Cigar Buyer Issue 7
Published on 10/02/2006
Cigar Tastings
Issue 7 New Releases
In this issue we review new releases (including cigarillos and flavoured cigars), belicosos, and Ecuador-wrappered cigars. All the larger cigars (red .....
Belicosos
Ashort, thick cigar with a rounded head instead of a pyramid cigar's point. The belicoso (plural: belicosos) is usually about five to five and a half .....
Ecuador wrapped cigars
Some people say that the wrapper can produce as much as 30 per cent of a cigar’s flavour. The key to a good wrapper leaf is its elasticity and absence.....
Contents
A dream fulfilled
In the last edition of Cigar Buyer Mitch Orchant said that winning a Silver Chaveta was one of his greatest ambitions – and now it has been fulfilled. Hunters & Frankau, sole United Kingdom importers...
By in the section News
Cigar aims for populist market
Tabacalera Perdomo S.A., one of the world’s most respected cigar manufacturers, has announced it is to reintroducing the Perdomo Fresco brand. The company hopes the new brand will appeal to a broader...
By in the section News
Company’s star turn
CAO, one of the world’s premium cigar manufacturers, has continued its flirtation with the glamourous world of celebrity. The company unveiled limited edition ‘Studio at the Palms’ banded cigars for ...
By in the section News
New year, new launches...
The New Year has brought a new cigar brand to the United Kingdom. J.C.Newman Cigar Co. launched at the AITS show in Nottingham the new value for money Luis Martinez Silver Selection, a hand made Nica...
By in the section News
Association is piping down
The Pipe and Pipe Tobacco Trade Association has been wound up after more than 40 years. At a final lunch, held at the Savoy Hotel in London, PPTTA chairman Michael Adler broke the news to members. H...
By in the section News
Cigars the stars
Cigar smoking in the United Kingdom had its profile raised unexpectedly at the beginning of the year – but not necessarily for the good. Ironically, while politicians in Westminster were discussing t...
By in the section News
Fiesta time
Once again it is time to celebrate Cuban cigars in Latin style with the 2006 Habanos Festival. Preparations are well underway for days packed with excitement and memorable events at this year’s festi...
By in the section News
Spain protects its workers
Spain has become the latest European Union country to introduce a smoking ban in the workplace in a bid to improve public health. The ban came into effect this year, the new law bans smoking in offic...
By in the section News
What happened to common sense?
England looked set to follow Scotland in to a ban on smoking in public places as Cigar Buyer went to press after a major Uturn over the issue. A free vote in February looked set to call for a complet...
By Dominic Roskrow in the section Smoking Issues
A man for all seasons - Edward Sahakian
Edward Sahakian has spent 25 years promoting fine cigars. Rob Allanson met him
Stepping in to Davidoff’s London shop, not far from the madding crowds of Piccadilly Circus, is like stepping into an oasis of marbled calm. Even before you light up one of the eponymous smokes, you ...
By Rob Allanson in the section Cigar Interviews
Putting duty first - Jan Mossel
Dutch-based entrepreneur Jan Mossel is in his 60s but he’s still a force of dynamism in the world of cigars. James Leavey spoke to him
The wind of change has long been blowing for the tobacco industry, which is partly why some cigar companies decided to expand into Duty Free and Duty Paid outlets in recent years. One of the first Eur...
By James Leavey in the section Cigar Interviews
Tobacco Legislation Watch
SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES GOVERNMENT ACTION Smoking in Public Places is being addressed separately by each country within the United Kingdom. The current status is as follows: SCOTLAND The Scot...
By in the section Legislation Watch
Gold in them there hills
North Yorkshire is proving that it doesn’t have to be grim up North. Ian Buxton reports
While the far north-east of England (Tyneside, in particular) was battered by economic recession and the decline of heavy manufacturing industry in the 1980s its neighbours to the south were more fort...
By Ian Buxton in the section City Watch
Gimme shelter
Smokers banned from lighting up indoors? Then make them comfortable outside. James Leavey reports
Scotland’s cigar smokers will soon be lighting up under awnings or in tents in the gardens of pubs, clubs, hotels and restaurants when the ban on smoking in enclosed public places in Scotland takes ef...
By James Leavey in the section Smoking Ban
Land fire, ash and fine tobacco
Ecuador is a stunning country and because of its volcanic history, perfectly suited to tobacco production. James Leavey reports
Many premium cigars today use wrappers grown in Ecuador, where the volcanic soil is among the most fertile substances in the world and ideal for growing consistently good wrapper leaf. That’s why you...
By James Leavey in the section International Focus
On strike (Matches)
James Leavey on the latest match products
For thousands of years man sought an easy, reliable means of kindling flame to ignite tobacco. Anything was better than the usual method of sticking your head in the fire. In the 1800s, steel, flint,...
By James Leavey in the section Cigar Accessories
In search of the perfect match
In a new series we set out to find the best cigar for different drinks. First up, Rob Allanson reports on cigars with fine Cognac
THE JUDGES Simon Chase, Hunters and Frankau marketing director (SC) Paul Bielby, J.J. Fox (St James’s) manager (PB) Jimmy McGhee, Selfridges cigar department manager (JM) James Leavey, Cigar Buye...
By Rob Allanson in the section Cognac and Cigars
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