蓋伊·法利（Guy Fieri ）是美國一款美食節目《Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives》的主持人，他魅力非凡、酷愛雪茄。他借助雪茄制造商埃里克·埃斯皮諾薩（Erik Espinosa ）的力量共同創立一個名為Knuckle Sandwich（關節三明治）的雪茄品牌，并委托尼加拉瓜的A.J.費爾南德斯公司代工，費爾南德斯旗下的圣洛塔諾雪茄廠（San Lotano Cigars S.A. factory）將生產這款雪茄。

根據埃里克·埃斯皮諾薩的介紹，蓋伊·法利對雪茄的熱愛如同他在節目中介紹的那些舒適的餐廳一樣。這個聯合發布雪茄的項目已經進展了18個月了。

埃斯皮諾薩說，這家伙可是個雪茄愛好者，對這個雪茄項目十分興奮，就在上一周，蓋伊·法利在一檔電視節目拍攝間隙和埃斯皮諾薩一起參觀了南佛羅里達州的幾家雪茄店。

Knuckle Sandwich有兩個類型。一種是哈瓦那，茄衣用的是厄瓜多爾哈瓦那煙葉，一款是馬杜羅，茄衣用的是厄瓜多爾蘇門答臘煙葉。茄芯和茄套都是尼加拉瓜煙葉。

兩款都各有三個尺寸。大皇冠R，46環徑粗，5.625英寸長。羅布圖J，52環徑粗，5英寸長。公牛，54環徑粗，6英寸長。這三個尺寸都是每盒20支包裝。

哈瓦那款的零售價為每支11.5美元到13.5美元不等，馬杜羅款的零售價高一些，為每支11.95美元到13.95美元不等。

埃斯皮諾薩雪茄公司負責這個新品牌的經銷，預計3月中旬將向零售商發貨。預計2月底在南海灘美食美酒節（South Beach Food & Wine Festival ）期間預先展覽。

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Guy Fieri, the charismatic, cigar-loving host of food-centric reality television series “Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives” has turned to cigarmaker Erik Espinosa to create his upcoming cigar brand, Knuckle Sandwich, which is made in Nicaragua at A.J. Fernandez’s San Lotano Cigars S.A. factory.

According to Espinosa, Fieri’s passion for cigars is as genuine as his love for the comfort food restaurants he profiles on his show, and the project has been in the works for about 18 months.

“Guy’s a cigar guy,” Espinosa says. “Loves to smoke and is super excited about this project. Just [the other] week, he took a break from shooting one of his television shows to join me as I visited several cigar shops throughout South Florida.”

Knuckle Sandwich comes in two types—Habano, with an Ecuador Havana wrapper, and Maduro, which is covered in Ecuador Sumatra. The rest of the tobacco is Nicaraguan. Both are made in the same three sizes: Corona Gorda R, measuring 5 5/8 inches by 46 ring gauge; Robusto J at 5 by 52 and a 6-by-54 Toro. All will be packaged in 20-count boxes.

While the Knuckle Sandwich Habano is set to retail for $11.50 to $13.50 each, the Maduro is a bit more, with MSRPs ranging from $11.95 to $13.95.

Espinosa Cigars, which is handling both sales and fulfillment of the new line, expects the smokes to start shipping in mid-March, but tells Cigar Aficionado that there will be a sneak preview during the South Beach Food & Wine Festival at the end of February.?