Cigar Buyer Issue 5
Published on 15/09/2005
Cigar Tastings
Issue 5 New Releases
In this issue we review new releases, figurados, double figurados and American cigars. It being a quiet time of the year for many cigar companies, all.....
Figurados and double figurados
A figurado is an irregularly shaped cigar pointed at one end, like a torpedo. The classic double figurado is pointed at both ends. It appears to be gr.....
American cigars - part two
You’ve seen them in Hollywood movies and The Sopranos – now they’re here. At last, some of the most popular and impressive cigars on sale in the Unite.....
Contents
From the editor
Where does the time go? I find it remarkable that a year has gone by since I was listening to the great Freddie Truman recounting tales of cricket tours in India at the Association of Independent Toba...
By Dominic Roskrow in the section From the Editor
Ban threat grows
Smoking in Britain has taken another round of serious blows as a ban in public places starts to look increasingly inevitable. The hardest blow comes from a new report which claims that a proposed smo...
By in the section News
General gets new home
General Cigar International has appointed Loretta to manage the distribution of the Macanudo brand in the United Kingdom. Gary Hyams, managing director of Loretta Cigars (pictured left with Bruce Lew...
By in the section News
Autumn the time for trade shows
The 26th National Tobacconists Trade Exhibition will take place at Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club between 2nd and 4th October. For more information please contact The Association of Independent ...
By in the section News
Habanos Limited Editions 2005
Hunters & Frankau has received the UK’s first consignment of the new Limited Edition 2005 sizes from Habanos SA. They are as follows: • H. Upmann Magnum 50 6 1/2” x 50 ring gauge /box of 25 RRP £...
By in the section News
It's a job for... Superman
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nope, it’s Superman, the real name of a real cigar blender who has been quietly working at Davidoff’s cigar factory in the Dominican Republic for the last 10 years or so. ...
By in the section News
Murray brands move
Following the closure of Murray Sons & Co Ltd, the British American Tobacco brands Charatan and Dunhill will be distributed by Tor Imports, and Cubero will be distributed by BAT UK. See this issue’s B...
By in the section News
Just Perfecto
The Perfecto is the new cigar from The Griffin’s. The Dominican tobacco blend is described as delicately spicy with a medium-strong aroma. Each cigar measures 52 rg x 4 5/8” and has a young and dynami...
By in the section News
Montecristo No.4
Montecristo No.4's are better than ever", says Cigar Insider, the online newsletter published by America's Cigar Aficionado magazine, recently blind tasted and rated the Montecristo No.4, the world's ...
By in the section News
New accessories from Gift International
Xcaliber Lighter is a dual torch lighter and cigar cutter in one, equipped with a retractable guillotine cigar cutter. It easily accommodates 52 rg cigars and comes with a five year warranty. The new...
By in the section News
Simply Divine
Stairway to Heaven flavoured cigars now come in new tubed format. The tubes are high quality clear-as-glass plastic that is much stronger than typical polystyrene and will not shatter like glass. It ...
By in the section News
Spicing it up
PT Djarum, Indonesia’s leading manufacturer of kretek or clove laced cigarettes, is launching a new brand of cigarillo on the UK market under the name of ‘Spice Islands’, which combines the best of Su...
By in the section News
Northern lights
Ian Buxton looks at the cigar business in Manchester
Think of Manchester and what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Coronation Street, perhaps, or scenes of industrial decay? Well, Manchester United may have been in the headlines recently and L S L...
By Ian Buxton in the section City Watch
A true master - Hendrik Kelner
James Leavey meets Hendrik Kelner, renowned master blender of Dominican premium cigars
When I visited Hendrik Kelner's office in Santiago earlier this year, I noticed what appeared to be two cigar Oscars on one of the shelves behind his desk. Kelner, a small, easy-going man with a big ...
By James Leavey in the section Cigar Interviews
Read, smoke, and smile...
James Leavey provides a round up of the latest cigar-related books
In the last few years the number of books on smoking seems to have increased in direct proportion to the growing number of bans on adults who like to enjoy their tobacco in public. One day, no doubt,...
By James Leavey in the section Book Reviews
The United Nations of cigar retailers
Earlier this year, 29 of the world’s leading cigar retailers were invited to the Dominican Republic for a series of masterclasses, factory visits and field trips organised by Davidoff. They were joined by James Leavey
When Davidoff’s United Kingdom sales director, Ron Baldwinson, asked if I’d care to join him on a five-day tour of his company’s cigar factory and farms in the Dominican Republic last February, I had ...
By James Leavey in the section International Focus
Shapes and sizes
One of the glories of Habanos is the sheer choice – 33 brands with more than 240 different cigars between them. Here are 12 of the main shapes and sizes it is useful to know about.
Habanos come in lengths from under 4 inches (100 mm) to over 9 inches (230 mm). The industry standard measure for diameter is known as ring gauge, and is expressed in 64ths of an inch. Ring gauges va...
By Dominic Roskrow in the section Cigar Production
Catching the ash (Ashtrays)
What’s happening in the world of cigar ashtrays
Something that is not immediately obvious to the novice cigar smoker is that a long cigar needs a longer than average ashtray, otherwise the cigar may overbalance and dislodge its residue over everyth...
By Dominic Roskrow in the section Cigar Accessories
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