Matt Booth Exits Cigar Industry

http://www.cigaraficionado.com/webfeatures/show/id/matt-booth-exits-cigar-industry-19183 

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That's sad. He made good cigars. I'll miss the daruma and San Andreas papi chulo.

So it begins I guess. Probably a lot more of this to come.

Agreed. I suspect margins are better in the jewelry business. At least until FDA figures out out to fug that up, too.

yep...
What a frickin bummer...

yep... bummer.

The OR Namakubi papa chuli were so frigging good.

Who?

Loved the Namakubi Ecuadors - went through boxes of robs, PC's and short figurados....don't recall the 'names' of any....fileros or clingons.....idk, but they were all great.

Was there a Namakubi that wasn't 'Ecuador'? If so, I'm not sure if I had one. The Ecuadors all had the red band with a second red/white band that said 'Ecuador'....the ones I see listed on CI don't say Ecuador, but they do say they have Ecuador wrapper....not that it makes any difference now.

The only reason that I didn't smoke more of these is that they were rarely discounted very much....I may have become something of an elitist, but I'm still a cheap **** elitist

Daruma lance and OSOK were also great cigars!

Hopefully Davidoff will release the blends in another line.

Don't forget the master choice 1 and 3 lanceros...

Anyone planning to stock up? I had a few here and there. Don't remember anything mind blowing (at least not at the price point). Definitely a good smoke though.

No. No one's is buying them. Be quiet

My thoughts, as well. Interesting that he said he chose to focus on jewelry because, "It's a business that's growing rapidly for me and not over-regulated by the government."

Huh. Go figure.

Davidoff was only the distribution partner, they don't own the line(s) as far as I know.


My friend is a fan of the TBP 7x70 monstrosities.

So the tough leaves when the tough gets going? Wussy

"Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor"-Bluto Blutarsky

Room 101 stuff has been on closeout sales at the mothership a few times over the past few months. Some of them were really good deals to, I got a box of La Daruma papi chulo and mutante for a steal when they had them.

Bodes of ill winds to come??😑😑😑😓😓😓😮😮😮😒😒😒
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Sad for sure. He seemed like a good dude. His cigars are excellent, better than most on the market.