FDG Cigars Releasing 90 Millas Trio at IPCPR
FDG Cigars, the company long known as Flor de Gonzalez, will be unveiling a new trio of cigars that has a familiar name but offers a new direction from the company. 90 Millas, Spanish for 90 Miles, the...
View ArticleFratello Bianco IV
In May, Fratello Cigars founder Omar de Frias announced there would be a fourth size added to the Fratello Bianco line, the aptly named Fratello Bianco IV, a 6 1/2 x 54 toro gordo priced at $9.75 per...
View ArticleCalifornia Tobacco Tax Increase Qualifies for November Ballot
Voters will decide the future of a proposed tobacco tax, as on Thursday California Secretary of State Alex Padilla announced that Proposition 56 qualified for the ballot. The proposition seeks a $2 per...
View ArticleCornelius & Anthony Adding Venganza, New Meridian
At the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Cornelius & Anthony will add two new lines, both produced at Erik Espinosa’s La Zona Cigar Factory. The first is Venganza, a more powerful line from...
View ArticleH.R. Habano Adding A Size
In addition to two new lines and a Corona, there will be another new addition for the H.R. cigars from Hirochi Robaina, and it’s a big one. Spence Drake, head of White Hat Distribution which...
View ArticleWeekly News (July 4, 2016)
Cigar News Oliva Acquired by J. Cortès AVO Syncro Nicaragua Fogata Ships Baracoa Cigar Co. Debuts The Voyage Black Label Trading Co. Adds Bishop’s Blends Cohiba 50 Aniversario to Start at $220,000...
View ArticleScrewpop Adding Ashtray
The next product from Screwpop Tool will not fit on your keychain. Up until now, the company has produced products made for your keychain including both punch and scissor style cigar cutters, as well...
View ArticleTre J Cigars Adds Red Blend and New Sizes to White, Blue Blends
Tre J Cigars is bringing a handful of new products to this year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, which kicks off July 25 in Las Vegas. The company debuted in 2014 with Vicarias, which will now will...
View ArticleDavidoff Changes Austrian Management Team
There are management changes at Davidoff of Geneva Austria GmbH. Isabella Keusch, the current general manager for Austria, will become global director for training & development for all of...
View ArticleSacra Folium Cigar Co. Debuting at IPCPR 2016
One of the new companies debuting at this year trade show is bringing quite a few cigars. Sacra Folium Cigar Co. will launch at this month’s trade show, with five new lines. The brand is the creation...
View ArticleMiami Cigar & Co. Distributing Foundation’s The Upsetters
Nicholas Melillo’s latest cigar, The Upsetters, will be distributed by Miami Cigar & Co. The Upsetters is the sophomore release from Melillo’s Foundation Cigar Co., and the first new infused cigar...
View ArticleToraño Vault TM-027 Robusto
Almost two years after General Cigar Co. purchased the Toraño portfolio, the company announced the details of four new blends under the Vault name in May. While each blend uses the same band and box...
View ArticlePDR Cigars to Unveil Wicked Pugs at IPCPR
PDR Cigars will be adding an extension to its Small Batch Reserve series at this month’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, as the Dominican cigar maker has announced a new line called Wicked Pugs. The...
View ArticleHamden, Conn. Bans Smoking in Parks
Fresh off the Independence Day holiday, the Hamden, Conn. legislative council voted on Tuesday to ban smoking and the use of electronic cigarettes in town parks and on all school grounds. The new law...
View ArticleRamón Allones 8-9-8 (ER Germany 2014)
This is somewhat of a rare review. We’ve already reviewed the Ramón Allones 8-9-8, or rather, a Ramón Allones 8-9-8, albeit that cigar was a regular production item from the late 1990s and the cigar...
View ArticleJuly Shipment of Quesada España A- Heads to Michael’s Tobacco
Michael’s Tobacco of Euless, Texas and its sister store in Keller will be receiving this month’s shipment of the Quesada Selección España A-. Every month, Quesada selects a single retailer to receive...
View ArticleMoyaRuiz Ships Claro
MoyaRuiz’s first Connecticut-wrapped cigar is off to stores. The company has announced that the La Jugada Claro is off to stores. It uses a Connecticut shade wrapper, a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan...
View ArticleCohiba Macassar Coming to IPCPR 2016
At the 2016 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, General Cigar Co. will introduce a new extension to its Cohiba line, Cohiba Macassar. The new line uses a Connecticut havano wrapper, Connecticut...
View ArticleJason Lois Departs Crossfire Cigars
Jason Lois, the national sales manager for Crossfire Cigars, has announced he is leaving both the company and the cigar industry as a result of FDA regulation. In a Facebook post on Wednesday morning,...
View ArticleBattleground Cigars to Launch Rebel at IPCPR
Battleground Cigars will be releasing its latest blend, Rebel, at the upcoming 2016 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show in Las Vegas. The new cigar uses an Ecuadorian wrapper with a Nicaraguan binder and...
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