Hotels caving in to anti smokers

I travel a lot with my job and I’m in hotels on a weekly basis. Last time I was in Vegas I was put into a Marriott brand hotel and found out upon arrival that it was a non smoking hotel. I don’t have to tell you how pissed I was. I was looking forward to getting checked in and relaxing with a cigar but didn’t really have a choice since I was their with others from the company for a gaming convention. I decided to research a little and find out if this was only this Marriott and is this a new trend that I have just not seen yet. Sorry to say the whole Marriott chain went to 100% non smoking and is not the only group to do it. Marriott is the parent company to many well known hotels like JW by Marriott, Renaissance, Courtyard, Residents and many more. It will cost violators between $200 to $300 (my guess is $300 for cigars) if they light up. More and more hotels are joining in on “protecting us” from ourselves. This is the freedom that god gave them but he gave us the freedom to stand up and speak out, let them know that we will stay next door. So you better do a little research before you go on that vacation. If possible I only stay at Holiday Inns.

Update: Since I originally posted this it has now became normal for hotels to be 100% smoke free. Though I do not like staying in smoking rooms I do at times just to support the effort. A lot of Holiday Inns are now non smoking.

 

 

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New Cigar Site With A Twist-Can You Say Negotiator

Dave from Cheap Humidors has started a new site called cigarbargains.com. It looks like Dave could put William Shatner back to work with a “negotiator” type site. After going to the site I found a one day deal like the other big boys. The difference is that cigarbaigain.com has a way to make an offer if the listed daily deal is just not good enough for you. You can negotiate the price live on the site and work out a deal on the spot.

Here is a video on how the new site cigarbargains.com works:

The President of CheapHumidors.com Dave Sabot has announced that the new website, Cigar Bargains, has officially been opened to the general public. The new website uses the latest technologies that will allow consumers to negotiate prices on the site in real time.

For the month of march 2012, Dave is will be giving 10% of profits from the new site to CRA (Cigar Rights of America), a site that fights for the rights of cigar smokers in the United States.

Dave is mostly excited about being able to partner with Cigar Rights of America saying that, “It feels good to be able to support an organization that advocates for the individual consumer and protects the freedoms of those that enjoy cigar smoking as a hobby.” Mr. Sabot went on to say, “Donating a percentage of all profits to CRA gives the consumer a way to lend his or her support to the organization, which helps to ensure that CRA can continue the work of their mission.”

David Sabot opened  Cheaphumidors.com online store in June of  1997, it was hosted on a free site with only a picture of three humidors that he offered, the price and the address to send checks to. Since then, Dave has grown his website into one of the largest cigar related online stores.

“I really didn’t know too much about cigars or how to store them, so I turned to the Internet. What I found out was that you needed a thing called a humidor to properly store cigars. So I started shopping for them. I went to my local stores, consignment shops, etc. Their prices were unreal. They wanted $200-$300 for a box to store cigars. I almost fainted. I did some research and it turned out there were other people like me. Guys who wanted to store some cigars but didn’t want to spend a fortune doing it. Well it doesn’t take much to see there was a market here that was pretty much unfilled.”

“I found a company that would supply me with humidors and I could order only a few at a time for $45 apiece. I bought one as a sample and to store my own cigars in and decided to take a picture and throw it on a free-hosted Web site. Much to my delight I started to receive orders and inquiries for the product and as they say, the rest is history.”

 

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Partagas 1845 Cigar

General Cigar is proud to introduce Partagas 1845, a new, four-cigar collection which embodies 167 years of heritage and expert cigar making. This exciting new take on the venerable brand is a departure from the traditional Cameroon-wrapped expressions of Partagas®, and is set to make its retail debut on April 9, 2012.

Alan Willner, vice president of marketing for General Cigar explains, “Partagas 1845 is uniquely positioned. This new collection celebrates Partagas’ rich heritage while ushering in a new taste spectrum for the brand. As such, it will appeal to the premium cigar smoker who favors the quality and consistency of classic brands, while also sparking the interest of discriminating smokers who constantly seek exciting new tastes.”

