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90 Miles - From Flor de Gonzalez that has an Ecudorian Habano Rosado wrapper.

Alec Bradley Mundial - This cigar has been promised for quite some time now.

Aurora 107 – Ecuadorian wrapper, a Dominican binder, and a combination of Dominican and Nicaraguan filler tobaccos. The Robusto (4.5 x 50) retails for $6.50. Other sizes of the cigar, due out only in brick and mortar cigar shops, are a Toro (5.5 x 54) and a Belicoso (6.25 x 52).

Camacho Plus – Medium-Full bodied. Haven’t been hearing much about this one.

Davidoff Puro de Oro – Davidoff’s first Dominican Puro that is all about the passion that cigar smokers have.

El Triunfador – A new blend with 7 sizes. The old El Triunfador lancero with the Broadleaf Maduro will still be produced.

E.P. Carrillo Short Run - The Short Run is Medium to Full body. This is a limited product which will be available in 3 sizes of 24 cigars per box. Only 1500 boxes per size will be available. Populares 4 7/8 x 50 and Delirios 5 7/8 x 52 will be released in late May/early June. Dominantes 6 1/4x 60 will be released in July

E.P. Carillo Core Line – Only information is that it will be released at IPCPR 2010

Esteban Carreras 187 – value cigar with a Nicaraguan Maduro

Esteban Carreras 5150 – Value cigar with a ecudorian sumatra wrapper

Fonseca Especial - to be released summer 2010. Medium to full body. Size 6x 54, 20 cigars per box and wholesale box price is $87.50. Binder is Dominica Criollo 98 and wrapper is a sun-grown Criollo Oscuro wrapper from Honduras.

Garcia y Leon – A collaboration between Leon Jimens & My Father Cigars. This cigar will be blended by Leon but done in the My Father Cigar Factory in Esteli, Nicaragua.

Gran Vida by Rocky Patel – Comes in two wrappers, Pennsylvania Broadleaf and a Habano wrapper

Illusione hl Candela – No information yet.

Illusione hl Maduro – No information yet.

Illusione Singulare’ 2010 – Limited Edition based on the eccj but a different blend and a different size each year. It will come in boxes of 15

Jamie Garcia Reserva Especial – Available in 5 sizes of 20 cigars per box (Petit Robusto, Belicoso, Toro, Robusto and Toro Gordo)

Joya de Nicaragua Antano Dark Corojo – 75% ligero. whoa

Joya de Nigaragua Cabinetta Serie – An interesting cigar with two wrappers.

Joya de Nicaragua Fuerte Serie B – A bundle stick from Joya de Nicaragua

La Flor Dominicana Air Bender – Another powerhouse from Litto Gomez

La Gloria Cubana Artesanos de Tabaqueros – A cigar that has two wrappers, starts out with a connecicut wrapper then completly changes with what I belive is a nicaraguan wrapper.

La Palina – We are super stoked about reviewing this cigar. This is an old Clear Havana brand that has been re-established by William Paley. This cigar happens to be his Grandfathers cigar line from back in the day which was sold to buy CBS. I have an old Cigar Jar from my Great Grandfather who was an avid La Palina Cigar smoker.

La Reloba - La Relova is Medium to Full body. Wrappers available are Habano and Sumatra . Available in 4 sizes of 25 cigars per box (Robusto, Toro, Tropedo and Corona)

La Traviata Maduro – Building on the massive sucess of the regular La Traviata line of cigars, the La Traviata Maduro has the same binder and filler as the regular line but with a Broadleaf Maduro.

Legendario Connecicut – A connecicut wrapper on the regular Legendario line

My Father "El Picador" - This cheroot is made exclusively for Empire Cigars, Raleigh, NC

Nestor Miranda 1989 – A cigar in the $5 price range made by none other than Don Pepin Garcia

Nestor Miranda Selection Dominicano – Blended with Pepin and Nestor Miranda using a Dominican wrapper from La Arora.

Nosotros – A parntership between Dion Giollito and Drew Estate

Quesada Tributo - From Manuel Quesada. Comes in 5 sizes. Manolin 6 1/2x 60 24 cigars, Alvaro Belicoso 6x 52 24 cigars, Julio 5x 50 24 cigars and Alvarito 4 1/2x 40 50 cigars

Pinar Del Rio BOTL Small Batch 2010 - Made exclusively for all the Brothers and Sisters at BOTL.org.

Rocky Patel Vintage Signature – No information avalible

Tatuaje La Verite – All the tobacco for this cigar comes from one farm and is meant to be aged.

Padilla Cubano – Ernesto Padilla has pictures of his new bands for Brick & Mortar shop exclusives. I love this idea. Its about time the B&M’s get some exclusive sticks to level out the playing field.

Padilla Reserva Connecticut – B&M exclusive.

Padilla Maduro – B&M exclusive

Padilla Clear Havana – Price point of $3-$4 made by Arsenio Ramos of Casa Fernandez.

Ramones – Another release from Camacho that will have two wrappers, Connecticut and Honduran Habano.

Rocky Patel 15th Anniversary – This one doesn’t make much sense yet considering the Decade and ITC 10th were released only a couple years ago.

Rocky Patel Decade Edicion Limitada – A decade with a dark Maduro wrapper

Rocky Patel Vintage Signature – No info yet.

Nub Miami – Sam Leccia and Ernesto Padilla are coming together to make a new Nub. The word is that it is going to be an interesting size.



The one's that haven't been released yet will debut at the IPCPR 2010 in New Orleans.

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Thanks Larry. I will have to print this off and keep it in the truck for when I am near my B & M. I can see if they have any thing of intrest.
 

