Viaje Exclusivo Leaded Targeted for February
Late last year, Andre Farkas of Viaje indicated the company was working on a new extension to the Exclusivo line, Leaded. The cigar would differ from the normal Exclusivo line in that it would use...
View ArticleSindicato Emerges
The eponymous Sindicato line has emerged. Corona Cigar Co., a member of Sindicato, posted the first known photo of the cigar on its Instagram page earlier today. After a series of delays, the cigar is...
View ArticleLimited Toraño Vault Gold Nears Release
The upcoming Toraño Vault Gold VLE100 has emerged, with a predictably gold band. The limited edition event-only cigar will be a 6 x 60, limited to 100 boxes of nine cigars. Gabriel Pineres of Creativis...
View ArticlePress Release: Famous Smoke Shop Introduces Inferno Flashpoint Cigars
January 30, 2014 (Easton, Pa.) — Famous Smoke Shop is a leading online distributor of discounted premium cigars. The company specializes in offering the web’s widest selection of cigars at the lowest...
View ArticleRoom101 Master Collection Two Ships
The Room101 Master Collection Two has begun shipping to retailers according to the company. While the cigar is still late from its original 2013 scheduled release, it’s earlier than Matt Booth thought...
View ArticleAlec Bradley Prensado DeSocio
Tom Sullivan’s DeSocio series is getting quite populated. First, it was simply the Alec Bradley Tempus, then there was the Flor de las Antillas DeSocio, then the Oliva Serie V Melanio DeSocio and now,...
View ArticleWalnut Creek, Calif. Expands Smoking Ban
Some sidewalks, golf courses and single-family homes. That is the list of places where smoking is still allowed in Walnut Creek, Calif. after the city’s latest extension to its smoking ban went into...
View ArticlePress Release: NATO Files Lawsuit Over New York City Over Tobacco Discount Law
January 30, 2014 — Today, NATO, the New York Association of Convenience Stores, the Bodega Association of the United States, along with Lorillard Tobacco Company, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Inc.,...
View ArticleWinner: The Newsletter (December 2013)
In a few minutes, the January edition of The Newsletter is coming out, finally. The winner of the second grab bag is baalvik@****.com. If that’s you please read this and contact us. If you haven’t...
View ArticleIcons of Cigars: Rocky Patel
Ask anyone who the hardest working man in the cigar business is, and odds are one of the names you will hear most often is Rocky Patel. In addition to running one of the largest cigar companies in the...
View ArticleCigar Taxes Could be Coming to Pennsylvania
The days of cigars not being assessed an additional tax could be coming to an end in Pennsylvania if a proposal by a group of state senators comes to pass. The Democratic backed plan would institute an...
View ArticleIllusione Rex
Dion Giolito’s first business in the cigar world was not Illusione, it was in retail. It’s one that he still carries on today with a shop in Reno, Nev. called FUMARE. As you might expect, FUMARE...
View ArticlePrice Increase Coming For San Lotano
A.J. Fernandez Cigars will be raising prices of its San Lotano core lines due to the increasing tobacco costs. Spence Drake, the company’s national sales manager, told halfwheel the San Lotano...
View ArticleMatilde Renacer Corona (Prerelease)
The wait for José Seijas to officially return to the cigar industry seems to finally be over, as Matilde Cigar Company has announced that they are set to begin shipping their first cigar, the Matilde...
View ArticleLa Flor Dominicana Mickey Blake’s Edición Exclusiva
On December 4, 2013, Connecticut-based Mickey Blake’s started selling the final La Flor Dominicana single store exclusive blend for 2013. Named the La Flor Dominicana Mickey Blake’s Edición Exclusiva,...
View ArticlePaul Stulac Expects Price Decrease in 2014
While most of the cigar industry has been holding firm or slightly raising prices on their products going into 2014, Paul Stulac Cigars is bucking the trend and expects to lower prices in the near...
View ArticleLeccia Sampler Taking Shape
The long-awaited Leccia Tobacco sampler is starting to take shape. During last month’s Toraño sales meeting, Leccia tweeted pictures of various parts of the sampler, although he told hlafwheel he still...
View ArticleThe Newsletter (January 2014)
Here is the Newsletter for January 2014. It includes an interesting note about our proposed posting schedule, the first look at Brooks Whittington’s portrait of Rocky Patel and selected reviews, deals...
View ArticleAnn Arbor, Mich. Smoking Ban Proposed
Monday night, the Ann Arbor City Council will have a first reading of a proposed smoking ban. It is expected that the proposed law will ban smoking at city parks, bus stops, city buildings and...
View ArticleParis, Texas Weighs Smoking Ban
As early as this month, the Paris City Council will decide on the future of smoking in bars and restaurants in the small Texas town, a move the mayor has already come out against. It will have a final...
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