Partagas 1845 is full-flavored with a medium-bodied taste profile and bears hints of coffee and cocoa. This unique smoking experience sits firmly between the mild and aromatic flavor of Partagas (yellow box) and the strong and sweet taste of Partagas Black Label.

Jhonys Diaz (vice president of operations) led blend development, collaborating with rising stars from General Cigar Dominicana including Francisco Rodriguez (general manager of operations) and Yuri Guillen (production manager).  In creating Partagas 1845, Jhonys and his team started out with more than 50 different blends from the company’s vast tobacco library. Together with guidance from Benji Menendez, and with input from supervisors from General Cigar’s Dominican and Honduran factories, the blends were continuously test smoked and tweaked until the final blend was chosen by General Cigar’s innovation team.

The legendary Benji Menendez served as an advisor on blend development. In this, his 60^th year in the premium cigar

business, Benji exalts Partagas 1845 as “one of the most significant blends I have ever been involved in developing.”

“Partagas is a brand that is part of my soul and part of my heritage in the business. It is very sentimental for me, so coming out with the next Partagas collection to follow up on the Master Series was a project that I cared very much about. This is a dream come true for me, to help the next generation of cigar masters create new cigars and grow in the business. If I can plant a seed in their minds so they can grow a tree, I am happy,” he reflects.

To achieve the characteristic, full flavor of Partagas 1845, Dominican Piloto Cubano is blended with Nicaraguan tobacco from three separate growing areas. Some of the filler tobaccos are aged in Dominican rum barrels, a process which enhances their flavor, and is exclusive to General Cigar.

The Connecticut Habano binder is unique unto itself, for it was developed as a result of General Cigar’s dedicated research and development initiative and as such, is proprietary. Bearing the distinction of having taken nine years to develop, the binder offsets the blend with a touch of sweetness.

The blend culminates in a lustrous Ecuadoran Habano Viso wrapper which dresses Partagas 1845 in a unique color and hearty texture.

The collection will debut with these four frontmarks, each protected in boxes containing 20 cigars: Corona Extra (4.5” x 46), SRP per cigar $5.99; Robusto (5.5” x 49), SRP per cigar $6.49; Gigante (6” x 60), SRP per cigar $6.99; and Double Corona (7.25” x 54), SPR per cigar $7.49.

The trade dress pays homage to the brand’s rich history, by interpreting elements of a turn-of-the-century Partagas band (circa 1900). The band imagery is rotated for optimal presentation, whether on the shelf, in an ashtray, in hand, or when smoked, and is further highlighted by advanced printing techniques that command attention.

Partagas 1845 is housed in one of the most innovative cigar boxes ever seen in the premium cigar category. Additional details about this industry-first packaging will be released prior to the launch of Partagas 1845 on April 9.

You can find more information on the new Partagas 1845 and see the countdown to released by visiting the new site created for this cigar.

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“La Trompeta” AVO 86th Anniversary Edition Cigar 2012

Cigar icon Avo Uvezian is celebrating his 86^th birthday with the release of his Limited Edition Anniversary Cigar, “La Trompeta.” The “86^th Anniversary” marks the twelfth annual limited edition release from AVO Cigars, a tradition the legendary cigar composer started to commemorate his 75^th birthday.

The new AVO Limited Edition 2012 – ‘La Trompeta’ is a dedication to the Jazz musician and aficionado on his 86th birthday, a coronation of his lifetime work. Decades of Avo Uvezian’s work and passion are united in every single cigar, as well as tradition and established knowledge of the tobacco master, Hendrik Kelner.

Through the subtle balanced Ligero tobaccos and the add-on of Peruvian Seco from exquisite tobacco fields, this special vintage is a medium to full- bodied cigar with complex notes in the aftertaste. The beautiful, slightly oily Ecuador Special Sun Grown wrapper “Seleccion 702” awards this cigar an indescribable spicy and balanced, multi-faceted experience. This cigar converts our thoughts in dreams.

A dark brown lacquered box with rounded edges is covered with a stylish black print of the “Avo silhouette” as a cigar aficionado Avo, as the musician with his trumpet, is radiantly printed with gold foil in the background.

