Review: Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 5
Earlier this month, La Flor Dominicana began shipping the newest incarnation in the Small Batch line, the Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 5. Produced using tobacco from 2007 grown at the La Canela...
View ArticleNews: Tatuaje Lancero Sampler Takes Shape
The coming Havana Cellars lancero sampler was shown off in its most rudimentary and earliest form earlier today when company founder Pete Johnson tweeted bundles of six of the possible entrants for the...
View ArticleNews: E.P. Carrillo Slates New Perez-Carrillo Line for May
E.P. Carrillo announced plans for its new Perez-Carrillo line on Friday morning, posting a picture of the bands on the company’s Facebook page and saying that the new release will be coming in May...
View ArticleNews: Hotels and Restaurants to Go Smoke-Free in Bangalore, India
Changes are coming to people’s ability to consume tobacco in India’s third largest city, as a pair of hotel associations have pledged to go smoke-free in their hotels and restaurants. At a press...
View ArticleReview: La Flor Dominicana TP Triple Threat
Last month we ran a news storyabout a cigar that La Flor Dominicana had released as a store exclusive for New York-based Tobacco Plaza — the La Flor Dominicana TP Triple Threat. La Flor Dominicana...
View ArticleNews: Californians Could Vote on Higher Tobacco Taxes in 2014
The citizens of California might be deciding whether or not to raise cigarette and tobacco taxes, as a proposed bill has received the go-ahead for the Secretary of State to begin the signature...
View ArticleNews: Widespread Smoking Bans Implemented in Turkmenistan
A number of new smoking bans took effect on December 25 in the central Asian country of Turkmenistan, home to just over five million residents, including a stipulation that makes giving tobacco...
View ArticleQuesada España Ninfa Heads to Just for Him
The recently-announced Quesada España Ninfa will make its debut at Just for Him of Springfield, Mo., the same place its sister cigar debuted last year. Once again, Quesada will be giving a single...
View ArticlePartagas Benji Homage Due in January
General Cigar Company has informed retailers that their new tribute cigar to the recently retired Benjamin “Benji” Menendez will be available in early January. The Partagas Benji Homage 62 uses a...
View ArticleFred Rewey Previews Nomad Cigar Company’s 2014
Fred Rewey of Nomad Cigar Company kicked off 2014 with an email that provided a preview of what he is hoping to deliver in 2014. Rewey highlighted a number of projects, with the most immediate being a...
View ArticleOur New Look
Design changes never seem to go over well. As we’ve mentioned on a few different occasions, the site—which publicly turns two today—needed an overhaul. There were lots of issues with our old theme:...
View ArticleSam Leccia Debut Double Churchill
In 2013, Sam Leccia returned to the cigar industry with Leccia Tobacco, his new company that released two different lines in the spring. This was Leccia’s second attempt at a comeback since he parted...
View ArticlePress Release: Quesada Cigars Announces 40th Anniversary, Name Change
December 16, 2013 — The Quesada family is proud to announce 2014 will be a celebration of the 40th Anniversary of their factory in the Dominican Republic. Manuel Quesada opened up his Matasa factuality...
View ArticleUtah Senator Files Bill to Raise Tobacco Purchase Age to 21
After beginning the process of raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 19 to 21 late in 2013, Utah Senator Stuart Reid (R-Ogden) officially introduced legislation today that would...
View ArticleReinado Releases Grand Empire Reserve 6 x 60
The fifth size of the Grand Empire Reserve has finally landed in a retail store environment. Company founder Antonio Lam showed off pictures of the cigar at Ruben’s Smoke Stack of Hackensack, N.J. and...
View ArticleDunhill Selección No.69 Ramón Allones (1950s)
Alfred Dunhill was truly a giant in the cigar industry in his day: prominent London tobacco retailer, pipe maker, entrepreneur and the founder of the Dunhill luxury goods company that lives on today....
View Article2013 Awards: New Brand of the Year
This past year very easily could have been the weakest field of new companies in recent memory. Looking over the 20-plus eligible entires the halfwheel staff reviewed, none have their own factory,1...
View ArticleMinnesota City Could Ban Smoking in Cigar Shops
The Hastings, Minn. City Council is scheduled to vote Monday night on a proposal to prohibit smoking in all tobacco shops, though it would maintain an allowance for the use of electronic cigarettes....
View ArticleOregon Sets Dates for Public Comments on Proposed Park Smoking Ban
Smoking in state parks in Oregon could be banned by next year if a new law, expected to be voted on by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department in February, takes effect. The ban would affect common...
View Article10 Jahre 5TH Avenue
In 1999, 5th Avenue Products Trading GmbH, the German distributor for Habanos S.A. celebrated its tenth anniversary as the exclusive distributor of Cuban cigars for the region. The name actually...
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