The list of retailers turned cigar brand owner now includes Mel Shah. After nearly a decade and a half in the retail side, Shah is now trying his hand at selling cigars nationally with MBombay, his own cigar line. “I retired from IT industry in 2001, and opened a cigar shop that year in July,” said Shah in a press release. “I enjoy retail even today, but I believe manufacturing aspect of cigars was supposed to happen.” For this, he turned to Vegas de Santiago in Costa Rica, the same factory responsible for Atabey and Byron. Two lines are launching this month: Classic and Maduro. “Our philosophy is simple, acquire the best quality of tobaccos and focus on quality than quantity.” MBombay’s Classic is using a Connecticut shade wrapper from the 2001 harvest in Ecuador. It uses a Dominican binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Nicaragua and Peru. According to the press release all of these tobaccos are from 2006 and 2007. It will be offered in Belicoso (5 x 52), Churchill (7 x 48), Corona (5 x 43), Perfecto (6 x 50) and Robusto (4 1/2 x 48). Pricing is set between $8.50 and $11.50. A Brazilian mata ...
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