TORAÑO FAMILY CIGAR CO. CONTINUES TO STREANGTHEN ITS TEAM AS JACK TORAÑO JOINS THE FAMILY BUSINESS

(Miami, FL) September 29, 2011— Toraño Family Cigar Co. has taken another step to strengthen its team as President Charlie Toraño is proud to announce the hiring of fellow family member Jack Toraño as the Marketing & Customer Relations Manager. Jack Toraño brings along an excellent reputation for customer service, branding, and public relations. The addition of Jack Toraño is the latest in many big moves made by the Toraño Family after taking back their distribution.

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Elijah Craig Small Batch Bourbon 12 Year Old

Country: American Whiskey
Distillery: Heaven Hill
Bottler: Heaven Hill
Distillation Date: 1999
Style: Bourbon Whiskey
Bottling Date: Unknown
Alcohol: 47% by volume
Price: ~ $40.00 usd

Behind The Booze:

Although the name has somewhat disappeared into history, Elijah Craig was actually the name of a reverend who lived in Virgina in the Late 1700′s. For those who are into the history of whisky making this may be a refresher, but, his tragedy has forever changed the way whisky is made today. Short sweet and to the point, the story goes that at one time he owned a warehouse where he stored barrels when one day, the warehouse was consumed by a devastating fire – even though the barrels were charred he still used the casks, which imparted a lovely visual and flavor character never before experienced. This 12 year old batch specifically took his name, Elijah Craig – and another fantastic spirit was added to the Heaven Hill line.

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The title says it all – for me this has been the month from hell! I don’t want to bore you all with the details – but suffice to say I have resigned from my position at the bank. No ranting or cussing on this one guys, can’t burn a bridge you might have to cross later. Then to throw another wrench into things, Jen and I will be celebrating our 1 year wedding anniversary in Colorado! We will be there the second week of October, flying into Denver, staying near Breckenridge in a cabin, ziplines in Vail, hoofing it North West to Kremmling then up to Estes Park, staying the night and ghost tour at Stanley Hotel ( thats right, the Shining bitches ) then cutting back across the East side of the Rocky Mountain National Park through Boulder, past Denver and staying the night in Colorado Springs. If all goes well, she might even agree to us going up Pikes Peak!

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Size: 5.5 x 50 ( Robusto Grande )
Wrapper: Ecuadorian Sun Grown Criollo
Binder and Filler: Connecticut Broadleaf, San Vicente Ligero from the Dominican Republic, Peruvian Seco, Jalapa Especial Ligero from Nicaragua and Honduran Jamastran Seco
Strength: Medium to High Medium
Price: ~ $15.00 USD

Behind The Stick:

I don’t know about you, but when I hear the name Zino I immediately think high class, expensive, and great delivery – not only because of the name but because only in my short 6 to 7 years of cigar smoking history, I’ve never experienced a bad cigar from this company. Running with that prior expectations and to add a few more – the Master Edition 2010 was released to only a select few merchants in March of 2010 with 1,200 tins being sold in the entire Country but was also boasted by Zino as being another ‘exceptional Master Edition Cigar release’. I received this cigar from @cigarsthomas and it has been sitting in my humidor for a good 4-6 months, lets see how this bad boy does! Thank you again!!

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General Cigar Announces Sherwin Seltzer’s Retirement

Sherwin Seltzer

Richmond, VA—General Cigar announces today that industry veteran Sherwin Seltzer will retire at the end of October, thus concluding a storied career spanning more than half a century in the premium cigar category.

“There comes a time when you have to stop and do something else. I’ve had a great run in this business but at this stage in my life, I want to devote my time to Iris, my wife of 51 years, and my children and grandchildren,” comments Seltzer, who continue to serve as General Cigar’s vice president of trade development until October 31.

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Size: 5 x 54 ( Robusto Larga )
Wrapper: Nicaraguan Crillio
Binder and Filler: Nicaraguan
Strength:
Price: Give or take $10.00 usd per

Behind The Stick:

Ah hah – Finally a cigar thats a little harder to find, a little more special and has a reputation to follow it, although not always a good one. This is a Viaje ‘Limited Edition’ Holiday Blend 2009 – more of a limited production though, being that only 3000 cigars ( 100 boxes of 30 ) were produced for the 2009 year release but the ‘Holiday Blend’ Series was also released in 2010 and hushed words have talked about a 2011 release as well. Since they were a little harder to come by I was only able to secure a single for this review – Thank you again Eric! One of the biggest reasons that I am looking forward to reviewing these is that I have been able to keep from smoking mine for almost a year now – I can’t keep up the self control any longer!

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