Stogie Guys Friday Sampler No. 368
31 Jan 2014
As we have since July 2006, each Friday we’ll post a mixed bag of quick cigar news and other items of interest. Below is our latest Friday Sampler.
1) We first told you about Drew Estate’s enormous, new “pre-industry†facility back in May, when we visited it while it was still under construction. This week Drew Estate announced it held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the building they’ve now dubbed “DE2.†Located right across the street from Drew Estate’s La Gran Fabrica in EstelÃ, Nicaragua, the $4 million building will be used to ferment, age, and sort tobacco, as well as house a medical center and cafeteria for Drew Estate employees. The facility is “one of the largest, most state-of-the-art leaf processing operations in the world, specializing in dark air-cured tobaccos,†according to a press release. “DE2 provides Drew Estate with the ability to drastically increase their scale for pilone curing and bail storage, as well as provide all of the necessary professional support services in leaf sorting, classification, and analysis.â€
2) Officials in Boulder have instituted a smoking ban for parts of the Colorado city’s downtown area, where lighting up a cigar is now a criminal activity, even outdoors. Interestingly, the law also applies to smoking inside parked cars within this area. Details about enforcement are not yet clear.
3) Inside the Industry: Drew Estate is giving away a bundle of MUWAT Kentucky Fire Cured cigars. Just post a photo of yourself smoking one and tag it Drew Estate. Details here.
4) Deal of the Week: Cigar Place is offering this CA 2013 Top 25 Sampler that is definitely worth checking out. Just $180 (about $8 per cigar) gets you 22 top-rated smokes, including quite a few hard-to-find, super-premium smokes like an Opus X, Padrón 1964, Davidoff Nicaragua, and many more.
photo credit: Drew Estate