For the first time ever, E.P. Carrillo has created a release for the Tobacconist’ Association of America (TAA). At this year’s meeting and convention, the company debuted the E.P. Carrillo TAA Exclusive 2018, a 6 x 52 toro using a Connecticut habano wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and fillers from ...
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There will be a Liga Privada Corona Viva. On Thursday, Drew Estate will soft launch the Liga Privada No. 9 Corona Viva, a 6 x 46 corona gorda version of a modified No. 9 blend. It’s similar to the Undercrown Corona ¡Viva!, a stronger version of the regular Undercrown line. In ...
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Two years after being announced, the Nomad Signature Series will finally be available to retailers nationwide. Nomad Cigar Co. will bring the four-size line to the 2018 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show. It’s made at Fabrica Oveja Negra, the factory behind Black Label Trading Co., using an Ecuadorian maduro wrapper, a ...
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The Bolívar Short Bolívar has arrived in the principality of Andorra, but it’s not that Short Bolívar. This one is part of the 2017 Edición Regional program from Habanos S.A., measuring 4 x 50 and packaged in boxes of 20. This marks the second time the Short Bolívar name has ...
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Arturo Fuente has shipped its flagship Fuente Fuente OpusX to retailers as part of the company’s annual spring shipment, included for some stores are two sizes that are not part of the normal allotment: an OpusX Shark and Love Affair. The Fuente Fuente OpusX Perfecxion No. 77 Shark is the ...
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A proposal to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21-years-old couldn’t draw enough support from the Batavia Board of Aldermen Committee of the Whole, and as such the idea to join the growing movement in the Chicago area died. The 12-member committee was split 6-6 on the ...
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Last month, Crowned Heads shipped the third incarnation of of its first limited editions. As with the blends that were released in 2012 and 2017, the Mule Kick Limited Edition 2018 is a 5 7/8 x 52 toro and it incorporates the same tobacco in the binder and filler as the ...
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One day, you too might be able to try the Aladino Maduro, a cigar that wowed halfwheel’s reviewers enough to earn it 18th on our Top 25 for 2017, but it may not be until summer. JRE Tobacco Co. is continuing a limited roll-out of the cigar. It was shipped to a small ...
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A new release from Alec Bradley has landed in London. C.Gars Ltd. and Turmeau’s Tobacconist have released the Alec Bradley Orchant Seleccion, which gets its name from Mitchell Orchant, the managing director of C.Gars Ltd. Orchant began using the Orchant Seleccion branding on his own curated selections of Cuban cigars that ...
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In what’s become a common phrase on this site, a cigar business is celebrating a milestone anniversary with a cigar. In this case, it’s the retailer Tobacco Haven in Brookline, N.H., the milestone is the store’s 30th anniversary, and the cigar comes from Casa Fernández, which recently rebranded itself as ...
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In addition to the Neanderthal HoxD, the CroMagnon and Aquitaine 4 x 46 petit coronas will become regular production offerings later this year. At the 2018 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, RoMa Craft Tobac will begin offering the CroMagnon and Aquitaine Pestera Muierilor as regular production items. Both cigars measure ...
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On a road just past the city center of Danlí, Honduras lies a colorful building that is sorely out of place. The Davidoff of Geneva USA marketing team would prefer this is where a reference of “home of the bold” gets used, but if anything, the Diadema Cigars de Honduras S.A. ...
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There aren’t many things that surprise cigar consumers about how cheap they are, but humidors are probably the first exception to that thought that comes to mind. Thanks to companies like Quality Importers and Prestige Import Group—and the Chinese factories who make their products—you can find a 100-count cigar humidor ...
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In February, Viaje Cigars shipped the latest version of Juntos, a series of cigars produced in collaboration with other prominent cigar makers that is named after the Spanish word for together. The newest incarnation was produced in conjunction with E.P. Carrillo and is made up of two different vitolas—a 6 x ...
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Cigar News Alec Bradley Orchant Seleccion Arrives at C.Gars Ltd. and Turmeau’s Tobacconist Bolívar Short Bolívar Arrives in Andorra Cubariqueño Adds Protocol Official Misconduct, Probable Cause Corona Gorda Drew Estate Adding Liga Privada No. 9 Corona Viva E.P. Carrillo Announces TAA Release Fuente Ships OpusX Shark, Love Affair to Retailers ...
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The Tatuaje Reserva SW Short is real and shipping this week. On Friday Pete Johnson of Tatuaje will be on hand at Fujioka’s Wine Times in Honolulu, the official launch for the new cigar. The Tatuaje Reserva SW Short measures 4 3/4 x 47, a shorter version of the Tatuaje Reserva ...
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Almost four years ago, RoMo Craft Tobac released the first of what would eventually become six different samplers named after the vitolas that are included in them. Dubbed the El Catador De Las Panetelas—or the Panetela Project—the sampler contained two each of the four core RoMa Craft Tobac blends at the time in ...
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Cigar smokers in Hawaii will still be able to shop for their next smoke online, as a bill seeking to make it unlawful to ship tobacco products to anyone other than a holder of a tobacco wholesaler, distributor or retail license died in the state’s legislature. S.B. 2654 marked the second ...
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At this year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, XIKAR will show off a new lighter: Turismo. Skip Martin of RoMa Craft Tobac leaked a picture of the new lighter last night, showing a rendering of a RoMa Craft-branded version. The picture appears to show a symmetrical lighter with a large ...
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A Minneapolis, Minn. suburb is the latest to join the Tobacco 21 movement. On Monday night, the Shoreview City Council unanimously approved a proposal to make raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21-years-old by a 5-0 vote, according to a report by Fox9.com. It does not criminalize ...
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