The Lotus Group is giving several of its existing accessories new color options, giving consumers added choice when selecting their next cutter or lighter. If brightly colored lighters are your preference, the Lotus Orion is adding a shiny orange and black option. The lighter is a dual flame configuration with ...
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Drew Estate has announced a major update to its Herrera Estelí brand including two new lines and a packaging update to two of the existing line. The Herrera Estelí Brazilian Maduro uses a mata fina wrapper from Brazil over a Connecticut broadleaf binder and fillers from Nicaragua. Herrera Esteli Brazilian ...
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Hiram and Solomon Cigars has announced a new corona gorda size for its Shriner line, one of the company’s core offerings. The new cigar measures 5 1/2 x 42 and comes in the same blend as the other sizes in the line, with an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, Indonesian binder and ...
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A new gordo vitola is being added to Villiger’s La Vencedora line at this week’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show and will soon be on retail shelves. The cigar measures the now-standard 6 x 60 vitola and uses the same full-bodied blend as the rest of the line, meaning a ...
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Fans of affordable, triple and quad flame lighters will soon have three new options to consider as The Lotus Group has announced a pair of new designs being released under its Vertigo brand. Headlining the new releases is the Vertigo Tomahawk, with a full metal housing, single action ignition and ...
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At the upcoming IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Sindicato Cigars is planning on releasing its newest line, Cubico. The company has not announced pricing or the blend details, but Jim Colucci, ceo of Sindicato, told halfwheel that the cigar is being offered in four sizes: Cubico Corona (5 1/2 x 46) ...
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Arango Cigar Co. will be debuting a new value-priced cigar line called Nicarango at the upcoming IPCPR Convention & Trade Show. The handmade line is being produced at Nicaragua American Cigars S.A. (NACSA) in Estelí, using a filler blend of Dominican, Honduran and Nicaraguan leaves, which is then wrapped with ...
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Dapper Cigar Co.’s El Borracho line is getting a maduro version, and it will debut at the 2018 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, which runs from July 13 – 17 in Las Vegas, Nev. The cigar uses the original El Borracho’s blend as a base, but the company says it ...
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When Boveda introduced its Smart Sensor device it was priced at $50 and only sold through its online store. Now both are those things will change. Later this week, Boveda will begin to sell the Smart Sensor through other retailers. It’s now priced at $20, which includes a calibration kit. ...
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First the Entubar returned, now another one of Berger & Argenti’s former cigars will return. At this week’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, the company will reintroduce Fatso into the cigar market. It uses a Nicaraguan maduro wrapper over an Ecuadorian Sumatra binder and Nicaraguan fillers. It will be offered ...
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Drew Estate’s portfolio of Liga Privada is getting seven new cigars this week, as the company has announced three new sizes for both the Liga Privada No. 9 and T52 lines, as well as a new size in the Único Serie called Nasty Fritas that will soon be made available ...
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The Colibri Group is celebrating its 90th year in business this year, and as might be expected, producing a limited edition release as part of the festivities. The Colibri 90th anniversary set features the company’s signature V-Cut cutter and Rally lighter, each with designs celebrating the company’s founding and recognizing ...
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Hostos Fernández Quesada is the new general manager of Cigar Rings, a company that provides bands for cigar companies. Cigar Rings has operations in both the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua. Fernández Quesada will be based out of the Santiago, Dominican Republic facility, where he will oversee production, design and customer ...
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Brian Chinnock of Chinnock Cellars is set to unveil a new cigar geared towards the ladies at the upcoming IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, and it’s called Boudoir. His selection of a Connecticut wrapper, Nicaraguan binder and fillers from Nicaragua and Honduras, results in a mild to medium strength cigar, ...
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Last year, J.C. Newman Cigar Co. showed off the first cigar from its new sister company, Fourth Generation Cigar Co. Now, the all-American cigar is close to release. At this week’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show in Las Vegas, the company will show off—and presumably begin selling—The American, a cigar ...
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Last year, Prometheus showed off a Heaven and Earth Series that included special sizes of Fuente Fuente OpusX, now that series expands with more cigars and more humidors. There are three Heaven and Earth travel humidors, each packed with 10 cigars. Fuente Fuente OpusX Heaven and Earth 888 Especiale (6 ...
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There is a new Liga Privada. On Saturday, Drew Estate will show off the Liga Privada H99 Connecticut Corojo, the first new regular production Liga Privada line since 2009. The H99 Connecticut uses a corojo-seed leaf grown in the Connecticut River Valley. Underneath that is a Mexican San Andrés negro ...
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In a letter sent to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration on Wednesday, Senators Bill Nelson (D-Fla) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla), called on the agency to spare their state’s historic premium cigar industry from excessive regulation. The two Senators centered their argument around the distinction of premium cigars from other ...
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There’s a new line coming to the Hamlet Paredes portfolio. Liberation by Hamlet is a single 6 1/2 x 55 cigar with a one-inch shaggy foot. “At all my events, I roll all my cigars free hand,” said Paredes. “No molds. So for this new brand, I wanted to create ...
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Over the last three months, we’ve contacted, according to our records, exactly 200 cigar companies about what they have planned for the 2018 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, which begins its trade show tomorrow. There will be many new products and a few new faces, but there are some that ...
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