Kafie Cigars is coming to the United Kingdom
Kafie Cigars is coming to the United Kingdom. The Honduran cigar brand and Boutique Smokes agreed to distribute the cigars from Tabacalera Kafie y Cia on the British Market, starting soon. For the initial launch, the Kafie 1901 San Andres Toro and the Kafie 1901...
5th avenue lashes out to Davidoff
5th avenue lashes out to Davidoff. Sources in Germany confirmed to Ministry of Cigars that German retailers received a letter from 5th Avenue, the Habanos distributor, about Davidoff events. And the letter is pretty aggressive. A few weeks ago, Oettinger Davidoff...
New cigars in Norway
New cigars in Norway. The Norwegian cigar and accessory distributor Nordic Cigars brought in new cigars from Schuster, Roma Craft and Fratello for the Norwegian brothers and sisters of the leaf to enjoy. And they will launch the Le Petit by Les Fines Lames before they...
History lessons from Oscar Valladares
History lessons from Oscar Valladares. The cigar manufacturer has paid tribute to his ancestors, his culture and history before in his creations. And he’s doing it again with the release of the Altar Q in Europe. The Altar Q is based on the Mayan culture, a culture...
Joya de Nicaragua Numero Uno L’Ambassadeur
Joya de Nicaragua Numero Uno L’Ambassadeur. That is a long name for a unique cigar. You can call it the Nicaraguan Cohiba or Trinidad, as the history shares some resemblance. All three were diplomatic gifts before being released commercially years later. The Joya de...
The vibrant cigar scene of Kuala Lumpur part 2
The vibrant cigar scene of Kuala Lumpur part 2. Earlier this year, Ministry of Cigars visited the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur for the first time. And we fell in love with the place. The food is amazing, the city has a great vibe, friendly people but mostly the...
Weekly news week 48 2019
Weekly news week 48 2019. The week started with a review of the great Handrolled documentary that is now for sale on iTunes, Google Play and Amazon. A full-length documentary on the cigar industry. Other reviews this week were about the Fratello Arlequin Toro, a...
Cigar birthdays in December
Cigar birthdays in December. Like every month we celebrate some of the people in the cigar industry. If we miss anybody on our calendar, please let us know and we will add him or her. Here are the birthdays for December. The Birthdays December 4: Meera Levin. The...
Pachuche Cigars coming to Norway
Pachuche Cigars coming to Norway. The Dominican made, Swiss-owned cigar brand found a distribution partner in Hakon Aanonsen, owner of Viking Cigars. But with his company, sigar.com Aanonsen is also a distributor for several other brands on the Norwegian...
HR Signature Belicoso
HR Signature Belicoso. The Robaina name is legendary in the cigar industry. And all because of one man, Alejandro Robaina. The only person who ever had a brand named in his honor by Habanos, the marketing and distributing arm of the Cuban cigar industry. That’s how...
Epic Cigars returning to The Netherlands
Epic Cigars returning to The Netherlands. And the brand is also coming to Sweden. In a chat with Dean Parsons, owner of Epic, he mentioned finding distribution in both The Netherlands and the Scandinavian country. Epic had to reinvent itself. Parsons found a new...
La Flor Dominicana opens new markets
La Flor Dominicana opens new markets. And returns to markets where they used to be. In a conversation with Antonio Gomez, he mentioned that the company has signed agreements with distributors in Mexico, the United Arab Emirates and that they are returning to the...
Tatuaje ME II launched internationally
Tatuaje ME II launched internationally. Pete Johnson introduced the Mexican Experiment sequel at the Intertabac Trade Show in Dortmund last month. But the cigars hadn’t arrived at the European warehouse yet at that time. Mexican Experiment In 2011, Johnson...
Kafie 1901 Candela coming
Kafie 1901 Candela coming. The Honduran cigar manufacturer is currently working on an extension of its portfolio with the addition of a Kafie 1901 Candela. The brand already has a San Andres, Habano, Connecticut, and Sumatra blend on the market. The cigar will be...
Macanudo releases Heritage Nuevo in select international markets
Macanudo releases Heritage Nuevo in select international markets. Spain, France, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Macau are amongst the countries that will receive the cigars. But not all three sizes, only the 6x52 toro will be released in limited...
CAO adds Orellana to the Amazon Basin Series
CAO adds Orellana to the Amazon Basin Series. And the cigar has been shipped to American retailers. Ministry of Cigars reached out to CAO parent Scandinavian Tobacco Group to inquire if the cigar will be available internationally as well. The tobacco giants responded...
Fratello Arlequin Toro
Fratello Arlequin Toro. Fratello is an American cigar company, founded by former NASA employee Omar de Frias. And for his cigars, he either uses Italian names or bases them on his background in the space industry. For the Fratello Arlequin, both these subjects come...
Hand Rolled the movie review
Hand Rolled the movie review. A few weeks ago, Hand Rolled, the long-awaited documentary about premium cigars was released on iTunes, with Google Play and Amazon following. We watched it a few times, as cigar aficionados, as cigar geeks but also as a critic. And we...
Weekly news week 47 2019
Weekly news week 47 2019. On Sunday, we wrote about the four different cigar lounges of the Dutch capital of Amsterdam. The largest city in the country of The Netherlands has four, including two that sell cigars from one single country, Cigaragua and La Casa del...
German engineering in cigars
German engineering in cigars. That’s what the German company Raughvergnügen brings to the table. Germany has a reputation for engineering. And that engineering, which is the background of the brand’s founders, comes back in everything they do. We read about the brand...
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