A. Flores 1975 Gran Reserva Deflorado Slated for 2016 IPCPR
PDR Cigars’ A. Flores 1975 Gran Reserva line will grow at this summer’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, which is when the company is scheduled to release the A. Flores 1975 Gran Reserva Deflorado....
View ArticleCarver Joins the List of Massachusetts Towns Increasing Tobacco Purchase Age
The southeastern Massachusetts town of Carver has signed on to the growing movement to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21, as the town’s board of health unanimously approved the...
View ArticleAsk halfwheel: Who Decides What A Vitola Is?
It’s Ask halfwheel, our weekly segment where we give super long-winded responses without answering questions. Kidding. This week’s question comes from reader Bob: Having read copious publications, ads,...
View ArticleTewksbury, Mass. Increases Tobacco Purchase Age, Bans Flavored Tobacco
Tewksbury has become the latest town in Massachusetts to increase the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, upping the age to 21 as part of a number of anti-tobacco measures enacted by the board of...
View ArticleSchrader Cellars Partners with Nat Sherman for Second Cigar Release
Just a few weeks ago, word began surfacing that Fred Schrader was preparing the second cigar release for Schrader Cellars, and it would be coming to market with the assistance of Nat Sherman. While the...
View ArticleFlor de las Antillas Maduro Box Pressed Torpedo
I can’t say that I remember where I was when most cigars debuted, but there is one memory I distinctly remember. It was March 2012 at the Federal Cigar 91st anniversary and it was the first time the...
View ArticleWeekly News (May 2, 2016)
Cigar News Altadis U.S.A. Adds H. Upmann Ingot The Banker Private Holding Camacho Announces Powerband Crowned Heads Announces Las Calaveras 2016 Espinosa Cream City MKE Heads to Metro Cigars HVC Ships...
View ArticleSmoker Friendly Acquires Tampa-Based Tobacco Depot
Boulder, Colo.-based Smoker Friendly has announced that it will add 13 locations to its family of tobacco stores with the acquisition of the Tobacco Depot chain of Tampa, Fla. Tobacco Depot, which was...
View ArticleQuesada 40th Anniversary Petit Belicoso Ships
The Quesada 40th Anniversary Belicoso Fino Clasica is now shipping, only that’s not what the box says. SmallBatchCigar.com, the online arm of Orange, Calif.-based Maxamar Ultimate Cigars, has begun...
View ArticlePunch Signature Robusto
In March 2015, General Cigar Co. rolled out the new addition to its Punch line, the Punch Signature. Billed as being the company’s finest creation yet for the brand, Signature is a line that not one...
View ArticleNorth Attleborough, Mass. Approves Tobacco Purchase Age Increase
April was a strong month for the anti-tobacco movement in Massachusetts as a number of cities and towns increased the minimum purchase age from 18 to 21-years old, including North Attleborough. The...
View ArticleQuesada 40th Anniversary Petit Belicoso Clasica
During the 2014 Procigar festival, Quesada debuted a new blend commemorating the company’s 40th anniversary in business. Appropriately named the Quesada 40th Anniversary, the cigars feature a Mexican...
View ArticleFestival del Habano XIX Dates Announced
The 19th annual Festival del Habano will take place Feb. 27-March 3, 2017. That news comes via Christoph A. Puszkar, director of marketing for 5th Avenue Products Trading-GmbH, the German distributor...
View ArticleMontecristo Grupo de Maestros Private Batch II En Route to Retail
It appears that Altadis U.S.A.’s Grupo de Maestros have more than one blend they like to smoke, as today the company announced that the Montecristo Grupo de Maestros Private Batch II has begun shipping...
View ArticleChinnock Cellars Rebrands XOXO as T.L.P., Announces Second Production
Last year, Chinnock Cellars released XOXO, an extremely limited edition of 500 cigars with leaves that had been hand-sprayed with premium cognac by Sandy Cobas at El Titan de Bronze in Miami. This...
View ArticleGran Habano Ships The Elegance Collection
Gran Habano has shipped its new Elegance Collection, which includes three new, smaller sizes of its popular Corojo #5 line, as well as two existing smaller ring gauge sizes. Inside each of the 1,000...
View ArticleOliva, General Deny Rumored Sale
Late last week, chatters regarding the sale of Oliva Cigar Co. to Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG), parent of General Cigar Co., began to pick up. Earlier today, The Cigar Authority went on record...
View ArticleLa Sirena Bringing Merlion Maduro to IPCPR
La Sirena has confirmed plans to have a new cigar available this summer, as the company is finalizing the Merlion Maduro, which will debut at the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show in July. The...
View ArticleAshland, Ore. Passes Smoking Ban
A new smoking ban will be coming to Ashland, Ore. next month, as the Ashland City Council approved a proposal that has been in the works since November on Tuesday night. When it goes into effect in 30...
View ArticlePartagás Corona Gorda Añejados
Last year, Habanos S.A. launched a new series of special release aged cigars called Añejados. The idea behind the series is that special vitolas for a marca are rolled, then aged between five and eight...
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