capadura brand has a history that stretches back into the late 1800’s. In its present form, Capadura is a brand purchased out of General Cigar that is imported and distributed by Luba Cigars Corporation based in Miami. Luba Cigars is run by Ruth Elizabeth Batista, who spent much of her life in the production and marketing sides of the tobacco business in the...
The Russians Are Here!!! Glasnost and Perestroika for cigars!
In 2011, a pair of Russians on rented Harley Davidsons were touring in the US Southwest and they decided to found a US expansion of their Russian cigar business, thankfully using primarily Nicaraguan and Dominican tobaccos and not their “local” seed. Maxim Privezentsev and Vladimir Roshchen paired up with local Texans in Amarillo and launched the Total Flame brand. Their attachment to...
The Russians Are Coming!!!
The Russians Are Coming was a 1966 comedic movie starring Alan Arkin, Brian Kieth and Carl Reiner about a Russian submarine running aground in Massachusetts during the cold war and it was entertaining in its day. But in 2011, a pair of Russians really arrived – on rented Harley Davidsons – to found a US expansion of their Russian cigar business. Maxim Privezentsev and Vladimir Roshchen...
7 X 50 Churchill on a Budget
Large size often gets our attention, the bigger the better as they say. The present trend in cigars is taking sizes to amazing levels – 8 X 60 or more (any larger and the stick will have to have a built in handle). However popular, the larger sizes use more tobacco so cost increases accordingly and more of your hard earned funds go up in smoke when you kick back to enjoy the big ones. ...
Cremo Classic – A Pleasant Smoke
What can you say about a cigar company that was one of the premier brands at the turn of the century? Well, if you’ve never heard of Cremo, you might ask , which century? And the answer to that would be the 20th century. This is a brand that was one of the top selling cigars in the Untied States in the early 1900s. There was a factory in New York and sales were very high. Over the...
Sentinel’s Honor Offering
Most cigar businesses are started by a combination of profit motives, industry knowledge/exposure or just plain love of the product. Sentinel Cigars is slightly different in that its primary motive is to provide funds for a worthy cause – the Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation. This foundation provides housing, tuition assistance and mentorship to severely wounded retired U.S....
