Posted By: Doug on Monday Jun 11, 2007
Filed Under: Cigar Industry
Cigar Insider recently had an article about
Cigar Insider reports that Oliva Cigar Co. is working on a stronger cigar, that will be released to a limited number of retailers.
I think this is great news.
I’m a big fan of the Oliva company and their cigars.
I think they have a great story and some extremely well constructed stogies.
Unfortunately I don’t smoke too many of them because I’m always drawn to my more “full bodied” favorites.
(though the master blend is a thing of poetry)
I had a chance to meet some Oliva reps at local cigar shop a while ago and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
It was clear that they thoroughly enjoyed being a part of the company too.
It’s always nice to see people with a passion doing what they love - the end result being a great product.
I am thrilled at the prospect of a new bolder Oliva.
The Cigar Inside article says..
A company representative will visit each store to give a personal overview of the philosophy of the cigar.
Called Oliva Serie V Ligero Especial, the cigar will be made with top-priming Nicaraguan Habano-seed sungrown
wrapper, with binder and filler grown on company owned farms in Nicaragua.
Wow I’m sold!
Say no more!
… but they did…
“We set out to make the fullest-bodied cigar we can make, while still keeping balance,” said Jose Oliva, vice
president of the company, which rolls cigars in Nicaragua.
…
The cigars will come in five sizes, the thinnest of which
will have a 52 ring gauge.
…
Two sizes will also be made in a maduro version using Connecticut-broadleaf wrappers.
Each will be made with a Cuban-style, three-seam cap, a first for the company.
…
The cigars will be released in June, prior to the annual
industry trade show
…
The line will also include a culebra size - a true rarity in
the cigar world today…
Wow!
Maduro… minimum of 52 gauge… June… culebra…
This sounds like a potentially great (and fun) product.
I can’t wait to see / try it.
Only 42 retailers in the USA will carry it - I hope a shop here has one or two.
And to the Oliva company - if your reading this - I’d be happy to review one if you’d like. 
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Posted By: Doug on Friday Jun 01, 2007
Filed Under: Cigar Industry
Kentucky’s “The State Journal” news paper had a great article recently.
A story about a man who started a cigar company of his very own.
His company is “Kentucky Gentlemen Hand rolled Cigars”.
Last year he sold 100,000 cigars.
And that’s WITH OUT a sales force.
Now that he’s got a National Sales Director on board he expects to sell 1 Million cigars next year.
The National Sales Director, Greg Lynd said:
“I had no intention of changing what I do for a living until I came down here and smoked one of these cigars,” Lynd said. “That’s when I knew I had to be part of this.”
The business owner, Allen Mobley, has a great story.
“It was time Kentucky made a good cigar,” Mobley said.
This decision led Mobley to Texas where three Cubans taught him how to roll cigars. Mobley later went to the Dominican Republic and lived with a family to further his skills in cigar rolling.
He has converted one of his barns into a cigar shop where he stores tobacco he has handpicked from places like Colombia and the Dominican Republic. Mobley also puts a little bit of Kentucky in every one of his cigars.
“You can’t use too much because Kentucky tobacco is so strong,” Mobley said.
He is also apparently working on a A Kentucky grown wrapper.
“I’m coming up with a wrapper leaf grown here in Kentucky, but it’s too strong right now,” Mobley said. “It won’t be ready until four years down the road.”
Sounds interesting.
Perhaps I’ll order some and review them for you.
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