Foreign Affair Cigar Brand Debuts At TPE Show
Foreign Affair, a new line of cigars, is launching this week in Las Vegas at the TPE trade show.
The cigar is being made in Nicaragua, at the new Luciano Tabacos S.A. factory, and will be distributed by Luciano Cigars.
The brand has been in the works for more than a year, and is owned by Luciano Meirelles, Frank Cossio and Mike Dounoulis. New York City cigar smokers might remember Mike Dounoulis from his time at SoHo Cigar Bar, where he spent roughly three years, until 2020. Dounoulis joined Luciano Cigars as regional sales in Florida in November of last year.
Meirelles says Foreign Affair is Luciano Cigars’ “main launch” of 2023. He, Cossio and Dounoulis have worked on the brand for more than a year. The cigar is made using Ecuador Sumatra wrapper, two binder leaves (one from Nicaragua, the other from Ecuador) and a mixture of Nicaraguan, Dominican and Costa Rican filler tobaccos. They describe the blend as “an ode to the globalization of the cigar industry and its smokers.”
The cigars come 24 to the box, and are made in four traditional sizes: Corona, 5 5/8 inches long by 42 ring, which has a suggested retail price of $9.50; Rothschild (4 1/2 by 48, $10.35); Toro Extra (6 1/2 by 52, $11.80) and Belicoso (6 by 54; $12.50). The brand is scheduled to ship to retailers at the end of March.
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