Boutique Blends Ships Aging Room M20
Boutique Blends has released the latest addition to its Aging Room line, the M20. While the company did not reply to requests for when shipping began, several retailers have reported receiving it in...
View ArticleA. Flores 1975 Serie Privada 46
There aren’t a ton of cigars that show up in my humidor and I have no clue what they are, but the A. Flores 1975 Serie Privada 46 (SP 46) from PDR Cigars fits the bill. It obviously is another size of...
View ArticleSmoking in Nebraska Cigar Bar Continues, For Now
On Oct. 31, smoking in cigar bars was expected to stop in Nebraska. In August, the State Supreme Court ruled that an exception for cigar bars made to the 2008 Nebraska Clean Indoor Air Act was...
View ArticleLubbock, Texas Smoking Ban Tabled
At least four members of the seven-person Lubbock City Council would have voted against a proposed smoking. Instead of actually taking up the matter, the City Council instead voted on whether to delay...
View ArticlePortraits: Steve Ysidron
Steve Ysidron has a concept right now that makes sense. Go into a factory, find tobacco that is more or less leftovers, outcasts and the forgotten. While it’s not the most uplifting descriptions,...
View ArticleTotal Flame Premium (Prerelease)
Total Flame might not have been on your radar until recently, and if I’m honest they weren’t really on mine until we visited the company’s booth at the 2014 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show in July....
View ArticlePartagás Serie E No. 1 Arrives in Stores
The latest Colleción Habanos has arrived. Earlier this month, Christopher A Puszkar, who works for the German distributor 5th Avenue, tweeted that the arrival of Partagás Serie E No. 1 was imminent....
View ArticleHecho Con Corazon—LE 2014
In September, we reported that Crowned Heads would be releasing its smallest limited edition yet, the Hecho Con Corazon—LE 2014. While the name and backstory are different, the cigar is a 6 x 50...
View ArticleGeorge Rico S.T.K. Miami Barracuda Maduro (Prerelease)
While George Rico and Gran Habano may be best known for large production and generally large ring gauge cigars, the Miami-based manufacturer has also made small-batch cigars a steady part of the...
View ArticleWeekly News (October 27, 2014)
Cigar News Aging Room M20 Ships Ashton Ships Symmetry Cohiba Nicaragua Ships — Review here. Crowned Heads Ships The Mason-Dixon Project Davidoff Announces Year of the Sheep Limited Edition 2015...
View ArticleXIKAR X875 Cutter
You would have to be living under a rock to not notice the increase in the number of cigars that feature ring gauges in excess of 56 ring gauge, with some recently going as large as 80. For years,...
View ArticleAnnouncing Tenemu
“It’s going to be a lot.” That’s what I told Brooks Whittington a few weeks ago at one of our weekly staff meetings. We had just finished our first five-day test run of publishing our newest website...
View ArticleCuban Tradition Cigar Group Brings Back Counsellor Cigars
The Cuban Tradtion Cigar Group has announced that is bringing back a cigar brand with roots in the United States dating back to 1894, as it will revive the Counsellor Cigars name for a launch in 2015....
View ArticleJosé Blanco Celebrating 65th Birthday with New Señorial Size
José Blanco kicked off the celebration of his 65th birthday today with the announcement of a new limited production size in Las Cumbres Tabaco’s Señorial line, a 5 3/4 x 55 figurado he’s calling...
View ArticleIllusione Cruzado Marelas Supremas
First introduced at the 2013 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, the Illusione Cruzado Marelas Supremas is the seventh size for the line, which features a Nicaraguan criollo rosado wrapper over...
View ArticleEvanston, Ill. Raises Tobacco Purchase Age to 21
After weeks of proposals, revisions and a delayed vote, the Evanston City Council unanimously passed an ordinance on Monday night that bans the sale of tobacco or nicotine delivery products to anyone...
View ArticleNat Sherman Announces Panamericana as Townhouse Exclusive
Nat Sherman has announced a new cigar that will be an exclusive to the New York City Nat Sherman Townhouse, the Nat Sherman Panamericana. In a post to his blog on Tuesday, Michael Herklots, vice...
View ArticleCAO Gold Jailbreak Coming to Civil Cigar Lounge Event
As part of a Nov. 1 event at Civil Cigar Lounge in Washington, D.C. that will feature the release of The Prisoner Wine Company’s latest release, called Jailbreak 2014: The Prisoner, CAO has crafted an...
View ArticleInaugural Batch of Davidoff Retailer Anniversary Series Debuts
At this year’s IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Davidoff announced a new plan for retailers who sell its flagship white label Davidoff brand, an anniversary program. The program gives retailers who...
View ArticleBranson, Mo. Passes Smoking Ban
The Branson Board of Aldermen unanimously passed the second reading of a new smoking ban at its meeting on Tuesday night in what was described as a quick and controversy-free meeting that had at least...
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