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On January 28, J.C. Newman held a ribbon-cutting ceremony outside of their cigar factory, El Reloj, in Ybor City, Florida. The ceremony marks the completion of the factory’s thorough restoration, opening El Reloj to the general public as a living museum.
The front office at Mombacho Cigars S.A. is seeing some changes. New names aren’t being added, and familiar ones aren’t going away, but roles are definitely shifting. After nearly five years as president, Claudio Sgroi is stepping down from the position. Instead, he will be a master blender and partner with Mombacho.
Back at the beginning of 2020, Cigar Aficionado and Whisky Advocate set out to collaborate on an epic live event celebrating cigars and spirits alike. However, as you could guess in hindsight, time hasn’t been on their side. Big Smoke Meets WhiskyFest, as the gathering is called, was first slated for April 3 and 4 of 2020. Naturally, it was postponed by late March, only to be rescheduled again in August. Now, we hope to report the final postponement of Big Smoke Meets WhiskyFest!
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) is founding a new distributor to handle many of their premium cigars. This new distribution network, The Forged Cigar Company, will be joining General Cigar Co. in distributing STG’s handmade cigars country wide. However, STG has stated Forged will operate independently.
On January 3rd of 2021, a new organization was launched to serve the best interests of cigar lovers of all stripes: Cigar Rights of the World. Though they seem like a straightforward advocacy group, their mission is somewhat different from others.
