Turns out, Crowned Heads offered two new cigars to retailers at TAA 2018. This week, Crowned Heads will ship the Four Kicks Maduro Lancero LE 2018 to retailers who placed orders at the 2018 Tobacconists’ Association of America Meeting & Convention in late April. The 7 1/2 x 38 uses ...
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Les Mann will now lead the salesforce of XIKAR and Quality Importers. Mann, a longtime veteran of cigar accessories, has joined Quality Importers as the new evp of sales. He will oversee the company’s joint salesforces, including XIKAR which QI purchased earlier this year. He most recently held the same ...
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The second batch of Black Works Studio’s Sindustry is shipping to stores. It once again will be offered in three sizes, using a Mexican San Andrés maduro wrapper over a Nicaraguan habano binder and Nicaraguan fillers. “This vintage of Sindustry is the perfect balance between strength and flavor,” said James ...
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A.J. Fernández has informed retailers that it has discontinued the San Lotano Oval line. Emails sent to retailers stated the company wants to avoid confusion between the San Lotano Requiem and the Oval. The Oval was introduced 2011 using an Ecuadorian habano 2000 wrapper over Honduran and Nicaraguan fillers. A ...
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Oettinger Davidoff AG has announced its revenue for 2017: CHF 501 million ($508 million). The company claims its down 1 percent, though last year’s revenue was CHF 595 million. Oettinger Davidoff AG is a private company and as such, it is not required to disclose any financial information. “As the ...
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Oettinger Davidoff AG held a media event to coincide with its annual report and during the meeting, the company showed off its latest annual limited edition. The Davidoff Limited Edition 2019 Year of the Pig was expected to be the company’s limited edition for the year, the year of the ...
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In 2014, the cigar world was introduced to the idea of “found cigars,” cigars that had been either lost, tucked away, or simply forgotten about in factories throughout Central America and the Caribbean, by way of a new project called Impromptu that was launched by Robert Caldwell, Tony Bellato and ...
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Next month, Royal Agio Cigars USA will show off two new version of it Balmoral Añejo XO: one Connecticut, one oscuro. The Balmoral Añejo XO Connecticut uses a shade-grown wrapper from Connecticut, whereas the Oscuro uses a Mexican San Andrés wrapper. “It has taken us several years to find just the ...
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Enor International has announced a pair of new lighters under its Techno Torch brand as it continues to roll out new and updated designs for the summer. The first, the 21621, is a wind-resistant dual torch lighter that comes with a single action ignition, visible fuel window, and slide-out punch ...
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Habanos S.A. is updating the bands for Quintero, a lower-priced offering. Christoph Puszkar, the marketing director for 5th Avenue—the German distributor of Cuban cigars—tweeted a picture of the new bands. I just found out: #habanos budget brand #Quintero has a newly designed band (on the right) pic.twitter.com/Kg93dxX63X — Christoph A. ...
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Joya de Nicaragua’s 2018 TAA release is heading to stores. Last week, the company has begun shipping the Joya de Nicaragua Antaño Gran Reserva Presidente, a 6 3/4 x 50 toro extra. It’s the company’s exclusive release for retail members of the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA). The TAA is a ...
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A new spin on Drew Estate’s Kentucky Fire Cured line has begun appearing at a handful of retailers around the country ahead of a larger release at next month’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show. The company has not disclosed any specifics about the line, though information gathered from retailers listing ...
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For the first time ever, HVC will use a broadleaf wrapper. It’s being featured on a new cigar, aptly called HVC First Selection Limited Edition Broadleaf, which uses a Connecticut broadleaf viso wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan fillers from AGANORSA. The HVC Limited Edition Broadleaf is offered in two sizes—Short ...
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Davidoff’s Vault Series will get another release this Friday. It’s called Paragon, a 6 x 52 toro, that uses tobaccos from three countries. The wrapper is from the Dominican Republic, described as Hybrid 253, while the binder is Mexican San Andrés. There are five different fillers, four from the Dominican ...
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This is the year of anniversaries. For Villiger Cigars, it’s the 130th anniversary of the Swiss company. In celebration of that, the company said it wanted to “push the envelope and create a legacy cigar,” and that cigar is La Vencedora. It’s a three-size line using entirely Nicaraguan tobacco with a ...
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While we don’t know what the cigars will be, some details about Habanos S.A.’s plans for 2019 have emerged. According to a source with direct knowledge of the plans, the Cuban cigar monopoly will designate 33 new cigars as part of its 2019 program. Seven of those cigars will be ...
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Colibri has promoted Marty Faust to become the company’s new vp of U.S. flame division, effectively immediately. Faust joined Colibri in 2016 as the distributor and chain account manager after a long tenure at Altadis U.S.A. “Our vision is to offer the highest quality tobacco accessories wherever the consumer shops. We ...
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At next month’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Royal Agio will add a new value-priced brand in the form of San Pedro de Macorís. The new line, named after the Dominican city of San Pedro de Macorís—where Royal Agio’s handmade cigars are made—will be offered in both Brazil and Ecuador. The San Pedro ...
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The Supreme Court has ruled states can require online retailers to collect sales tax even if they have no physical presence in a state, a move that will affect cigar retailers. Internet retailers had long chosen to not charge sales tax based on a 1992 ruling from the Supreme Court. ...
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Black Label Trading Co. is sending a new store exclusive, the Ligero Hawaii, to R. Field Wine Co. in Hawaii next month. It’s a 5 1/2 x 52 robusto that uses a Pennsylvania broadleaf wrapper, Nicaraguan habano binder and fillers from Nicaragua, with production handled at Fabrica Oveja Negra in Estelí, Nicaragua. ...
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