Ohio Senate Moving Forward With Proposed Budget, Capped Cigar Tax Change
Last night, the Ohio Senate Finance Committee passed an over 4,000-page version of the proposed two-year $71.3 billion operating budget, which would change the price of cigars in the state. Included in...
View ArticleRoom101 Ichiban Mutante Arrives at STOGIES
When Room101 announced its Ichiban Series, it seemed only fitting that if there was going to be a lancero, it would head to Houston, Texas. The store is STOGIES World Class Cigars, a retailer which has...
View ArticleDissident Bringing HOME to IPCPR 2015
No, they aren’t actually bringing a physical home. That being said, Dissident’s newest cigar is HOME, a single-size Honduran puro that will be limited in some capacity. The 6 x 54 cigar uses “mostly...
View ArticleLa Flor Dominicana Meaner Digger Returning to Tobacco Haven
In 2012, La Flor Dominicana took the big cigar market to new extremes, when it created a larger version of its already gigantic The Digger for a retailer in New Hampshire; now the extra large cigar is...
View ArticlePadrón 1964 Thompson 100th Anniversary Robusto (Maduro)
On the list of most-known cigar retailers in the world, Thompson and Company ranks highly. The Tampa-based retailer is one of the leading mail-order companies in the U.S. and is one of the older...
View ArticleJoya de Nicaragua Cuatro Cinco Reserva Especial Coming Later This Month
Joya de Nicaragua found enough success with the its 45th anniversary cigar that it’s coming back. The company has announced that it will be introducing the Cuatro Cinco Reserva Especial—a modified...
View ArticleOn The Road With the Camacho American Barrel-Aged Tour
Last year, Camacho set out to find a way to make its events interesting, something beyond the tired and uninspired “buy three, get one free” routine. Something beyond posters and hats. Something beyond...
View ArticleGeneral Cigar Honors 170 Years of Partagas With Aniversario
General Cigar Co. celebrated the 150th anniversary of Partagás with a Cameroon-wrapped cigar; it then celebrated the 160th anniversary of Partagás with a Cameroon-wrapped cigar and it will now...
View ArticlePadilla La Pilar Toro (Prerelease)
Like many cigar companies, Padilla Cigars has a number of cigars in the works for the 2015 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show happening in July, one of which is a new line called La Pilar. This new...
View ArticleLa Flor Dominicana Raising Prices Aug. 1
On Monday, La Flor Dominicana will inform retailers that it will raise prices on all of its cigars by 2.5 percent effective Aug. 1, 2015. The move is the first price increase since 2013 when the...
View ArticleHeritage by Dunhill Debuting at IPCPR 2015
Dunhill is off to Honduras for its latest release, something that is expected to be much fuller than its current line-up of offerings. At next month’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Heritage by...
View ArticlePortraits: Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr.
There are few people held by their peers in higher regard than Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr. The cigar maker, now in arguably his third chapter in the business, learned the trade from his father, Ernesto...
View ArticleProposal to Reverse Greenfield, Mass. Age Increase Fails
A Greenfield, Mass. city councilman hoping to reverse the upcoming increase in the minimum age to purchase tobacco products fell short in his effort, with the council voting 7-4 Wednesday night against...
View ArticleLotus Expanding Lighter Portfolio at IPCPR 2015
Integral Logistics (Lotus) has nearly a dozen new products for this year’s IPCPR Trade Show & Convention. While the company isn’t likely to reveal what exactly its new products looks like until...
View ArticleHawaii Governor Signs Tobacco Purchase Age Increase Bill
Gov. David Ige said he wanted to take enough time to ensure that the tobacco purchase age increase bill passed by the state’s legislature in April was properly vetted by his staff and that they could...
View ArticleWayne County, N.Y. Bans Smoking on County Property
Earlier this week, the Wayne County Board of Supervisors voted to prohibit the use of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes on county-owned and county-leased property. The ban also expands to...
View ArticleEditorial: On Four Years
I’m sitting at my computer—or at least I was when I wrote this—and I thought to myself, “it’s mid-to-late June, when did I start TheCigarFeed again?” Turns out, it was June 20, 2011. That’s when I...
View ArticleAlec Bradley Sanctum Robusto
During the 2014 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Alec Bradley teased a new regular production cigar still in progress that was being blended by Ralph Montero, the company’s executive vice-president....
View ArticleOhio Senate Moving Forward With Proposed Budget, Capped Cigar Tax Change...
Last night, the Ohio Senate Finance Committee passed an over 4,000-page version of the proposed two-year $71.3 billion operating budget, which would change the price of cigars in the state. Included in...
View ArticleCrux Passport Half Corona
Almost one year ago Crux Cigars announced it was expanding the Passport line with the Half Corona and the No.4 at the 2014 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show. Delays however caused them to only be...
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