盖伊·法利（Guy Fieri ）是美国一款美食节目《Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives》的主持人，他魅力非凡、酷爱雪茄。他借助雪茄制造商埃里克·埃斯皮诺萨（Erik Espinosa ）的力量共同创立一个名为Knuckle Sandwich（关节三明治）的雪茄品牌，并委托尼加拉瓜的A.J.费尔南德斯公司代工，费尔南德斯旗下的圣洛塔诺雪茄厂（San Lotano Cigars S.A. factory）将生产这款雪茄。

根据埃里克·埃斯皮诺萨的介绍，盖伊·法利对雪茄的热爱如同他在节目中介绍的那些舒适的餐厅一样。这个联合发布雪茄的项目已经进展了18个月了。

埃斯皮诺萨说，这家伙可是个雪茄爱好者，对这个雪茄项目十分兴奋，就在上一周，盖伊·法利在一档电视节目拍摄间隙和埃斯皮诺萨一起参观了南佛罗里达州的几家雪茄店。

Knuckle Sandwich有两个类型。一种是哈瓦那，茄衣用的是厄瓜多尔哈瓦那烟叶，一款是马杜罗，茄衣用的是厄瓜多尔苏门答腊烟叶。茄芯和茄套都是尼加拉瓜烟叶。

两款都各有三个尺寸。大皇冠R，46环径粗，5.625英寸长。罗布图J，52环径粗，5英寸长。公牛，54环径粗，6英寸长。这三个尺寸都是每盒20支包装。

哈瓦那款的零售价为每支11.5美元到13.5美元不等，马杜罗款的零售价高一些，为每支11.95美元到13.95美元不等。

埃斯皮诺萨雪茄公司负责这个新品牌的经销，预计3月中旬将向零售商发货。预计2月底在南海滩美食美酒节（South Beach Food & Wine Festival ）期间预先展览。

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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.