I’ve heard it said that when you get to a certain age, you celebrate every birthday, because you never know when it might be the last. In the case of a retail store, there is still some truth to it, but in the case of Federal Cigar, celebrating every anniversary ...
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Supporters of a bill to increase the minimum age to purchase tobacco and tobacco alternatives products in Illinois had their hopes dashed yesterday when the state House of Representatives defeated a bill that had already passed the state Senate. SB 2332 had its third reading postponed on Tuesday, and while ...
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When the St. Peter City Council first voted on a proposal to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21-years-old in April, it failed to gain passage by way of a 3-3 tie in the vote with one member of the council absent. On Tuesday, the ...
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Tomorrow, the fifth size of HVC La Rosa 520 will begin shipping to retailers. This time, it will be the Favoritos, a 6 1/4 x 42 lonsdale. Like the rest of the line, it is is a Nicaraguan puro using all Jalapa tobacco including a corojo 99 wrapper. Production is ...
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Cornelius & Anthony will be adding a box-pressed line. At the 2018 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, the company will show off The Gent, a new four-size line. It uses an Ecuadorian wrapper over an American binder and fillers from Honduras and Nicaragua. Four sizes are being offered, though pricing ...
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In early 2012—less than a year after the line formally made its debut—Drew Estate released the first extension to its Undercrown blend. It was a cigar designed for the connoisseurs. The Undercrown Corona ¡Viva! used a modified version of the regular Undercrown blend, designed to be stronger, and placed it in ...
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There is The Gent, and there will also be The Mistress. Cornelius & Anthony’s second new line for the 2018 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show is called The Mistress. It uses an Ecuadorian habano wrapper over an American binders and fillers from Pennsylvania. It is offered in the same four ...
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Just a day after it seemed that a bill in the Illinois House of Representatives seeking to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco and tobacco alternative products to 21-years-old didn’t have the votes to pass, supporters managed to wrangle the necessary number of votes to pass it by a ...
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Two years after the original Bellas Artes debuted, A.J. Fernández will add a Maduro version. At the 2018 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, the company will show off the Bellas Artes Maduro. It uses a Brazilian mata fina wrapper over a Mexican San Andrés binder and fillers grown on Fernández’s farms in ...
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At the 2013 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Tarazona Cigars displayed a handful of brands from a relatively unknown company called Cubanacan. One of them was Soneros, which the company said it was making in Nicaragua. No one really could have predicted how complicated the brand’s story would get. In short, ...
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The Tatuaje Little Boris will be released again. Over the weekend, Pete Johnson posted a picture of an unbanded Little Boris. Johnson told halfwheel the cigar would return, but declined to talk details. In 2012, the company released 500 boxes of The Little Boris as an exclusive for Corona Cigar Co. ...
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Last year, Davidoff released six of Eladio Diaz’s birthday blends to retailers as part of the company’s Master Selection Series honoring its master blender. Now, there are 15 more cigars coming under the name. They are called Master Blend Selection 1, Master Blend Selection 2, etc. A total of 15 ...
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Patoro Cigars has announced that Andrew Brennan has joined the company as its new director of U.S. operations. Brennan will oversee the company’s sales objectives, retail partner relationships and the overall brand image in the country, according to a press release from Patoro. He will report to Patrik Martin and ...
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Two very familiar brands will soon be appearing on cigar accessories from The Lotus Group/Integral Logistics, as today the company has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Lifestyle Brands, LLC to bring the Margaritaville and LandShark brands to cigar cutters, lighters, ashtrays and cases, with the items ...
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While Maya Selva’s Villa Zamorano Reserva isn’t a new cigar, it will be new to U.S. consumers when they see it on store shelves this summer. The line was originally—and quietly—launched at the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, with shipping to European retailers beginning at the end of 2016. ...
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When I was in college I had a problem. I had spent a fair bit of money on cigars, it was spring and the central air conditioning wasn’t keeping my dorm room below 74 degrees, a temperature at the edge of the temperature range where tobacco beetles become a threat. ...
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As you have likely heard by now, Joya de Nicaragua is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and like any good cigar company would do, the company is releasing some new cigars in celebration. One of the first to get released isn’t for sale however. The event-only Joya de Nicaragua ...
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The next time you pick up a box of Maya Selva cigars, you’ll likely notice an updated design as the company has started shipping an updated packaging design to its worldwide network of retailers in light of the growing requirement for warning stickers. As the company currently has retailers in 30 ...
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It is the year of anniversaries. As I noted last weekend, there are multiple major brands celebrating their 50th anniversary, companies celebrating 130 and 200 years and a plethora of smaller milestones. One of those is VegaFina, which celebrates its 20th anniversary. It was founded by Tabacalera S.A.—a precursor to ...
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Cigar News A.J. Fernández Adding Bellas Artes Maduro Andrew Brennan Joins Patoro Cigars as Director of U.S. Operations Cornelius & Anthony Adding the Gent Davidoff Add Master Blend Selection Series HVC Shipping La Ros 520 Favoritos Lotus Group Announces Landshark, Margaritaville Branded Accessories Maya Selva Updates Packaging Powstanie SBC 18 ...
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