In December 2014, Alliance Cigar released the third in what now encompasses four different exclusive cigars under the DeSocio moniker, which was named after company owner Tom Sullivan’s maternal grandmother. Measuring 6 1/2 x 54, the new box-pressed Oliva Serie V Melanio DeSocio shared the same blend with the other cigars in the line: an Ecuadorian sumatra wrapper covering binder and filler tobaccos from Nicaragua. Limited to just 5,000 cigars, the new vitola was sold in boxes of 10 with an MSRP of $12 each. In a news story about the Flor de las Antillas DeSocio, Tom Sullivan talked a little about the meaning behind the DeSocio name: DeSocio is Sullivan’s maternal grandfather’s last name. His mother is the only living DeSocio family member so Sullivan decided to use his cigar business to keep the name alive. “The stories I’d hear all the time from my aunt and uncle, particularly when I started in the cigar business, ‘oh, he’d be proud of you,’” said Sullivan. Sullivan’s grandfather, an Italian immigrant, was a cigar smoker. So far, there have been four different DeSocio releases. Alec Bradley Tempus DeSocio (6 x 54) — Regular Production Flor de las Antillas DeSocio (5 3/4 x 54) — $8.60 (Boxes ...
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