In my most recent trip to Nicaragua I was fortunate to attend Puro Sabor 2018. Puro Sabor is a celebration of the Nicaraguan cigar industry and the people who make it so wonderful. I had previously been to Nicaragua once before, in the fall of 2015, and I was so grateful to be able to go back again. Since there's so much to cover about this trip I'll break it into a series of different articles each covering different aspects of the trip itself. One theme that I hope you'll notice in all of these articles is the people. The people are the most important aspect of every piece of the cigar industry in Nicaragua. Nothing is more important to the industry than its people and it's the relationships that make the cigar industry in Nicaragua so beautiful and so wonderful.
German Engineered Cigars has announced a new line of cigars, and the fans of the brand will determine the size it comes in. The name of the new line is undisclosed but it falls under the AUTONOM series which was announced back in February. This is also one of the projects that the company is partnering with Claudio Sgroi on which was announced in September of last year.
German Engineered Cigars has announced their second regular production blend, RAUMZEIT. It was blended in collaboration with Claudio Sgroi, formerly...
As a business, premium cigars are subject to the same kinds of headaches that can befall any other kind of product in the marketplace. In some cases, trademark and patent disputes can arise. For Mombacho Cigars, they just received a ruling from the United States Patent and Trademark office (USPTO).
Mombacho Cigars S.A. has announced that they have partnered with Primazia Decorama (SU) Lda in Angola for it's first distribution in an African country.
Claudio Sgroi has been the Master Blender of Mombacho Cigars for ten years. He had been president of the company since 2016 until earlier this year where he stepped down from that role and was replaced by Cam Heaps but had retained the role of Master Blender. Now, as of April 1, he will no longer have an active role in the company. The company has not announced a replacement.
After teasing their collaboration with Diplomático Rum at IPCPR 2019, Mombacho Cigars S.A. has officially announced the project is shipping given more details about Diplomático By Mombacho Cigars S.A.
Mombacho Cigars announced today that one of their founders, Cam Heaps, will take over the company's role of President. Heaps takes over for Claudio Sgroi, who is remaining on as Master Blender and Partner.
GRANADA, NICARAGUA – November 1, 2016 – Granada based Mombacho Cigars S.A. (Mombacho) announced today that Robert Rasmussen has joined the company as Brand Manager, effective November 1.
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German Engineered Cigars is partnering with Claudio Sgroi, former Master Blender at Mombacho, and his consulting company CST Consulting. The two entities will collaborate on two new blends to start with, both of which are schedule to release in 2022, the first at TPE in January.