If you’ve been paying attention to releases in the cigar industry over the past two years or so, you’ve seen the word DeSocio pop up several times from several different manufacturers. The DeSocio project is the creation of Tom Sullivan, president of New York-based cigar distributor Alliance Cigar, as well a owner of the online retailer Superior Cigars. The DeSocio name come from Sullivan’s maternal grandmother, the last person in his family to bear it. When he announced the Flor de Antiilas DeSocio from My Father Cigars, Sullivan spoke of the importance of the name, citing his cigar-smoking grandfather, an Italian immigrant. “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.” Announced in July 2015, this latest addition to the line is a box-pressed 5 3/4 x 47 preferido in the company’s Aging Room Ffortissimo series, with the blend the same as the company’s Quattro F55. Alec Bradley Tempus DeSocio (6 x 54) — $8.65 (Boxes of 20, $173) — Regular Production Flor de las Antillas DeSocio (5 3/4 x 54) — $8.60 (Boxes of 20, $172) — 500 Boxes of 20 (10,000 Total Cigars) Oliva Serie V Melanio ...
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