India Cigar Club – Page 9 – The Journal

La Flor Dominicana Partners with Royal Agio Cigars for European Distribution

By STANLEY GORDON 18 September 2018Cigars, India Cigar Club, News

Royal Agio Cigars has announced that it will begin distributing La Flor Dominicana’s premium cigar products in both the Netherlands and Germany. This new partnership will commence at the InterTabac…

A Half Century of Joya

By STANLEY GORDON 2 August 2018Cigars, Home Banner, India Cigar Club, News, Nicaragua, United States

“The guards are superstitious at night,” says Juan Martínez. The president of Joya de Nicaragua is standing in a cavernous back hallway on the first floor of his company’s cigar…

Texas Businessman Sets His Sights On Cigars

By STANLEY GORDON 10 October 2017Cigars, Home Banner, India Cigar Club, News

In an uncertain era when many cigarmakers are proceeding cautiously , a bold new cigar company has entered the playing field with guns blazing—Micallef Cigars. The Texas-based company launched seven cigar lines…

Are the shine and texture of wrappers a sign of quality?

By STANLEY GORDON 23 May 2017Cigars, India Cigar Club, Learnings, Luxury Ampersand Frolics

The first impression is decisive, and because the wrapper is the calling-card of every cigar, it is of particular importance. Many feel that the shinier the wrapper, the better its…

The Cigar Review: Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 2

By STANLEY GORDON 24 November 2016Cigars, Cuban, Culture, India Cigar Club, Luxury, News

If there is a quintessential Cuban robusto, the Hoyo de Monterrey Epicure No. 2 probably holds that title. The size has been around for decades and is a favourite among…

Q&A: Nestor Andrés Plasencia of Plasencia Tobacco

By STANLEY GORDON 22 November 2016Cigars, Home Banner, India Cigar Club, Nicaragua

Tobacco scion Nestor Andrés Plasencia is a fifth generation grower and cigar manufacturer whose family has been in the business for more than 100 years. After decades of providing tobacco…

My Father Le Bijou 1922 Limited Edition 2016

By STANLEY GORDON 19 November 2016Cigars, Editorial, India Cigar Club, Nicaragua

Back in June, My Father Cigars, Inc. released another toro in its Limited Edition lineup, this time using the Le Bijou 1922 blend Previously, different blends and packaging have all…

Moving Mountains

By STANLEY GORDON 28 September 2016Cigars, Home Banner, India Cigar Club, News, Nicaragua

Most people avoid driving the Pan-American Highway at night, especially in the mountainous region of northern Nicaragua where the Estelí valley becomes mired by a very particular kind of darkness,…

The Cigar Review: Padrón Serie 1926 No. 90

By STANLEY GORDON 24 April 2016Cigars, Culture, India Cigar Club, Luxury, Nicaragua, Review

Whether it be an anniversary or an important benchmark, it seems that the Padrón family is always celebrating something. And when they do, smokers end up with a great new…

The Cigar Review: La Flor Dominicana Andalusian Bull

By STANLEY GORDON 24 April 2016Cigars, Dominican, India Cigar Club, Luxury, Review

Here is an unusual, perhaps unfamiliar cigar that gleams with distinction but doesn't have much market history, as it only came out last summer. The wrapper is a striking hue…