Weekly News (Sept. 28, 2015)
Cigar News Chogúí Coming to the U.S. Crowned Heads Adding Four Kicks Lancero for STOGIES D’Crossier Imperium Class Vintage Wide Toro Announced Foundation Ships El Güegüense Nate McIntyre Announces...
View ArticlePDR Cigars Adds Frankie Santos as Marketing Director
PDR Cigars is continuing to grow. The company has announced that Frankie Santos has been appointed its new marketing director. The news comes less than six months after it added Robbie Streitz as its...
View ArticleAngelenos Limited Edition 2009 Robusto Gordo JM
In October 2011, Prometheus released a limited edition version of its Angelenos blend in conjunction with actor Joe Mantegna. Dubbed the Angelenos Limited Edition 2009 Robusto Gordo JM, the 5 1/2 x 54...
View ArticlePortraits: Glen Case
In 2004, Glen Case started his Exclusive Cigars brand. If you’ve ever been to an event with Case, you know his stories. He used to work in the banking industry, but decided to leave in order to sell...
View ArticleNeanderthal HoxD
Contrary to what you see when you walk in your local retailer’s humidor, there is a demand for smaller vitolas, and companies are responding to that, including RoMa Craft Tobac, who has created a...
View ArticleCrowned Heads Ships Jericho Hill 12 Honest Men
The Jericho Hill lancero is on its way to retailers. The eagle has landed…shipping nationwide 2morrow–#JerichoHill #12HonestMen #lancero #cigars #CrownedHeads #CYOP pic.twitter.com/X2nWusHdpI — Jon...
View ArticleZino Graphic Leaf Humidors Debut in Europe
At this month’s InterTabac trade fair in Dortmund, Germany, Davidoff of Geneva showed off a new line of humidors for its Zino brand. The Zino Graphic Leaf humidors are the company’s attend at a more...
View ArticleBolivar Belgravia Nears Release
In June, Hunters & Frankau, the U.K.’s importer of Cuban cigars, held a party to celebrate the release of the Ramón Allones Hunters & Frankau Aniversario 225, a cigar made for the company’s...
View ArticleCrossfire Cigars Shipping Library Series Third Edition
When Crossfire Cigars announced its new three chapter Library Series, it wasn’t known exactly when the final edition of the three-cigar trilogy would ship, other than sometime in the mid to late fall....
View ArticleBill to Raise Tobacco Purchase Age to 21 Introduced in U.S. Senate
A bill to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21-years-old nationwide has been introduced in the United States Senate, and it comes from a senator whose state recently passed a similar...
View ArticleViaje Collaboration 2015 Released
The last of Viaje’s releases from this year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show has made its way to stores. Multiple retailers confirmed to halfwheel that the Viaje Collaboration 2015 is now on sale....
View ArticleBolívar Poderosos (ER Belux 2013)
In 2010, Habanos S.A. released the Bolívar Gran Belicoso as part of the Colección Habanos series, a high-priced and highly sought-after limited edition series that sees the Cuban cigar monopoly release...
View ArticleUK’s Ban on Smoking in Cars with Children Present Starts Today
Starting today, it will be a crime in Britain and Wales to smoke in a vehicle with anyone under 18 present, with fines starting at £50 for violators. The new law has a number of exemptions and...
View ArticlePerdomo Begins Shipping Habano Bourbon Barrel-Aged Today
Perdomo Cigars is releasing its latest creation to retailers today, telling halfwheel that the Perdomo Habano Bourbon Barrel-Aged is now shipping. The new line, which comes in three wrapper versions...
View ArticleThompson Lands Quesada Oktoberfest Präsident
It’s Oktoberfest and now there’s another Oktoberfest cigar. Quesada has created an exclusive size of its Oktoberfest blend for Tampa, Fla.-based Thompson Cigar. The new size is the Oktoberfest...
View ArticleCasa Fernández Ships Aniversario 2015
On Monday, Casa Fernández began shipping its limited edition release for the year, Aniversario 2015. It’s available in two different sizes: Voleur, a 7 1/2 x 40 box-pressed lancero, and L.F. Celines,...
View ArticlePinar Del Rio Dark Harvest 2012 San Andrés
In December 2014, Pinar Del Rio shipped a new exclusive blend to Tampa, Fla.-based Thompson Cigars. Named Dark Harvest Maduro 2012, 6 x 52 toro was initially limited to a 5,000 cigar order, but it is...
View ArticleTatuaje Announces Unlucky 13 Retailers for 2015 Monster Series
The Unlucky 13 list for 2015 is out. As has become tradition, Pete Johnson of Tatuaje Cigars has announced—via his private Saints & Sinners forum—the list of retailers who will receive dress boxes...
View ArticleDignity Slates Dignidad Elite Reserva & Iceberg Slim for November
Last year, Dignity Cigars announced that it would celebrate its fifth anniversary with a cigar named the Dignidad Elite Reserva. The cigar, which is a Costa Rican puro, was originally slated for two...
View ArticleSosa Half Century
Fifty years in the cigar business is certainly something to celebrate, and for Antillian Cigar Corporation, the party is spanning two years. In 2014, the company released the Sosa 50th Anniversary...
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