Bespoke Cigars is going into the humidor business. More specifically, the company is going into the accessory space with a new brand called Dubara Palace Collection, which will debut with a trio of humidors. The Bespoke Humidor Collection includes three humidors, all produced by Nils Langhoff, a Munich-based woodworker. Bespoke will bring the ...
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In recent years, the list of holidays and festive days without a cigar continues to dwindle, and one of the most recent to come off the board was one that seems surprising to have stayed around as it did, Father’s Day. In 2016 Ventura Cigar launched a series of events ...
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Enki Cigars and its associated retail store, Origins Cigars, has a new home. Karel Martinez, president of Enki Cigars, told halfwheel that he was able to complete the move just before the Independence Day holiday, with July 4th celebrated at the new location. In addition to being the home of the brand ...
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The Grupo de Maestros are putting their signatures on another brand. At this week’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Altadis U.S.A. will unveil the H. Upmann Grupo de Maestros Connecticut. While the Grupo de Maestros—a name given to various heads of production within Imperial Brands plc’s premium cigar operations—techincally are responsible ...
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Daniel Marshall has announced a new series of humidors designed specifically for those who are fans of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. The Daniel Marshall Passion for Harley’s is a new series of humidors that incorporates a derby cover, a round plate that attaches to the side of the engine, into a humidor. Marshall ...
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El Artista Cigars has a new cigar featuring hybrids the company is growing themselves. The cigar is called Cimarron and it’s actually three different lines, though only two are being offered to the U.S. In the fillers are a variety of tobaccos, including T13, a hybrid developed by Ram Rodriguez—the ...
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Cigar News Altadis U.S.A. Adds H. Upmann Grupo de Maestros Connecticut Bespoke Humidor Collection Announced Bespoke Daughters of the Wind Small Batch Exclusive Arrives CLE Prieto Adding Box-Pressed Diadema CLE Expands Four Lines Colibri Adding Quasar Punch Crowned Heads Court Reserve XVIII Shipping This Fall Daniel Marshall Debuting 35th Anniversary ...
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There are two new Liga Privadas coming. Drew Estate will release Liga Privada 10 Aniversario and Liga Privada H99, the first two new Liga Privada lines since 2010. The company is expected to show off the cigars later this week at the 2018 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show in Las ...
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Electric lighters, skeleton cutters, $3,000 humidors—they’re all coming to this week’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, but do we want to use? Join Brooks Whittington and I (Charlie Minato) as we go over the top five cigar accessories each of us want to try at the 2018 IPCPR Convention & ...
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Drew Estate’s Undercrown Dogma, a box-pressed 6 x 56 toro gordo that came out in April 2014, is getting a wider release this year as the company has announced it will be made available to all Drew Estate Diplomat retailers. The cigar was originally created with Cigar Dojo, an online ...
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The third release in Altadis U.S.A.’s Montecristo Artisan Series will be shown off later this week. It’s called the Montecristo Artisan Series III, a 6 1/4 x 52 belicoso, made entirely of Dominican tobacco. The company says every leaf in the Artisan Series III is selected by three members of ...
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Quality Importers Trading Company is adding six new humidor designs to its portfolio that will all make their debut at the upcoming IPCPR Convention & Trade Show. The company is expanding its Humidor Supreme collection with six new humidors, which is completely lined with premium kiln-dried Spanish cedar and feature ...
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A couple years ago Karl Malone was at the Procigar festival in the Dominican Republic. Now the NBA legend is entering the cigar business. Malone recently launched a retail store, Legends Cigar and Vape, in Ruston La., where Malone owns a variety of restaurants. Ruston is also the home to Louisiana ...
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A few years ago Total Flame released a cigar with Russian tobacco, now it’s a got a cigar with tobacco from Iran. The cigar is aptly called Persia, a single 6 x 52 vitola that uses a Connecticut wrapper over an Ecuadorian Sumatra binder and fillers from Iran, Nicaragua and ...
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The Lotus Group has begun announcing its new products that will be shown off at the upcoming IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, and among its newer offerings is a triple flame torch lighter with a built in serrated blade v-cut cutter. The Duke V Serrated Cigar Cutter Lighter is an ...
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With the Independence Day holiday just in the rearview mirror, it seemed fitting to revisit a cigar I lit up just prior to last year’s July 4th celebrations, the Fratello Firecracker. If there’s one entity in the cigar industry that seems to have the firmest grasp on cigars for this ...
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In terms of cigar accessories, few things go together like a cutter, lighter and ashtray, and recognizing that, The Lotus Group has created the Cut & Light Station, a new accessory designed to bring the trio together. The ashtray measures 9 1/4 inches square by 1 1/2 inches deep and ...
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Matt Booth and Robert Caldwell are teaming up to release the sequel to Hit & Run, the aptly named Hit & Run Part Deux (Rip & Dip). It uses a habano wrapper from an undisclosed Central American country over a mixture of American, Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers. Production is being ...
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In addition to the recently announced Hit & Run Part Deux (Rip & Dip), Robert Caldwell and Matt Booth are bringing a line extension to The T., their project with Abdel Fernandez. Set to debut at this week’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, The T. Connecticut replaces the original line’s ...
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You got questions, we got answers. Charlie Minato will answer 20 reader questions regarding this week’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show. CLICK HERE to submit your questions. One question will be selected at random to win a prize from Drew Estate and Subculture Studios. Note, the contest is available on ...
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