29th Sep2011

Toraño Family Cigar Co. Brings on Jack Toraño

by GoodFellasCigars

(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.

Jack Toraño, a native of Miami, Fl. got his start in the tobacco business when he was employed with Lopez Leaf Tobacco in the early 80’s. With a last name like Toraño it isn’t a surprise that he started his career in the tobacco business, but where he went next is quite an interesting tale. Jack Toraño found himself in Chicago for the last 16 years working along-side his brother Sandy Toraño in a company called Scandal Music.  Scandal Music wrote jingles for television and radio commercials. Jack’s strong sense of branding and marketing in addition to his lively personality allowed him to help create ads with companies such as McDonalds, Nintendo, and was even part of the team that created the very successful “Real Men of Genius” campaign for Bud Light.  A highlight for Jack was when Scandal Music had the privilege of creating music for the Oprah Winfrey Show. Jack’s love of premium cigars brought him back to Miami and into the family business.

Charlie Toraño felt that Jack’s background in advertising and his personable manner made him a perfect fit for the new look and direction of the Toraño Family Cigar Co.  ”Jack is the prodigal son of the Toraño family. It took us 16 years to get him back in Miami”, Charlie Toraño continued,” it’s always a great feeling to work alongside family members as we all carry that same passion for cigars”.

The past year has been one of great change for the Toraño Family. New logo, new company name, new brands, and new faces round out the positive changes that the company has undergone. Charlie Toraño said,” I feel strongly that we have all the right pieces and persons in place to move Toraño Family Cigar Co. into a position to provide retailers and ultimately our customers with the best cigars and service possible.

Jack Toraño will replace Oliver Hyams who is going to work with his father, Gary Hyams.  “Oliver is a great friend and a fantastic person.  Oliver has been an important member of our team but I, more than most, understand Oliver’s desire to work with his father.  I wish him much success,” said Charlie Toraño.

A leader in the cigar industry, Toraño Family Cigar Company is a four generation company currently based in Miami, FL. It enjoys a rich heritage and history in tobacco growing and manufacturing. For more information: www.torano.com. Please also follow Toraño on Facebook: Toraño A family Cigar Company or on Twitter: @TORANOFAMCIGARS.

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29th Sep2011

1 Year Anniversary Contest Winners

by GoodFellasCigars

 To honor and thank all of our fans and readers Good Fellas Cigars with Burn Premium Cigar Specialists held a contest for Good Fellas Cigars 1 Year Anniversary! Thank you for all that participated in the contest you showed just why the cigar smoking community is the most engaged and friendliest around.

We strive to give you the reader the highest quality cigar media out there.  If you were around from the inception of GoodFellasCigars.com you would have saw an incredible evolution especially within the few short months of the of the summer of 2011. Just to highlight our changes in quick secession here is a list of the changes and  improvements:

  1. The lay out of GoodFellasCigars.com has been completely overhauled for ease of use and better navigation
  2. Shopping around for Cigar related products? Look no further than the Good Fellas Cigars Store. Here we combined the products of several vendors for your convenience. We add new products often and appreciate suggestions on what to include.
  3. You may have noticed our pictures on our reviews have improved significantly with the help of Manson Photo
  4. Our collection of professionally shot photos can be accessed here
  5. In August 2011 we started to high light one cigar by making it our cigar of the month with several sharp photos taken by Manson Photo.
  6. In addition to the cigar of the month we will also occasionally have a Hot Pick featured.
  7. You may already know we have a a Twitter and Facebook page but, we now also have a YouTube page.

Enough of us lets talk about you. Many of you entered into our 1st Year Anniversary Contest but, only three of you could win. And for that we are very saddened. We would love for all of to win and hopefully you will in future contests.

Without further ado the winners of the Good Fellas Cigars 1st Anniversary Contest are…. Justin aka @campin_fool from Columbia, MO,  Steven aka @Rancor418 from Mandeville LA and, Orien aka @nichus from Longmont CO.

