La Flor Dominicana Plans Exclusive for Corona’s Cigars and Cars Event
Next month, Corona Cigar Co. will hosts its Cigars & Cars event and La Flor Dominicana will be making a cigar just for the event. The exclusive is a 6 x 54 box-pressed cigar with an Ecuadorian...
View ArticlePortraits: Erik Espinosa
He’s been a sales representative, a retailer and a brand owner. Now, Erik Espinosa owns his own factory and is distributing cigars for other people. In short, he’s done it all. Espinosa’s career began...
View ArticleCasa Turrent Serie 1901 Torpedo
There are a few names that are so strongly associated to a specific type of tobacco. You say Meerapfel, I think Cameroon. And when you say Turrent, I—and many others—think of Mexican tobacco. For well...
View ArticleArturo Fuente Don Carlos Eye of the Shark
This year Carlos Fuente Sr. turned 80-years-old. It also marked the 30th birthday for his eponymous brand, Don Carlos. To celebrate the occasion, Arturo Fuente is releasing two cigars: the Don Carlos...
View ArticleMultnomah County, Ore. to Consider Numerous Tobacco Policy Changes (Update)
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 ArticleHVC Vieja Cosecha No.2
Into its third year, HVC Cigars released its second special limited release, the Vieja Cosecha No.2. The first iteration, the Vieja Cosecha No.1, was shown off at the 2014 IPCPR Trade Show and...
View ArticleMy Father Churchill
Earlier this year, a new churchill vitola in the My Father Cigars core line began showing up at Thompson Cigar, the Tampa, Fla. retailer who is best known for its online presence and rather persistent...
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Cigar News ACID Supercell Heading to Fogue & Bates as Exclusive Chogüí Primeraño Planned for Anniversary Crowned Heads Ships The-Mason Dixon Project-Limited Edition 2015 Davidoff Shipping Year of...
View ArticleTatuaje Black Label AFC
Just about a year ago, Tatuaje and Ambassador Fine Cigars in Scottsdale, Ariz. released a rather unique cigar: the Tatuaje Black Label AFC, the first store exclusive version of the highly-regarded...
View ArticleSan Cristobal Ovation Shipping Nationally
The latest Nicaraguan limited edition from Ashton Distributors, Inc. is heading to stores nationwide. This week, the company is shipping the San Cristobal Ovation, a 6 1/2 x 52 Mexican San Andrés...
View ArticleNovember Box of Quesada España Petit Belicoso Heads to McCoy’s Fine Cigars
Once again, a box of Quesada Selección España Petit Belicosos will head to Houston, Texas. This time a 100-count box will head to McCoy’s Fine Cigars (713.222.1700). It’s the 11th of 12 planned boxes...
View ArticleLa Flor Dominicana Football Special Edition Returns
Last year, La Flor Dominicana introduced the Football Special Edition, a cigar that seemed clearly made for the Super Bowl, which was hosted in Glendale, Ariz. This year, the Super Bowl will be held at...
View ArticleErnesto’s Humidor Arriving in Stores
Ernesto’s Humidor is now in retail humidors. At this year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, E.P. Carrillo showed off a trio of new releases under the name Ernesto’s Humidor. The premise behind the...
View ArticleFuente Ships Don Carlos Personal Reserve Robusto
First it was the Eye of the Shark, now it’s the robusto’s turn. Last week, retailers began receiving the Don Carlos Personal Reserve Robusto, the second of two planned limited editions from Arturo...
View ArticleColibri Ships New S-Cut Cutter
Colibri has begun shipping its latest cutter, the S-Cut. It might look familiar. The design is nearly identical to the company’s V-Cut cutter, only instead of a reverse v-cut, the S-cut features a...
View ArticleGurkha Ships Cellar Reserve Platinum
Gurkha has begun shipping the final installment of its Cellar Reserve line, as the Cellar Reserve Platinum is on its way to retailers this week after making its debut at the 2015 IPCPR Convention &...
View ArticleCasper, Wy. Voters Bring Back Full Smoking Ban
On Tuesday night voters in Casper, Wy. approved a full smoking ban, picking the harshest and most anti-smoking option presented to them in a special election, bringing what should be an end to a debate...
View ArticleFarmington, Mo. Voters Approve Smoking Ban
While the Farmington City Council gave its approval to a smoking ban in and around most buildings earlier this summer, it was voters who would have the final say, and on Tuesday they said yes....
View ArticleArango Lands ACID Chi-Town Exclusive
Drew Estate’s recent run of exclusive cigars has a new addition: an ACID made for distributor Arango Cigar Co. The ACID Chi-Town is a 5 x 50 Cameroon-wrapped cigar with Nicaraguan fillers. Each cigar...
View ArticleTatuaje TAA 2015
In 2011, Tatuaje released the first of what would end up being an ongoing exclusive annual release for members of the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA), appropriately named the Tatuaje TAA...
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