Meet the Man Behind Gurkha!

This Friday, June 1st, Corona Cigar Co will be having a Gurkha event at the Heathrow location from 6:00 pm to 11:00 pm.  Meet and chat with Kaizad Hansotia, the owner and founder of Gurkha. You've never seen specials like the ones for this event!

Gurkha is known world wide as a premium cigar brand that makes boutique blends of cigars. Kaizad travels around the globe searching for unique tobacco to make very special cigars.  

One of his newest lines, the Cellar Reserve is an excellent example of Kaizad’s blending prowess. With two different tobaccos over a decade aged, you can expect great things. The wrapper is a 1998 Criollo, and the filler has 15 year old Dominican tobacco. On the first puff you know this cigar is going it be superb, with notes of vanilla and nut.  The smoke is smooth and creamy and leaves your palate constantly wanting another puff.  The Cellar Reserve is a strategic addition to Gurkha’s arsenal of cigars, adding a medium-full bodied and full flavored cigar to their repertoire. If full bodied strength isn't your thing, then the earthy medium bodied Seduction, or the mild-medium and creamy Royal Challenge might be up your alley.

Make sure to come in this weekend, June 1st, at the Heathrow location to take advantage of the great deals, and to try out the newest Gurkha cigars with Gurkha’s own mastermind, Kaizad Hansotia!

Celebrate this Memorial Day with Corona Cigar Co

With Memorial Day weekend upon us, I felt like I should be smoking a patriotic cigar. To celebrate the freedoms our troops have fought for I grabbed a CAO America and a House Resolution.

The CAO America is a very well rounded cigar. The medium bodied, full flavored cigar is perfect for a relaxing evening with your friends and family this weekend. Now don't get shy when you see the barber pole wrapper on this cigar, the wrappers are a Connecticut Broadleaf Maduro and a Connecticut shade wrapper. The flavors profile is creamy with hints of wood.

For any of you getting ready for a barbecue, the House Resolution is perfect for the occasion. The sun grown San Andres maduro wrapper adds a hint of spice, to a smooth smoke that finishes with a leathery undertone. The flavor profile pairs perfectly with the aroma of a barbecue, so grab a box of House Resolutions so you and your friends can have a great time this weekend!

Don't forget to pick these cigars up at your local Corona Cigar Co as we are open on Memorial Day.

Diamond Crowns - A Taste for Every Palate

Diamond Crown Classic:  A gorgeous Connecticut shade wrapper envelops Dominican binder and filler on this cigar.  The classic Diamond Crown is a mild cigar which still touts a robust flavor profile.  The natural cigar has a creamy texture to the smoke, which enhances the smoothness of the cigar.  There is a little bit of spice, with earth undertones.  The classic is definitely a top of the line cigar, that is great for new comers to cigars or to those looking for a step down strength wise.  The Macallan 12 is a great addition to this cigar, the slight cinnamon from the Macallan adds well to the earth and spice from the Diamond Crown.

Diamond Crown Julius Caesar:  Featuring a Cuban-seed Ecuadorian wrapper and a mixture of Central American tobaccos in the filler and binder.  This cigar is medium bodied and offers a complex blend of flavors, including leather, a sweet hint of cedar, and a light floral on rolling through your nose.  This cigar is perfect for any smoker of mild or medium cigars who enjoys a bit of complexity behind a well constructed cigar, add a round of Macallan 21 to compliment the sweet and floral notes, and you have yourself a great pair!

Diamond Crown Maximus:  The Maximus boasts an Ecuadorian Sungrown wrapper with Dominican filler and binder.  Strength wise the Maximus is a full bodied cigar.  The flavor notes offer hints of spice, dark chocolate, and nut.  The spice and chocolate stay throughout the entire cigar, especially through the roll, while the nut comes to the palate less often.  The Maximus is perfect to pair with a glass of scotch, in particular Macallan 18, as the nuts and spice in the cigar match the same flavors in the Macallan.

The Diamond Crown Red Carpet Event!

There’s another special event coming to Corona Cigar Co! We will be hosting the Diamond Crown Red Carpet Event at our Downtown and Sand Lake locations. It’s a perfect chance to meet both Newman brothers!  There will be a new cigar that they'll debut at the event, the Diamond Crown 1895, which was made in small batches in honor of their 110th anniversary at Diamond Crown.  This cigar is only available at Diamond Crown Lounges.


We will also be having specials on all Diamond Crown cigars:  Buy 3 singles: get an 1895 for free.  You can also buy a box of Diamond Crown cigars and get 5 Diamond Crown 1895’s, a Diamond Crown hat, and a 3 cigar sampler that comes in a leather case which include a DC Maximus, a DC Classic, and a special DC Cameroon cigar.
 
