A.J. Fernandez New World Brute
As part of the build-up to the incredibly popular Texas Cigar Fest held this past April, A.J. Fernandez and Serious Cigars announced a new regular production store exclusive vitola that would make its...
View ArticlePDR Cigars Hires Robbie Streitz as National Sales Manager
Abe Flores has announced that he has hired a new national sales manager for PDR Cigars, Robbie Streitz. “I’m extremely happy with my choice for national sales manager,” Flores told halfwheel. “I know...
View ArticleDavidoff Adding New Las Vegas Cigar Bar
The Davidoff retail expansion plan in the U.S. has another new location, although it’s in a rather familiar area. Las Vegas will be getting another Davidoff of Geneva – since 1911 location, the seventh...
View ArticleSen. Blumenthal Wants New FDA Tobacco Regulations By End of Summer
As the cigar industry awaits FDA’s new guidelines for the regulation of the products they make, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., wants to put a timeline on that announcement being made. Yesterday,...
View ArticleNew Orleans Cigar Bar Gets Exemption
Amidst a busy round of exemptions to the city’s zoning ordinance voted on yesterday, the New Orleans City Council passed a revised amendment that will seemingly allow La Habana Hemingway to remain...
View ArticleScrewpop Cigar Cutter
Almost one year ago to the day, Screwpop Tools announced it would be releasing a new cigar cutter to go with its already existing Cigar Punch. Made entirely of stainless steel except for the brass...
View ArticleClatsop County, Ore. Passes Ban On Tobacco in Parks
The Clatsop County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously this week to ban smoking, tobacco and electronic cigarette use in county parks. Marijuana was also included in the ban. According to the...
View ArticleAmherst, Mass. Increases Tobacco Purchase Age to 21
It took a year longer than some had hoped, but the Amherst, Mass. Board of Health has voted to increase the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21-years-old. The board voted unanimously...
View ArticleMaplewood, Minn. Enacts New Tobacco Rules
A number of tobacco-sales changes are coming to Maplewood, Minn. as the city’s board of health passed a series of regulations at its May meeting. One that could likely affect premium cigar stores is...
View ArticleE.P. Carrillo La Historia Regalias d’Celia
There’s a new E.P. Carrillo La Historia coming at this year’s IPCPR Convention Trade Show, but apparently just one. E.P. Carrillo confirmed to halfwheel that the Regalias d’Celia (5 7/8 x 58 belicoso)...
View ArticleUlster County, N.Y. Passes New Tobacco Retailer Rules
In an attempt to keep tobacco products away from children, legislators in Ulster County, N.Y. have passed a new law requiring that all retailers maintain both a state and local license to sell tobacco,...
View ArticleInca Secret Blend Tambo
Originally launched in 2012 by Mitchell Orchant, the managing director of C. Gars Ltd in the U.K., Inka Secret Blend Cigars are Peruvian puros that are produced at Tabacalera del Oriente in Peru....
View ArticleDanvers, Mass. Increase Tobacco Purchase Age
Add Danvers to the list of more than 50 cities and towns in Massachusetts that have increased the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21-years-old, as the city’s board of health improved the...
View ArticleSonoma, Calif. Will Vote on Prohibiting New Tobacco Retailers
If you were thinking of opening up a cigar shop in Sonoma, Calif. in the near future, the Sonoma City Council could very well alter those plans. At its next meeting on Monday, May 18, the council is...
View ArticleViaje Exclusivo Double R
It’s been a busy year for Viaje, not necessarily in terms of new releases—although that’s not to say that it’s been slow in that department—but more in terms of the company’s development. Andre Farkas...
View ArticleRamón Allones Caprichos (ER Spain 2014)
Once again I find myself reviewing another Edición Regional from Habanos, S.A., and once again it is a familiar marca – Ramón Allones. For its 10th year of existence, the Edición Regional program once...
View ArticleWeekly News (May 18, 2015)
Cigar News Caldwell Last Tsar Ships Chinnock Cellars XOXO Slated for IPCPR 2015 Crux Classic Corona Gorda Heads to Elite Cigar Cafe Davidoff Announces Las Vegas Cigar Bar Drew Estate Pope of Greenwich...
View ArticleAlec Bradley Black Market Filthy Hooligan (2014)
Last year marked the second year of Alec Bradley’s St. Patrick Day themed cigar, the Black Market Filthy Hooligan. The annual limited edition has not been without its side stories, as when it debuted...
View ArticleEugene, Ore. Considering Downtown Smoking Ban
In hopes of seeing smoking banned in all public places, Councilor Greg Evans is asking the Eugene City Council to look into banning smoking in the city’s downtown area. On Wednesday, the City Council...
View ArticleEspinosa’s Laranja Line Adding Box Pressed Caixa at IPCPR
One year after unveiling the Laranja Reserva line, Espinosa Premium Cigars will be adding a fourth vitola at this year’s trade show, the box pressed 6 1/2 x 48 Caixa. Pronounced ky-sha, the word means...
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