Quality Importers Acquires Get-A-Grip Cigar Clip
Quality Importers has announced that it has acquired Get-A-Grip, the company behind the Get-A-Grip Cigar Clip. While Quality Importers has been the distributor of Get-A-Grip since 2012, it now owns the...
View ArticleHunters & Frankau Previews New Juan Lopez Selección Superba
At last night’s annual Hunters & Frankau Summer Party, the U.K.’s distributor of Cuban cigars showed off the latest Edición Regional for the region. This year’s release comes from Juan López, a...
View ArticleLowell, Mass. Increases Tobacco Purchase Age, Restricts Sales of Flavored...
The movement to raise the age to purchase tobacco products in Massachusetts garnered another city yesterday, as the Lowell Board of Health unanimously approved a proposal to raise the minimum purchase...
View ArticleRecluse Adds Amadeus Lanceros
Next month, Iconic Leaf/Recluse Cigar Co. will add a new vitola to its Amadeus and Amadeus Habano Reserva lines, a 7 x 38 lancero. While the size will be new to most retailers, one store has actually...
View ArticleSwitzerland Rejects Tobacco Advertising Ban
The Swiss Senate rejected a bill that would have further restricted tobacco advertising. Because Switzerland is not part of the European Union—it coincidentally also formally withdrew its application...
View ArticleErnesto Perez-Carrillo/Caldwell Team Up For Anastasia
The planned collaboration between Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr. and Robert Caldwell has a name. Anastasia. Making love to Anastasia and loving it, can't wait for this cigar to release, what a fantastic...
View ArticleTatuaje Skinny Mummy
While Tatuaje’s Monster Series was launched in 2009, it began to evolve in 2012, the year that the company released The Mummy, the fifth installment in the line. Described as a cleaner looking version...
View ArticleChicago Tobacco Tax Increase Delayed
A proposed tobacco tax increase in Chicago that was scheduled to go into effect on July 1 has been delayed, as the city has agreed to wait until the 60th day after the Circuit Court enters a decision...
View ArticleAsk halfwheel: Can You Recommend Some Strong Cigars?
Today on Ask halfwheel, a rarity. Reader Matt managed to get all four of us to answer the same question: what are some strong (nicotine-wise) cigars? More specifically, Matt’s question is as follows: I...
View ArticleMoyaRuiz Plan La Jugada Claro
Sometimes it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission. That was the caption of an image for a new cigar from MoyaRuiz. The company showed off a new band of what appears to be a Connecticut...
View ArticleLa Flor Dominicana Creates Finck Cigars Exclusive
Earlier this month, at Finck Cigars’ annual Lone Star Cigar Bash, La Flor Dominicana brought an exclusive cigar for the event. Fincks Exclusive – Lone Star Cigar Bash 2016 – Brazilian Wrapper...
View ArticleCigar Traveller CT30
One of the relatively minor inconveniences of being a cigar smoker who travels is that I’m not able to bring a torch lighter with me. While I could pick up one of those cases that promises to prevent...
View ArticleDe Los Reyes Launches Short Tales Series
Rest assured, the book in the humidor is not for reading. Rather, it’s probably the newest cigar from De Los Reyes Cigars’ Saga brand. The company has begun shipping the Short Tales Series, a planned...
View ArticleMLB Cigar Ventures Ships Imperia Islero
The latest from MLB Cigar Ventures is heading to stores. Mike Bellody, owner of MLB Cigar Ventures, told halfwheel his newest line, Imperia Islero, has begun shipping. The new line, which Bellody...
View ArticleThe Angel’s Anvil 2016
Over the last handful of years, the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA) has become a more common name to many cigar consumers after long being a retail group known almost only to those employed...
View ArticleLa Gloria Cubana Adding Maduro Versions to Serie R Estelí and Serie R Black
There will be a new version of La Gloria Cubana’s Serie R Estelí and Serie R Black lines coming to retailers in early July, as the General Cigar Co. brand will be adding maduro versions to each. In a...
View ArticleHVC Pan Caliente
On April 22, HVC Cigars debuted a new release during an event that took place at Plainfield, Ill.-based Burning Leaf Cigars. Named Pan Caliente, the 5 x 50 robusto features a 109-style cap and is...
View ArticleWeekly News (June 20, 2016)
Cigar News Black Label Trading Co. Ships Morphine 2016 Boutique Blends Adding Aging Room Solera C.Gars Ltd June Auction Hosted Today Caldwell/Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr. Team Up for Anastasia Camacho...
View ArticleWunder|Lust Arrives in Germany
European RoMa Craft Tobac fans, your day has come. Wunder|Lust, the international-only release from RoMa Craft Tobac, has arrived in Germany for its planned soft launch. The new four-size line uses a...
View ArticleYellow Rose
Between October 2014 and March 2015, Crowned Heads = released three different cigars made exclusively for a singular state, each sans a traditional band and each with the same blend. The first release...
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