Rocky Patel Twentieth Anniversary Ships
The latest from Rocky Patel Premium Cigars is on its way to stores. Last week, the company began shipping the Rocky Patel Twentieth Anniversary, a cigar that commemorates company founder Rocky Patel’s...
View ArticleLitto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 6 Slated for December
The wait is almost for the newest Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch. In December, La Flor Dominicana expects to begin shipping the Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 6, the latest version of the company’s...
View ArticleGrandview Heights, Ohio Won’t Criminalize Possession of Tobacco
When the city of Grandview Heights, Ohio increased the minimum age to purchase tobacco and other nicotine delivery products last month, it also made possession of those products by persons under...
View ArticleDavidoff Plans Exclusive Cigar for New Tampa Store
Later this year, the largest Davidoff-branded store will open in Tampa, Fla. and as with the rest of its new stores, there will be an exclusive cigar. For Tampa, the cigar is a 6 x 52 belicoso with an...
View ArticleProposed FDA Cigar Regulations Move to OMB
The date when smokers find out whether or not the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) will regulate the cigar industry is getting closer and what is likely the most important part of the process...
View ArticleLa Flor Dominicana La Nox
La Flor Dominicana’s Tony Gomez has had a successful run over the last few years. After training in both the U.S. and the Dominican Republic, Litto Gomez let the younger Gomez begin to take charge of...
View ArticleViaje Renames Collaboration to Juntos
Viaje’s Collaboration is getting a name change. In an interview, company founder Andre Farkas told Cigar Insider that the company has found a fourth, undisclosed, factory to work with for the next...
View ArticleFratello Announces Boxer Series
Last year’s limited Fratello Boxer is back and now with friends. Omar de Frias has announced the box-pressed version of the company’s debut Fratello line will be back as part of a new limited edition...
View ArticleHillsdale, N.J. To Consider Tobacco Purchase Age Increase
The borough of Hillsdale, N.J. could be the next municipality to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, as the borough council has introduced a bill to raise the minimum purchasing age...
View ArticleThree Massachusetts Towns Increase Tobacco Purchase Age to 21
The trio of Lee, Lenox and Stockbridge, Mass. have agreed to increase the minimum age to purchase tobacco products and electronic cigarettes to 21-years-old, as the Tri Town Boards of Health approved...
View ArticleQuesada Oktoberfest Das Brauhaus
At the 2015 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show, Quesada introduced not one, but two brand new vitolas in the Oktoberfest line, which originally debuted back in 2011: the Double Bock, a 7 x 47 churchill...
View ArticleMultnomah County, Ore. to Consider Numerous Tobacco Policy Changes
Oregon’s largest county has announced plans to consider a number of tobacco policy changes, including increase the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21-years-old and requiring...
View ArticleGriffin’s Nicaragua Launching in Europe
Shortly before the 2015 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show in July there were murmurs of a new Griffin’s Nicaragua, but ultimately Davidoff of Geneva USA said the project was on hold because of the...
View ArticleCleveland County, Okla. Passes Smoking Ban on County Property
To ring in 2016, Cleveland County, Okla. will bring an end to smoking on county property after commissioners approved passage of the Cleveland County Smoking Policy at their meeting on Monday. While...
View ArticleIllusione Fume D’Amour Juniperos
While Illusione’s portfolio is certainly sizable and could take up a fair amount of space in most retail humidors, Dion Giolito isn’t known for just cranking out new releases, which is why when he does...
View ArticleSteve Ysidron Sues House of Emilio
On Tuesday, Steve Ysidron, the owner of the Epicurean cigar brand, filed suit against his former distributor, House of Emilio. In the complaint, filed at the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court of Florida...
View ArticleSenators Push for Quicker Action on Proposed FDA Regulations
Yesterday, 11 Democratic senators sent a letter to Shaun Donovan, the director of White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pushing for a quick decision from the agency regarding its review...
View ArticleWarped Ships Corto
If you’ve been waiting on Warped’s newest line, it’s now on its way to stores. Kyle Gellis of Warped told halfwheel that Corto will begin shipping today. The new release is a Nicaraguan puro made at...
View ArticleLas Mareas (4 1/2 x 48)
When it comes to regular production cigars, Crowned Heads has had a fairly predictable approach: one per year, introduced at the IPCPR Convention & Trade Show each summer. That all went out the...
View ArticleDon Pepin Garcia Original Demi-Tasse To Add Six-pack
Next month, fans of the Don Pepin Garcia Original Demi-Tasse will be able to get the small cigar in a six-pack soft pack format, adding a more convenient option to the existing 30-count boxes in which...
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