On the annual multivendor cigar event/festival circuit, there are a few notable ones that stand out, including the Texas Cigar Festival hosted by Ron Lesseraux’s Serious Cigars in Houston. This year marked the fifth installment of the event, and the event has become so high-profile that the more than 600 tickets sold out in approximately seven minutes. As is the protocol with many of these events, ticket holders receive gift bags full of cigars from numerous manufacturers when they enter the event and the chance to meet and talk with many of the manufacturers, enjoy food and drink, and socialize with other cigar smokers. In 2013, it was announced that a special cigar was being created by La Flor Dominicana for the event, the La Flor Dominicana Texas Cigar Festival. As I noted in my review of the inaugural edition, there isn’t a lot of backstory about the cigar, other than Lesseraux made a request of LFD’s Litto Gomez to come up with “something special” for the event. Gomez produced 500 cigars for the festival, split among 50 boxes of 10. Earlier this year, Jon Carney, vice-president of sales for La Flor Dominicana told halfwheel that the cigar would be returning ...
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