总部位于坦帕的J.C. 纽曼雪茄公司与佛罗里达州的烟草零售商皇冠雪茄公司合伙开设了一家钻石王冠雪茄吧。4月18日，周四，这家雪茄吧举办了盛大的开业庆典。这是纽曼公司和皇冠雪茄公司的第二次合作，也是美国第36家钻石王冠雪茄吧。2008年皇冠雪茄公司在奥兰多开设了第一家雪茄吧。

30多年来，钻石王冠也一直是纽曼公司旗下的雪茄品牌之一。这个品牌是委托富恩特家族在多米尼加共和国代工卷制的，多年来，纽曼公司一直在扩展这个品牌的产品线。今年底，纽曼公司还将扩展一个新的系列，名为钻石王冠坦帕系列，新系列使用了皇冠雪茄公司的老板杰夫·鲍里西维奇(Jeff Borysiewicz)在佛罗里达州种植的烟叶，还有佛罗里达阳植有限公司（Florida Sun Grown LLC）种植的烟叶。

纽曼公司的产品有不少用到了杰夫·鲍里西维奇种植的烟叶，比如美国品牌、勒罗伊·奈曼品牌限量版。

杰夫·鲍里西维奇回忆起与纽曼家族长达20多年的交情，他还记得斯坦福·纽曼送给他的第一支钻石王冠雪茄，当时算得上是一支豪华雪茄，直到今天也是一款杰出的雪茄。

杰夫·鲍里西维奇已经在佛罗里达州开设了五家雪茄吧，包括眼下这一家坦帕店，这里距离纽曼雪茄公司的总部很近。

埃里克·纽曼说，我们很自豪在家乡有这样一家钻石王冠雪茄吧，坦帕是雪茄之都，雪茄爱好者能有一个享受钻石王冠雪茄的好去处，对我们来说很重要。

纽曼雪茄公司2007年在马里兰州开设了第一家钻石王冠雪茄吧，到目前累计在全美开设了36家。坦帕店的位置以前是大卫杜夫的雪茄吧，营业面积5000平方英尺，虽然是皇冠雪茄公司和纽曼公司共同出资开设的，但从技术角度来说，算是彻底的钻石王冠雪茄吧。

二楼还有450平方英尺的空间，这里供会员使用。摆放着大量的桌椅，以及纽曼的复古烟灰缸。如果二楼接待满了，雪茄吧的其他空间都还有充足的座位和空间，包括一个存酒很多的吧台。

这家雪茄吧提供钻石王冠雪茄，以及纽曼公司的其他系列产品，比如美国品牌、天使奎斯塔、勒罗伊·奈曼品牌。

Tampa-based J.C. Newman Cigar Co. has once again joined forces with one of Florida’s most prominent retailers, Corona Cigar Co., to open a Diamond Crown Lounge in the retailer’s Cigar City location. The lounge was formally unveiled at a grand opening celebration last Thursday, April 18. The new spot marks the 36th Diamond Crown Lounge in the United States, and the second collaboration with Corona Cigar, which has housed a Diamond Crown Lounge in Orlando since 2008.

Diamond Crown has been a staple of J.C. Newman's portfolio for nearly 30 years. The cigars are made by the Fuente family at Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia. in the Dominican Republic. J.C. Newman has expanded the brand numerous times over the years, and plans to do so again later this year to commemorate this newest collaboration. Called Diamond Crown Tampa, the new cigar will be rolled with tobaccos grown in Florida by Jeff Borysiewicz, owner of Corona Cigar Co. and Florida Sun Grown LLC, a tobacco farm in Florida. 

Borysiewicz’s Florida tobacco is no stranger to the J.C. Newman portfolio, which features his tobacco in such brands as The American and the LeRoy Neiman Collectors Edition.  

“My family and I have been friends with the Newmans for more than 20 years,” says Borysiewicz. “I fondly remember when Stanford Newman gave me my first Diamond Crown cigar. It was an outstanding luxury cigar then, and it remains an outstanding luxury cigar today.”

Borysiewicz has expanded Corona Cigar Co. into five brick-and-mortars across the Sunshine State, including the gorgeous Tampa location near the airport, located just a short drive from J.C. Newman’s Ybor City headquarters.  

“We are so proud to have a Diamond Crown Cigar Lounge in our hometown,” says Eric Newman. “Because Tampa is ‘Cigar City,’ it is important to us that cigar enthusiasts have a first-class location to enjoy luxury cigars like Diamond Crown.”

J.C. Newman opened its first Diamond Crown Cigar Lounge back in 2007 in Maryland. Since then, the cigarmakers have opened three dozen additional locations across the country. For their newest location, the entire 5,000 square-foot Corona Cigar Co. Tampa store is technically a Diamond Crown Cigar Lounge, taking the place of what was once a Davidoff of Geneva lounge.

There’s also a new, private Diamond Crown room on the second floor for store members who have cigar lockers. Plenty of tables and chairs line this 450 square-foot space, along with many of the J.C. Newman Vintage Ashtrays, meant to resemble the famous ashtrays found at New York City’s Stork Club in days of yesteryear. There’s ample seating and space throughout the rest of the store should this upper area reach capacity, including a large, well-stocked bar.

The lounge will also house rare selections of the Diamond Crown brand and other lines from the J.C. Newman portfolio, including The American, Angel Cuesta and LeRoy Neiman Collectors Edition.