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Awesome list. man! There are a couple of these I've had already, but there are several that I'm VERY excited to try ... a lot of them actually.
 

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Okay, I've just gotta say it, I"m sure it's not going to be popular ...

I think that concept of a "B&M Only" cigar is a cool idea, but too late to be relevant. Why would I pay close to twice as much for a cigar just because it's at a B&M? And yes, I think the Padillas (and others) will be close to twice as much. If they manage to surprise me and do what CAO did with the La Traviata--an inexpensive but excellent B&M-only cigar--then great for them. But for this to "level the playing field" in any sort of way, the B&M exclusives have to be frickin' phenomenal cigars (I can get Padilla 1932 and Dominus any time for $4/stick, and they're both phenomenal cigars!).

But the cigar industry has to face the same facts that every other sales industry is facing ... the era of B&M stores for is over. The era of the internet has not only arrived, but taken over. Blockbuster has been completely dethroned by Netflix and has filed for bankrupsy (anyone who guessed that 10 years ago would have been committed), and iTunes is the #1 music sales store in the world, etc. etc.

So while I don't think the Padilla sticks are a bad idea (and hope to try them), I think the mentality that most B&Ms seem to have is "Whoa is me ... if we go down, the whole industry will go down." That's a bunch of crap, and will lead to one thing--all of those stores going bust. The B&Ms that survive will be the ones that learn to adapt to the changing marketplace, namely, those who become cigar lounges and hang-out places FIRST, and cigar stores second. If cigar shops can become "the man's coffee shop," then they have a real chance. If they piss and moan about taxes and internet sites, well, good riddance.

The epic irony here is that Padilla is distributed by Cigars International, lol.
 

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Okay, I've just gotta say it, I"m sure it's not going to be popular ...

I think that concept of a "B&M Only" cigar is a cool idea, but too late to be relevant. Why would I pay close to twice as much for a cigar just because it's at a B&M? And yes, I think the Padillas (and others) will be close to twice as much. If they manage to surprise me and do what CAO did with the La Traviata--an inexpensive but excellent B&M-only cigar--then great for them. But for this to "level the playing field" in any sort of way, the B&M exclusives have to be frickin' phenomenal cigars (I can get Padilla 1932 and Dominus any time for $4/stick, and they're both phenomenal cigars!).

But the cigar industry has to face the same facts that every other sales industry is facing ... the era of B&M stores for is over. The era of the internet has not only arrived, but taken over. Blockbuster has been completely dethroned by Netflix and has filed for bankrupsy (anyone who guessed that 10 years ago would have been committed), and iTunes is the #1 music sales store in the world, etc. etc.

So while I don't think the Padilla sticks are a bad idea (and hope to try them), I think the mentality that most B&Ms seem to have is "Whoa is me ... if we go down, the whole industry will go down." That's a bunch of crap, and will lead to one thing--all of those stores going bust. The B&Ms that survive will be the ones that learn to adapt to the changing marketplace, namely, those who become cigar lounges and hang-out places FIRST, and cigar stores second. If cigar shops can become "the man's coffee shop," then they have a real chance. If they piss and moan about taxes and internet sites, well, good riddance.

The epic irony here is that Padilla is distributed by Cigars International, lol.
I strongly disagree with your post Nate. First of all, the B&M only cigars are meant to help the shops generate business, to make people go to their local and support them. This is the industry's way of giving back to the B&M's.

Secondly, your comparison of Blockbuster to Netflix in relation to B&M and internet cigar stores is terrible! The personal attention and knowledge you can get from a B&M is hardly comparable to the service you get at Blockbuster. You don't go to Blockbuster to meet up with your friends and share a passion. You don't go to Blockbuster for a Warner Brothers event and get comradery and samples of movies. If all the local cigar shops close up because they can't compete with the internet superstores it will be a sad day for the cigar industry!

The reason people prefer Netflix is mostly because they don't want to leave their house to get a movie, and it is this kind of attitude that are killing local businesses.

Any true cigar smoker SHOULD find a good local shop and support it! Now I am not saying never order stuff online, just make an effort to keep some your money in your local area and show support for shops that are sharing the same passion as you.
 
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I totally agree with this sentiment, and what you're describing is what I think B&Ms should be, nay, MUST be in order to survive. If you have one like this, that's awesome.

Maybe I've been unlucky, but I've only ever been to two B&Ms like that, both of which were just humidors in a large grocery store (Jungle Jims and The Party Source). I drove an hour or more to go to events there, and will continue to order cigars from them now that I'm abroad.

But nearly all the other shops I've been to were not that way at all. They are essentially Blockbuster selling cigars.

I strongly disagree with your post Nate. First of all, the B&M only cigars are meant to help the shops generate business, to make people go to their local and support them. This is the industry's way of giving back to the B&M's.

Secondly, your comparison of Blockbuster to Netflix in relation to B&M and internet cigar stores is terrible! The personal attention and knowledge you can get from a B&M is hardly comparable to the service you get at Blockbuster. You don't go to Blockbuster to meet up with your friends and share a passion. You don't go to Blockbuster for a Warner Brothers event and get comradery and samples of movies. If all the local cigar shops close up because they can't compete with the internet superstores it will be a sad day for the cigar industry!

The reason people prefer Netflix is mostly because they don't want to leave their house to get a movie, and it is this kind of attitude that are killing local businesses.

Any true cigar smoker SHOULD find a good local shop and support it! Now I am not saying never order stuff online, just make an effort to keep some your money in your local area and show support for shops that are sharing the same passion as you.
 
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Thanks for the very informative update, Larry.

I can't wait to see what else LFD have in store for us this year. I'm also excited to find out when the Dirty Rats will be shipping out to stores.
 
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