Suriel Toro Majestuoso Pigtail Edition
For as crowded as the American cigar market is, there are even more cigars that might never make it stateside, and that goes beyond Cuban cigars. One hotbed of brands yet to cross the waters as of late...
View ArticleAsk halfwheel: What is the Rating Formula?
We invite you, the reader, to ask questions. You can do it in the comments, on Facebook or Twitter or you can email us for our weekly segment: Ask halfwheel. Each Friday we tackle one of those...
View ArticleMoyaRuiz Ships Pickle Juice
St. Patrick’s Day is less than a week away and there’s another candela cigar. MoyaRuiz Cigars has announced that Pickle Juice, the company’s first candela cigar, has shipped. The Nicaragua puro comes...
View ArticleEpic Cigars Plans New Connecticut Blend for Spring
There’s a new addition to the Epic Cigars portfolio set to arrive next month. Dean Parsons has been working on a new Connecticut blend to join the company’s Corojo Reserva and Maduro Reserva lines. The...
View ArticleLa Aurora Releases Vintage 2006 111 Aniversario Master Case Series
After making an appearance at last year’s Procigar auction, the La Aurora Vintage 2006 111 Aniversario Master Case is on its way to stores. Miami Cigar & Co., the U.S. distributor for La Aurora,...
View ArticleLa Aurora 1961 & 1987 Ship
In addition to the high-priced La Aurora Vintage 2006 111 Aniversario Master Case, there are other new products from the Dominican’s oldest cigar factory heading to stores today. Miami Cigar & Co.,...
View ArticleColibri S-Cut
Two years after releasing the V-Cut, Colibri showed off a straight-cut version of the same cutter during the 2015 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show. Appropriately named the Colibri S-Cut, the new...
View ArticlePospiech Inc. to Distribute Fable
Just a month before its scheduled national debut, Fable Cigars has announced that it will be distributed by Pospiech Inc. Sean Kremenetski, one of the partners behind Fable Cigars, had originally...
View ArticleDavidus Releases Davidoff 20th Anniversary Exclusive
Add Davidus Cigars to the list of retailers participating in the Davidoff Anniversary Exclusive program for 2016. The big difference between the Maryland retailer and most the others? Its cigar is...
View ArticleBuenaventura Treas Heading to Finck’s Next Week
On March 15, the latest of Curivari’s Buenaventura line will be released in San Antonio. The new Finck Cigar Company exclusive: Buenaventura Treas! Named after our #1 Buenaventura salesman, Trea...
View ArticleGloucester Becomes 100th City in Massachusetts to Raise Tobacco Age
And then there were 100. On March 3, the Gloucester, Mass. board of health voted unanimously to increase the minimum age to purchase tobacco and nicotine delivery products from 18 to 21-years-old,...
View ArticleAlec Bradley Fine & Rare JRS10=(86) (2015)
It’s been a few years since I first reviewed the original Fine & Rare. The flagship cigar for Alec Bradley was noted for having seven different filler tobaccos, an interesting and informative band,...
View ArticleTalavera Edición Exclusiva 2015 Corona Gorda
In December 2015, Atlantic Cigar announced the impending release of a new annual collaboration with My Father Cigars. Named the Talavera Edición Exclusiva 2015 by My Father, the new blend was sold in...
View ArticleDallas Parks Smoking Ban Tabled
Smoking at Dallas parks and public golf courses will remain, for now. On Thursday, the Dallas Park and Recreation board tabled a vote that could have recommended the City Council to vote to ban smoking...
View ArticleWeekly News (March 14, 2016)
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View ArticleContest: Yargüera H. Upmann
Look around, in case you couldn’t tell Altadis U.S.A. has launched a new H. Upmann. The company sent us two boxes of the new Yargüera H. Upmann, so now we are going to find one of those boxes a new...
View ArticleBill to Ban Flavored Cigars Introduced Again in New Jersey
There’s another attempt to ban the sale of flavored cigars in New Jersey. Sen. Shirley K. Turner, D-Hunterdon/ Mercer, has introduced S.1961, a bill that seeks to ban flavored cigars in the state of...
View ArticleLost&Found Releases Seven New Cigars
Late last week, a few retailers announced that they had received seven different releases from Lost&Found. The company takes cigars from various factories that were released or intended to be...
View ArticleTatuaje Verocu Torpedo Returns March 31 (Update)
Fans of the Tatuaje Red Tubo can get excited, but they also are going to have to get ready for a new name. The Tatuaje Verocu Torpedo (6 1/8 x 52) will become a regular production vitola this year,...
View ArticleCamacho Double Shock Toro
Blackout. Double Shock. Shellback. Three years into the Camacho relaunch and three limited editions have been released each year, being shown off at the IPCPR Convention and Trade Show and then...
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