煙草行業(yè)的資深老兵,，曾經(jīng)在大衛(wèi)杜夫雪茄公司工作超過60年的埃拉迪奧·迪亞茲（Eladio Diaz）即將推出自己的第一個常規(guī)雪茄品牌這款雪茄名為“之前&之后”（Before & After），將在多米尼加共和國生產(chǎn),，在迪亞茲自己開設(shè)的雪茄廠里卷制,。
迪亞茲2021年離開大衛(wèi)杜夫雪茄公司，獨自創(chuàng)建了迪亞茲卡布雷拉雪茄廠（Tabacalera Diaz Cabrera）,，很快就與弗洛伊德雪茄公司（Freud Cigar Co.）簽訂協(xié)議為其代工生產(chǎn)雪茄,。2023年，迪亞茲發(fā)布了一款以自己名字命名的限量版雪茄,，慶祝自己70周歲生日,。如今推出的Before & After是他的第一個常規(guī)產(chǎn)品線雪茄品牌。
這個品牌的雪茄茄衣采用了厄瓜多爾科羅霍煙葉,，茄套是多米尼加哈瓦那2000煙葉,，茄芯包含了多米尼加種植的哈瓦那2000、古巴皮洛托,、哈瓦那92等品種的混合煙葉,。茄芯里也摻入了一些多米尼加闊葉。
這個系列有三個尺寸。我的家庭,，50環(huán)徑,，5英寸，售價每支15美元,。熱情,，52環(huán)徑，6英寸,，每支售價16美元,。Legado，54環(huán)徑,，5.75英寸,，售價16.5美元。每個尺寸都是20支的裝盒,。
迪亞茲在解釋這個品牌命名時，這樣說,，這種煙葉混合代表了我以前在大衛(wèi)杜夫工作時的感受,，以及我出來創(chuàng)業(yè)后的感受，看見我的孩子們繼續(xù)傳承著對于我來說是一種愛的工作,。
雪茄將交給美國的阿朗戈雪茄公司（Arango Cigar Co.）經(jīng)銷,，預計4月15日運往零售商。
Tobacco veteran Eladio Diaz is releasing his first regular-production cigar brand and it’s being distributed by Arango Cigar Co. Called Before & After, the cigar is made in the Dominican Republic at Diaz’s factory and should be heading to retailers on April 15.
A Davidoff of Geneva alum, Diaz left the Swiss company in 2021 and went off on his own to start his factory, Tabacalera Diaz Cabrera. Diaz gained some attention when he produced cigars under contract for Freud Cigar Co. Last year, he released a limited-edition anniversary smoke with his name on it, and now Before & After is a full-fledged brand in normal production.
Before & After consists of an Ecuadoran Corojo wrapper, Dominican Habano 2000 binder and filler blend of Dominican Habano 2000, Piloto Cubano and Habano ’92. There’s also some Dominican broadleaf in the filler as well.
The new brand comes in three sizes: My Family, measuring 5 inches by 50 ring gauge ($15); Pasion, at 6 by 52 ($16) and Legado, 5 3/4 by 54 ($16.50). All come in 20-count boxes.
Explaining the name, Diaz says that the blend of tobaccos “represents my before, when I was an employee in a cigar factory, and my after, seeing my children keeping alive the legacy of what has been a labor of love for me.”
