Davidoff Ships Year of Sheep
While it will be another few days before the $500 Davidoff Oro Blanco arrives at retailers, the latest Davidoff Limited Edition is heading to appointed merchants today. After debuting a few weeks ago...
View ArticleThe Mason-Dixon Project—Limited Edition 2014 Southern Edition
At the 2014 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Jon Huber of Crowned Heads told my colleagues that the company was planning on a limited edition release for later in the year that would be available...
View ArticleDrew Estate Announces Undercrown ShadyXV
Drew Estate has announced a new partnership with Shady Records, with the first collaboration being the Undercrown ShadyXV cigar, a 5 x 50 box pressed belicoso size featuring the same blend as the...
View ArticleLa Flor Dominicana Slates TCFKA “M” Collector’s 2014 For Early December Release
La Flor Dominicana’s TCFKA “M” Collector’s 2014 is slated to be on retail shelves in early December, and will feature a new blend as well as a new name. The 7 x 55 perfecto uses an Ecuadorian...
View ArticleSmoking Ban Introduced to New Orleans City Council
New Orleans Councilwoman Latoya Cantrell has made no secret of her desire to see The Big Easy implement a smoking ban; in late July she announced plans to begin a tour of bars and lounges that have...
View ArticleFramingham, Mass. Could Increase Tobacco Purchase Age
The board of health in Framingham, Mass. could raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products in the town from 18 to 21 at its meeting on Monday, one of a handful of changes that are being...
View ArticleGurkha Announces The Maharaja as Its Most Premium Release Yet
Ultra high-end cigars have become the buzzword of the cigar industry lately, and Gurkha Cigar Group is upping the ante once again as the company has told halfwheel of plans for a new cigar that will...
View ArticleCAO Mx2 Rabid Reindeer
Christmas season has come again, and for the second year in a row General Cigar Co. has released special holiday themed line extensions, this time targeting the CAO Gold and CAO Mx2 blends. Last year,...
View ArticleHammer + Sickle LE14
At the 2014 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Hammer + Sickle Cigars showed off its second limited edition for 2014. Appropriately named Hammer + Sickle LE14, the parejo measures 6 3/4 x 48 and is...
View ArticleRep. Luetkemeyer Introduces Another Bill to Combat Operation Choke Point
Earlier this week, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Mo., introduced another piece of legislation in an attempt to combat Operation Choke Point, the program that has been targeting a number of businesses...
View ArticleWeekly News (November 24, 2014)
Cigar News Something new. @elbrooksie @halfwheel @PHXCigarGuy coming soon to a shop near you! pic.twitter.com/NEHnTNo2BP — Chaveta Cigars (@ChavetaCigars) November 19, 2014 Chaveta Working With...
View ArticleMiró Momentos
In March, we published news of the first Kuuts Miró vitola under five inches in length, the 4 x 48 Momentos. The petit corona uses the same Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, Nicaraguan binder and filler...
View ArticleOliva & Padilla Ending Distribution Relationship
Beginning next year, Oliva Cigar Co. will no longer be the distributor for Padilla Cigar Co. A representative from Oliva confirmed that it will no longer be handling the distribution, sales, marketing...
View ArticleGurkha Crafts the Saturn V for The Cigar Room
On Saturday, The Cigar Room in Madison, Ala. released the Saturn V, a new store exclusive created for them by Gurkha Cigar Group. The cigar was released on Saturday as part of the store’s annual Gurkha...
View ArticleTatuaje Confirms Plans for La Vérité 2013 (Update)
Pete Johnson has confirmed to halfwheel that he is moving forward with plans to release the Tatuaje La Vérité 2013 next year, though pretty much every detail about the release is still being hammered...
View ArticleBrooke County, W.Va. Passes Smoking Ban
The two northernmost counties in West Virginia now have smoking bans in place as the five members of the Brooke County Board of Health voted unanimously on Monday night to update existing clean air...
View ArticleChina’s State Council Proposes Ban on Smoking and Tobacco Advertising
The State Council of China announced plans yesterday to create a widespread smoking ban as well as ban tobacco advertising, tobacco use in movies and television and other measures to curb smoking. The...
View ArticlePerdomo Releasing Double Aged Vintage Salomones
Perdomo will be releasing a new vitola in all three blends of its Double Aged Vintage line next month, as the company announced Tuesday morning that a limited edition Salomon vitola is due to hit store...
View ArticleWhy the June 2015 FDA Deadline Isn’t Really a Deadline
Last week, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) updated its regulatory calendar, including a small update to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) planned regulations of tobacco products...
View ArticleA.J. Fernandez Set to Preview New World Connecticut
On Dec. 1, the A.J. Fernandez New World Connecticut will show itself in the public light for the first time. It seems likely that it will make subsequent appearances, but as of now, an event at Cigar...
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