Southern Draw QuickDraw Connecticut Short Panatela
In April, Southern Draw Cigars announced that over the summer, it would be releasing the third installment of its QuickDraw line, the QuickDraw Connecticut. For this installment, a blend of an...
View ArticleTatuaje Skinny Hyde
In 2012, Tatuaje released the Little Monsters, which included smaller versions of the first five Monster Releases. The blends were the same, though the Little Monsters were all rolled in 2012 and the...
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Cigar News Altadis U.S.A. Brings Back Por Larrañaga Cubariqueño Adds Probable Cause, Protocol Lancero Nice Ash Ships Curivari Buenaventura NACS 5 Fratello Announces Bianco Boxer Foundry Chillin’ Moose...
View ArticleCavalier of Geneva Entering U.S. Market
Swiss-based Cavalier of Geneva has announced that it will enter the U.S. market as part of a new distribution agreement with Dallas-based Cigar Art. The relatively new company will formally debut the...
View ArticlePrimer Mundo Celebrates 10 Years With Anniversary Cigar
It’s Sean Williams’ 10th year in the cigar business, and there’s going to be a cigar to celebrate it. Later next month, the company will ship the El Primer Mundo 10th Anniversary, a three-size line...
View ArticleViva Republica Guerrilla Warfare
In 2013, Viva Republic released the a new line of cigars named Guerrilla Warfare, first in a 4 x 41 petite corona vitola and later in a 5 1/4 x 43 corona size. Sold in boxes of 50, the petite corona...
View ArticleCohasset, Mass. Increasing Tobacco Purchase Age
Beginning June 1, anyone wishing to buy tobacco in Cohasset, Mass. will need to be at least 21-years-old, as the town’s board of health recently approved an increase to the minimum age requirement. The...
View ArticleVertigo Glock
Released in January 2015, the Vertigo Glock tried to wedge its way into the crowded lighter marketplace by offering a lightweight, low-cost, triple-flame lighter packaged into a thin profile that would...
View ArticleDavidoff Adding New Line to Discovery Pillar
As it has done for the last two years, Davidoff of Geneva USA will have a new line as part of its Discovery pillar this summer. While the company is declining to talk about the project at the moment, a...
View ArticlePartagás Puritos and Quintero Tubulares Hit Select Markets
A pair of new Cuban cigars are beginning to arrive in select markets: the cigarillo Partagás Puritos and tubed Quintero Tubulares. While the Partagás Puritos shares packaging aesthetics with the...
View ArticleParks Smoking Ban Goes Into Effect in Eugene, Ore.
It’s now illegal to smoke in Eugene, Ore. parks and natural areas, as the city’s ban went into effect yesterday after being approved earlier this month. All forms of tobacco use as well as electronic...
View ArticleDavidoff Ships Chef’s Edition
First it was supposed to ship in March, then it was delayed until July—but it shipped last week. That’s the Davidoff Chef’s Edition, a new single size limited edition from the Swiss company. It came...
View ArticleBlack Label Trading Co. Hires National Sales Manager
Black Label Trading Co. has announced the hiring of Derek Matthews as the company’s national sales manager. “We have been growing organically since we started in 2013 and are ready to take things to...
View ArticleW. Va. House Rejects Tobacco Tobacco Tax Increase
In a stunning turn of events, the West Virginia House of Delegates voted 44-55 against a bill that would have raised the tax on all tobacco products in the state. It failed largely because anti-tax...
View ArticleHumidores Dominicanos Brings Faraones to the U.S.
The list of Dominican-based brands heading to the U.S. keeps growing. Cigar Factory by HumiDom (Humidores Dominicanos) appears to be the latest. The company offers three blends under the Faraón name:...
View ArticleTatuaje Skinny Tiff
One of the mainstays of Tatuaje special releases is the Monster Series, which started in 2008 with The Frank, a cigar modeled after and paying homage to the classic monster Frankenstein. In 2012 Pete...
View ArticleFable Fourth Prime Ships to Retail
After a bit of delay, Fable Cigars is heading to retail stores for the first time. The brand soft-launched its first brand—Fourth Prime—in co-founder Mitul Shah’s retail stores earlier this year, but...
View ArticleDrew Estate to Release FSG Blends in June (Update)
It’s not a huge secret that since 2013, Drew Estate has been working with tobacco grown in Florida by Jeff Borysiewicz, fermenting it in their Estelí, Nicaragua factory. Next month consumers will get...
View ArticleDavidoff Shipping Art Edition 2016 Next Week
Next Wednesday, Davidoff of Geneva USA will begin shipping Art Edition 2016, the latest in Davidoff’s cigars made in collaboration with artists. This year’s cigar is made in collaboration with...
View ArticleWin a 3 Floyds Axe Bottle Opener from Tenemu
Our sister site Tenemu is giving away one of the most unique beer bottle openers money can buy, only you don’t have to buy it. We’re giving one away.
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