The event will be held at our Downtown location on Friday, May 18th from 6:00 PM to 12:00 AM, and Saturday at our Sand Lake location from 2:00 PM to 8:00 PM.  Make sure to stop by for your chance to pick one of the limited cigars up, and have a great time with the Newmans!

Corona Presents: A Cigar Seminar with La Aroma de Cuba’s Rex

La Aroma de Cuba cigars are always a delight to smoke.  Whether you are picking up an award winning Mi Amor Belicoso or a delectable Edicion Especial, you know the experience is going to be extraordinary. For those of you who haven’t smoked a La Aroma, it’s never too late, and what better way to first smoke a cigar than with a proper tasting event!

We will be having a series of seminars with Rex, one at each location in the next month and a half.  Rex will be introducing you to the La Aroma family of cigars, and teaching proper tasting techniques along with beverage pairings for his cigars.  Even a seasoned smoker leaves with more smoking knowledge each time they go to a seminar with Rex. You can expect to see plenty of Corona Cigar employees there learning from one of the best and having a great time.

There will be plenty of specials on La Aroma cigars, so make sure to buy your ticket in advance for the date that best suits you! Rex will be at the Heathrow store Wednesday, May 9^th from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM; Sand Lake May 23^rd from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM; and Downtown June 13^th from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.  

Meet Carlos Fuente Jr at Corona Cigar's Sand Lake Location!

In the cigar world there are certain names, celebrities that stand out amongst the crowd that everyone knows and loves.  The Fuente family is one of those families, producing cigars for the last 100 years in which they have seen major setbacks and huge gains in notoriety throughout the years.  The iconic Arturo Fuente cigars are highly sought after, and often raved about. 

The Fuente family is one that every cigar smoker, new and old, knows about.  Whether it’s stories from whoever introduced them to smoking, or in publication, it is obvious that the Fuente brand is one of global recognition and admiration.  But even with such brand power, the Fuente’s refuse to ride the coattails of past success; they make sure their product lives up to the Fuente family name.  Whether it’s an 8-5-8 or an Opus X, you know you are going to get an exceptional cigar that was well worth the money spent.

We are pleased to announce that on Monday, April 30^th from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM Carlos Fuente Jr will be at our Sand Lake location for a very special night.  Meet one of the legends of the cigar industry and have a Fuente cigar with him! 

White House Petition

Dear Fellow Cigar Enthusiasts,

I'm sure you've heard by now that the FDA is trying to regulate your ability to purchase and enjoy a cigar. So I want to let you know about a petition I started on "We the People", a new feature on WhiteHouse.gov, and ask for your support. Will you add your name to mine?

In a little over a week, more than 20,000 people have signed on. If our petition gets 25,000 signatures by May 11, 2012, the White House will review it and issue an official response.

You can view and sign the petition here: http://wh.gov/Qtz

I'm headed to Washington this week to continue meeting with members of Congress and ask them to co-sponsor HR1639/S.1461- The Traditional Cigar Manufacturing & Small Business Jobs Preservation Act. This bipartisan bill clarifies the 2009 Tobacco Control Act and states that Congress did not intend for the FDA to expand its regulations to include Premium Large Cigars. As of today, there are 169 members of Congress and 7 Senators that have stood up for freedom by cosponsoring HR1639/S.1461...is your Representative one of them? You can view the list of cosponsors here http://blog.coronacigar.com/2012/04/white-house-petition.html

Keeping the FDA out of your humidor is a monumental task and to pass a bill in Congress, we need your help. Please sign the White House petition and when you are finished, visit www.CigarRights.org and sign the petition to the U.S. Congress. It only takes a few minutes and every petition helps elevate our issue in Washington.

Here's some more information about our White House petition:

Not Allow The FDA To Regulate Premium Cigars

Dear Mr. President:

The FDA is considering the creation of regulations for the premium cigar industry. These regulations will jeopardize over 85,000 American jobs,
destroy America's "mom & pop" premium cigar retailers & manufacturers, and risk over 250,000 jobs in Latin American that produce
cigars, impacting the economic/political stability in the region.

We hope you will stand up for small businesses that dot Main Street America & recognize that premium cigars are enjoyed by adults, are not addictive
and therefore do not conform to the Congressional intent of the Family Smoking Prevention & Tobacco Control Act.

Tell the FDA to leave our premium cigars alone. With this nation's more pressing issues, harming my simple ability to enjoy a cigar should not be a
priority of the government.

Sincerely,

Jeff Borysiewicz

President & Founder

http://www.coronacigar.com/

Chairman of the Board

Cigar Rights of America