1st. place Goes to Justin

  1. Casa Fernandez Nicaragua – Aganorsa Leaf Cigar
  2. Room101 Namakubia Cigar
  3. Punch Uppercut Cigar
  4. Metal Cutter
  5. Good Fellas Cigars T-shirt
  6. Two Good Fellas Cigars stickers
  7. A Black Gurkha and Burn Premium Cigars Hat
  8. A Red Burn Premium Cigars Serie .789 Hat
  9. Sam Leccia Cain Straight Ligero F Hat

 

2nd place Goes to Steven

  1. Graycliff 1666 Cigar
  2. Black Pearl Cigar
  3. Credo Cutter
  4. GoodFellasCigars T-shirt
  5. Two GoodFellasCigars stickers
  6. A Red Burn Premium Cigars Serie .789 Hat
  7. Sam Leccia Cain Straight Ligero F Hat

 

3rd place Goes to Orien

  1. 5 Vegas Gold Cigar
  2. Man O’ War Ruination
  3. GoodFellasCigars T-shirt
  4. Credo Cutter
  5. Two GoodFellasCigars Stickers
  6. A Red Burn Premium Cigars Serie .789 Hat
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20th Sep2011

Nica Libre Potencia Double Robusto

by GoodFellasCigars

Wrapper: Nicaraguan-Habano Sun Grown

Binder: Nicaraguan

Filler: Nicaraguan

Shape: Double Robusto

Size: 5 x 54

Country: Nicaragua

The Nica Libre Potencia based off Cuban style with the triple cap has a oily dark brown wrapper with a hint of red, small amount of veins, and smells earthy. Also firm to the touch with no soft spots I noticed. This is a small-batch from the Oliva family. The name “Potencia” mean “power” in spanish which can be somewhat seen in this cigar.  It’s a fuller-bodied than the standard Nica Libre. The initial draw was smooth with a little bit of effort but, nothing to really annoy someone and produced a decent amount of smoke. The initial flavors that were present was a earthyness like a wood with a small amount of spice that was accompanied with an underlying sweetness. First third of this stick keeps the earthy wood profile with the spice becoming a more prominent figure now. The ash is white with a small amount of grey splashed in here and there. The body is for the most part medium and not really strong as I heard some people say. The smoke is creamy and as I begin the second third the spice goes down more turning into kind of a pink pepper. A note of nuts was in and out during the second third aswell. The ash is holding firm at this point too. The final third still remains with the creamy spice, prominent nut notes and a earthy tone. As for the finish it is long and remains the same as before. Overall this a pretty good stick with the warm profile of flavors. I say try this if you want a overall average stick for mowing the lawn or taking the dog on a walk.

 

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12th Sep2011

Angelo Dundee Celebrates Birthday with a Box of Cigars

by GoodFellasCigars


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(Miami, FL) September 12, 2011- Hall of Fame boxing trainer Angelo Dundee celebrates 90 years of age with a reunion with a piece of his glorious past and a gift from the Toraño Family Cigar Co.  The legendary Dundee who trained 12 world boxing champions (most famously Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard) had the chance to slow down for one of the few times in his 90 years to reminisce about days past as he was presented with mounted brick from the original 5th Street Gym which was torn down in 1994.

Turning 90 this Tuesday August 30, 2011 Angelo Dundee was all smiles over the weekend as invited friends and fans came into the new incarnation of the 5th Street Gym in Miami Beach which opened last year. Dundee who is still spry at 90 can’t get away from his passion of boxing as he sat ringside giving pointers to young boxers hoping to one day be Dundee’s 13th world champion. Friends wished him well for his birthday as he posed for pictures and signed autographs. Two special surprises came his way as boxing fan Ken Drodvillo surprised Dundee with a brick from the original 5th Street Gym and Torano Family member Carlos Llaca Toraño presented him with a box of Toraño Reserva Selecta.

Dundee seemed to get a bit nostalgic as he had a physical piece of a building which represented the golden age of boxing in his hands and the box of cigars took him back to the days of a free Cuba which is where he spent much time working with Cuban fighters. Dundee joked about his travels to Cuba using his “dirty-Spanish” which was a mix of his bad Spanish and his bad Italian to communicate with Cuban fighters. Dundee recounted how he started smoking cigars because of his frequent trips down to Cuba. Dundee looked over the glass tubes which encased the Torano Reserva Selecta cigars and was excited to call his son Jimmy over to show them and talked about plans to smoke them during their next poker night.

Carlos Llaca Torano said,” It’s an honor to represent the Torano family during special moments like these. To be in the presence of a living legend like Angelo Dundee as he turns 90 is quite humbling.”

A leader in the cigar industry, Toraño Family Cigar Company is a four generation company currently based in Miami, FL. It enjoys a rich heritage and history in tobacco growing and manufacturing. For more information: www.torano.com. Please also follow Toraño on Face book: Toraño A family Cigar Company or on Twitter: @TORANOFAMCIGARS.

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