casa de Monte Cristo,
General manager Rafael Nadal has noticed a big
shift in cigar smokers over the past year,
more people and younger smokers are stopping by his Manhattan smoking lounge,
not only just to celebrate as a
graduating college or
celebrating a good test,
but finding of more of an everyday
lifestyle
cigars have are good,
enjoyable, affordable luxury. That doesn't cost so much to get into.
The problem is he's running out of stock.
The increase of popularity and demand has definitely also put a strain in the
and the availability.
Global supply chain issues are affecting every company,
especially those that rely on imports that includes the cigar industry,
Cigar Aficionado tracks, increases in demand through shipments to the us,
was up 7% year over year
and 2021
from the latest data through the third quarter,
there was a 48.5% increase according to executive editor David Savona.
We could be hitting a number that we haven't seen in decades In the cigar business.
He's smoking a Pedro in 1964 anniversary series,
torpedo cigar aficionados cigar of the year.
Too bad. It's sold out almost everywhere.
I mean, this is a cigar that's made in some quantity so they will be restocking.
But right now it is admittedly a very hard cigar to five
and that's for multiple reasons.
A survey conducted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Among cigar smokers found that while the majority said
they intended to quit smoking because of COVID-19 concerns
twice as many of them smoked more tobacco during the pandemic than before. It.
They don't have to go to the office anymore
and
buying cigars to smoke at their home or past time
to find something to do
during these tough times. From picking the tobacco to aging the leaves to rolling.
There are manual labor shortages across the world. It's really all done by hand.
Very little modern technology in the world of handmade premium cigars.
Global warming has also affected tobacco farming.
There's been a lot of storms also this past
year that has affected the yielding of the crops,
then getting components to finish the cigar has
been taking longer to get to the factories,
cigar bands
that that typically come from europe
Little things like that that really slowed down the launch of
a new product or hold up that of an existing product,
not to mention the facilities have fewer people working since they have
to stay 6' apart or they're shutting down with COVID-19 scares.
Things are just been backing up and people have taken
dramatic measures to try to speed along the process,
experts are confident things will return back to normal eventually.
But while supply chain issues are still rampant.
Nadal invites people to sit back, relax and smoke what you can
in a place like this. Having a
good time enjoying our smoke with friends
watching the game, having a cocktail for cheddar news.
I'm Michelle Castalia