Caldwell Long Live the King Harem
In March, Small Batch Cigars, the online store of Maxamar Ultimate Cigars, announced it would be receiving an exclusive cigar in Caldwell Cigar Co.’s Long Live The King blend. Named the Herem, the 4 x...
View ArticleBrockton, Mass. Joins in Tobacco Purchase Age Increase Movement
The board of health in Brockton, Mass. joined the growing bandwagon of cities increasing the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21-years-old, approving the proposal at its meeting last week....
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Cigar News Chinnock Cellars Rebrands XOXO Drew Estate Announces Florida Barn Smoker, FSG Cigar Festival del Habano XIX Dates Announced Gran Habano Ships The Elegance Collection L’Atelier Ships La...
View ArticleFoundation Travels to Jamaica for Sophomore Release
Nicholas Melillo has a new cigar. Next month, his Foundation Cigar Co. will release The Upsetters, an eight-size line that features Jamaican tobacco in the filler. “I want to put Jamaica back on the...
View ArticleWarped Adding New Size to Corto
At the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show in July, Warped Cigars will add a new vitola to its Corto line, X46. It measures 4 1/2 x 46 with a “slight press.” It’s slightly thinner than the original...
View ArticleCohiba Nicaragua Adding Pequeños This Month
The Cohiba Nicaragua line from General Cigar Co. will be getting its fifth vitola in the coming weeks, as the company is set to begin shipping the 4 3/16 x 36 Pequeños vitola to retailers in mid-May....
View ArticleRoom101 Master Collection Three Roxxo
Matt Booth made the decision to wrap up the Room101 Master Collection series last year with the Master Collection Three. Since then however, he’s been anything but idle—releasing plenty of new series...
View Article262 Ships The Résumé
Today, 262 Cigars announced the shipping of The Résumé, the second release in its The Internship program. The Résumé is a 5 x 50 robusto limited to 200 packs of five cigars, priced at $35 per pack....
View ArticleTobacco Purchasing Age Increase Approved in Albany County, N.Y.
Elected officials in Albany County, N.Y. has passed an increase to the minimum age to purchase tobacco products, approving the proposal 24-13 with one abstention on Monday and sending it to county...
View ArticleCórdoba & Morales Releases Finca Santa Fe
Last Thursday, Córdoba & Morales showed off its newest release, Finca Santa Fe. The 6 x 52 release is named after a farm in Cuba’s Pinar del Río region and named after Celestina Córdoba Morales,...
View ArticleCLE Ships Chele & Prieto
The two new box-pressed lines from CLE Cigar Co. are now heading to shelves: Chele and Prieto. Chele, which is slang for someone who is white, uses an Ecuadoran Connecticut wrapper and is offered in...
View ArticlePadrón Dámaso No. 34
Last year at the 2015 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show, there was many a mention of it being the “year of the Connecticut”—and while that wasn’t necessarily the case, one of the prominent and most...
View ArticleNicaragua Introduces New Restrictions on Wood Production
Last month, the Nicaraguan government introduced a variety of measures related to the cutting and transportation of wood within the country, some of which have already affected the country’s cigar...
View ArticleViaje Releases Zombie Biohazard
There’s another addition to the Viaje Zombie family, Biohazard. Like the core Zombie line, it’s offered in both Green and Red versions. The difference between the blends is said to be a Nicaraguan...
View ArticleMiddleton, Mass. Approves Tobacco Purchase Age Increase and Other Regulations
The Middleton, Mass. Board of Health recently approved a number of new regulations regarding the use of tobacco products and electronic cigarettes, including an increase in the minimum age to purchase...
View ArticleLeccia Launching Bumpy Roots; Small Batch #75
For those wondering how many different ways one can truly make a cigar, Sam Leccia has two new options. Leccia has announced two new projects, both with interest takes on a traditional cigar. First up...
View ArticleTatuaje Skinny Face
In terms of limited edition series, it’s challenging to think of anything that truly comes close to Tatuaje’s Monster Series. It originally began as an annual release around Halloween where a cigar was...
View ArticleAVO Launching Syncro Nicaragua Fogata
There’s a new AVO Syncro Nicaragua. Yes, the line that Davidoff of Geneva USA last year, is already getting an extension. The company has announced that it will launch AVO Syncro Nicaragua Fogata next...
View ArticleAlpha Cigar Co. Slates Three New Lines for IPCPR 2016
Alpha Cigar Company has announced plans to release three new lines at this year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, all featuring an infusion of La Maison Fontaine, a French absinthe. The three new...
View ArticleCLE Azabache 5 x 50
In early March, the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) held its 48th annual meeting in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and as has been the case in years past, cigar manufactures released a number of...
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