“La Trompeta” presents itself in a majestic and charming cigar format – a brilliant 6 ½ x 54 “Piramide”– the addition of a special feature to pay homage to the jazz trumpet, three small circular cigar leaf cut-outs are placed on the wrapper leaf to resemble “trumpet keys” – limited to 100,000 cigars worldwide with 50,000 cigars for the US market.

“La Trompeta” will be available on March 26^th at Select Merchants with a retail price of $15.50 taxes not included.

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La Aurora 107 Salomon Line Extension

The 107 is getting a line extension, albeit in a limited edition.
Miami Cigar & Company today announced the cigar that helped re-invent the oldest cigar
factory in the Dominican Republic would be released in a salomon. The La Aurora 107 Salomon
will be 7.25 x 52 which was the same size that was used for the Puro Vintage 2003.

Originally released 2 years ago on the 107th Anniversary of La Aurora the 107 consists of a
Ecuadorian Sun Grown Wrapper with Dominican binder over filler consisting of Dominican and
Nicaraguan tobacco.

The cigar will be available to limited accounts nationwide. According to Hector Paz, National
Sales Manager for Miami Cigar & Company, “We would like to use this limited edition to thank
those retailers who have supported the 107 line since the beginning.”

The cigars which come in boxes of 8 will have a MSRP of $12.00 and are expected to ship to
retailers in Mid-June, 2012.

Padron Cigars

About Padron Cigars the company:

A brand from Nicaragua, Padron Cigars, is manufactured by a privately held company called Piloto Cigars Inc.  Native of Cuba, Jose Orlando Padron, laid foundation of this company on September 8th, 1964, in Miami, Florida. By the year 1970, the company moved to Edteli, Nicaragua. The headquarters of the company are positioned at Miami, Florida, United States. It has no restricted areas for marketing hence serves worldwide. Key individuals attached to the company are:

• Founder and executive chairman:  Jose Orlando Padron
• President:  Jorge Padron

Presently, the company is run as family business by Jose Orlando Padron along with his son Jorge Padron. In the year 2003, the company started a new rolling facility in Nicaragua. This building was twice the size of the company’s previous building. The company has given many great cigars which have been the showpiece of many of the most unforgettable moments. It takes 46 hours to manufacture a perfect cigar and around 100 years to develop a perfect legacy. The company promises to deliver handmade, finest and complex cigars of exceptional quality rather than quantity produced. The company is a vertically integrated company and gives attention to the needs of all individuals.

Fox Business Interview With Jorge Padron

 

Product line of Padron Cigars:

The company makes three various regular blends of cigars. All these cigars have an assortment of unique flavors and sizes. As a business, the company tries to cater the needs of all customers. The following is the product line of the company Piloto Cigars:

Padron Cigars Series:

There are around 15 vitolas in this series. Each vitola is available in Madura wrapper with natural flavor. Leaving Corticos, all vitolas under this brand are brown with Padron besides being handmade in white lettering. The filler, binder leaves and wrapper are all sun grown Habana which are ordered from Nicaragua. All these are two and a half years old. The various cigars under this product line are:

• Delicias
• Cortices
• 2000
• 7000
• Londres
• Magnum
• 3000
• Executive
• 5000
• Churchill
• Palmas
• Ambassador
• 4000
• 6000
• Panatela

 

Padron Cigars 1964 Anniversary series:

In the year 1994, the company introduced “1964 Anniversary Series” to celebrate the 30^th anniversary of the company. These cigars are manufactured completely from tobacco grown at Nicaraguan. These Padron Cigars are available in both natural as well as Madura wrappers. The product line has limited series and to confirm the authenticity, the company places a label or seal on each individual cigar which is a 6 digit serial number. The cigars available in this product line are:

• Torpedo
• Diplomatic
• Imperial
• Exclusivo
• Principe
• Monarca
• Corona and
• Superior

Padron Cigars 1926 series:

This is the third and the final Padron Cigars product line which was created in the year 2002. This cigar was launched to honor the 75^th birthday of Jose Orlando Padron. This product line has 7 vitolas and each cigar has either a natural sun grown Habana or Madura wrapper. They all contain Nicaraguan tobacco. This product line is also box pressed and has a 6 digit seal as security code on their product to ensure against counterfeiting. The various cigars available under this category are:

• 80^th anniversary
• 40^th anniversary
• No.35
• N0.1
• No.9
• No.6
• No.2

Tag line: The only motive of the company is to strive hard and create worthy and special time Padron Cigars. For years, the smokers have been sharing their special stories with the company and have also been recognized by smoking one of the cigars of this company.

Padron Cigar Reviews:

• Padron Serie 1926 No. 6 Maduro Review
• PADRON 1964 IMPERIAL Review

I hope you enjoyed the history of Padron Cigars.

 

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Drew Estate’s New Cigar App

On Decimber 6th 2011 Drew Estate’s released a free cigar app for the iPhone. Here is what it is features:

• Browse Drew Estate’s cigar brands, including description, size, and quantity information
• Find nearby stores that carry Drew Estate brands
• Visit the Kult Shop, Drew Estate’s online store, to purchase unique Drew Estate branded merchandise
• Browse through photos and videos from Drew Estate’s Flickr and YouTube accounts
• Browse Drew Estate’s Facebook, Twitter and blog posts
• Find Drew Estate events based on location
• Browse through details, photos and videos from Drew Estate’s Cigar Safari
• Read Drew Estate’s story, written by founders Jonathan Drew and Marvin Samel, including pictures
• Manage subscriptions to “From Under the Bridge”, the official Drew Estate newsletter

If you have an Android or iPad, they will be releasing an app for that too. I will let you know when it gets released.

You can download the iPhone version HERE.

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Watch Sons Of Anarchy (SOA) Online Free

This is not really cigar related but I wanted to pass on a way to watch Sons of Anarchy online or any other TV show for free. There seems to be a lot of websites that claim to provide this service but always wants to push you off to a paid site. Ok, a couple bucks is not bad to buy an episode but you will have to wait until it is released.

Since FX raised their prices, many websites like hulu.com decided to stop showing them. I can understand both sides of the story here. FX wants paid for their shows. They are running a business and need to make the money. Sites like Hulu do not charge, like TV they get income from advertisements. What I don’t understand is why FX can not sell commercials on the video they release.

In any case if you find yourself in my shoes and miss the live show due to travel, kid sports or what ever there is still an option to watch Sons of Anarchy (SOA), or most other shows that are not available online free (movies at that).

How to watch Sons of Anarchy online free

It is called channel 131. This is a small basic site with not much to it. Though it lacks an appealing layout the important thing is that it works. They have a couple different videos of each so you should be able to find a format that works for you. The quality is not the best when played at full screen but there are tools that will let you download it. If played online the video quality is fine with a slightly smaller window.

I hope this helps you SOA fans out there that miss a live episode.

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It seems like it has been such a long off season for Samcro. If you are asking when will Sons of Anarchy season 5 start you are proabaly just as excited as I am. I believe SOA will start until September. If you have watched all the episodes above and just need more check out the video below. It is a little extra on the last episode.

SOA session for Episode 409 “Kiss”

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Urbano Connecticut

“Our new boutique cigar line, Urbano Connecticut, fills out our portfolio of just-released boutique premium cigars,” reports Matt Urbano, founder and owner of Urbano Cigars.  “It is mild-to-medium-bodied, yet has a startlingly opulent flavor profile.  ‘Connecticut’ complements our previously-released ‘Corojo’ (medium-full body) and ‘Sumatra’ (medium-body) lines.  We’ve blended all three cigars to offer the full spectrum of flavors and strengths, to satisfy all smokers’ palates”

Urbano Connecticut is available in four shapes: Robusto, Torpedo, Churchill, and a new 6” x 60 shape.   The cigars are protected by cellophane tubes, and are presented in high-quality, handsomely-decorated cedar boxes of 20 cigars.

The cigar’s Ecuadorian-grown Connecticut wrapper, and Dominican filler and binder tobaccos are triple-fermented naturally, without scalding or other artificial means.  This process yields a refined smoke, and  significantly reduces the tobacco’s nicotine and natural starches and sugars … no spinning heads and queasy stomachs from “untamed alkaloids,” which many mistake for a nicotine buzz.  The wrapper matches the mild Dominican long-leaf filler and binder, with their smooth flavor and delicate fragrance.  It also dresses the cigar in a silky, delicately-veined leaf, pleasing to the eye and touch.  The tobaccos are aged a full two years, and the finished cigars rest for another four months.

Urbano Connecticut’s filler leaves are bunched in the traditional Cuban entubado style., as are Urbano Corojo’s and Sumatra’s fillers.  Quoting Urbano, “Although more labor-intensive, it eliminates the two top smokers’ complaints.  First, hard or plugged draw, caused by the folded or twisted leaves, more  seen in conventional bunching.  Secondly, the ligero is accurately centered by eye, avoiding off-center burn … seen more with commercial bunching.”  When building the bunch, each base filler leaf is rolled lengthwise, resembling soda straws.  The buncher arranges them in a circle around one or more similarly-tubed ligero leaves, visibly centered.  With the smoke passing freely through each tubed leaf from foot to head, and the dead-centered ligero, the smoker is assured of an easy, uniform smoke.”

Manufacturer’s suggested retail pricing for the Urbano Connecticut is set at $5.00 to $5.50

www.UrbanoCigars.com

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J.M. Tobacco Going Premium With Carnero

JM makes some good cheap cigars and I’m glad to see them try their hands in the premium full strength world.

“Carnero is all about strength,” according to JM Tobacco’s president, Anto Mahroukian.  “Carnero is Spanish for the tough, formidable mountain ram, which we feel fits this brawny, full-bodied cigar.  We’re all smiles at JM Tobacco.  We listened to our loyal customers, who kept asking ‘What’s new?’  Now, Carnero will put smiles on their faces, too.”

Carnero is available in four classic Cuban shapes … Lonsdale (6” x 44), Robusto (5” x 50), Churchill (7” x 50), and Belicoso (6” x 52).  Twenty cellophane-protected cigars come in a Cuban-style “dress-up” heavy cardboard box,  with bold Ram’s Head logo.  Manufacturer’s suggested retail pricing for this all-long-filler, handmade premium cigar line is an accessible $5 to $6.

“We sensed the right entry cigar would appeal to smokers who want the perfect complement to a steak dinner, red wine and maybe spirits.  The Corojo-wrapped Carnero is strong without apology.  Even though it has an all-Dominican filler, which normally means a soft smoke, the binder is an equally powerful Connecticut Broadleaf.”

Mahroukian emphasizes the fact that this is not a strong but flavorless cigar.  The filler’s base leaves fit the top-quality Dominican profile … smooth and creamy on the palate, with a rich fragrance and bouquet.

The second offering, the Connecticut-wrapped Carnero, is no less eyebrow-raising.  Again, the all-Dominican filler suggests a mild smoke, but it has a medium-full body, due to the Connecticut Broadleaf binder.

The tobacco in both Carnero cigars is aged a full two years, with another six months on the finished cigars.  Carnero is now in production in the Dominican Republic.  An introductory program of incentives for smokers are in planning, and will be announced in early 2012.

“We only wish we’d done this two years ago,” laughs Mahroukian.  His excitement is understandable … “Carnero isn’t the company’s first premium cigar,” he reveals.  In 1995, JM emerged on the premium cigar scene, with “Española,” JM’s premiere fine cigar.  By 2000, the company retreated from the declining premium cigar market.  They retained the tobacco, nonetheless, and obtained strong sales early on, with this cigar, which became “JM’s Dominican.”  Like today’s JM’s Dominican, this original hand-rolled, value-priced cigar had an all-medium-length filler of choice Dominican tobaccos.  JM Tobacco also included a nice touch … punch-cut heads.  JM’s Dominican has not only enjoyed sales success in its eleven year history, it is enjoying very strong sales, in today’s “moving-down” market.

Mahroukian hints at an imminent major event … the fifteenth anniversary of the appearance of their original Española.  “It would be a fitting boutique ‘superpremium’ cigar,” he predicts, “to mark this JM Tobacco milestone.”

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