A few weeks ago, Abe Dababneh of Smoke Inn issued a challenge to six cigar media entities to each assemble a sampler of five cigars. The samplers are each available on Smoke Inn’s online store. The challenge also includes a competition to sell the most sampler units called “Battle of the Bands.” Cigar Coop is […]
Warped Cigars has announced it is forming a subsidiary known as Proprietary Cigar Company. The subsidiary is intended to be more of an innovative and sandbox component to cigars outside the standard Warped portfolio. The first release under Proprietary Cigar Company has been announced called Jason-Dumont. The name Jason-Dumont is derived from the middle […]
The Charter Oak Habano, the third installment of Foundation Cigar Company’s Charter Oak line, is now heading to retailers. Charter Oak was introduced in 2016 in both a Connecticut Shade and Connecticut Broadleaf wrapper. Charter Oak pays homage to founder Nicholas Melillo‘s home state of Connecticut where the Charter Oak tree is a historical symbol. […]
Fratello Cigars has announced its latest regional release, The Pennsylvanian. As the name indicates, it is a line that will be sold exclusively to retailers in Pennsylvania. The cigar is scheduled to launch in November. The Pennsylvanian features a Habano Ecuador wrapper over a Dominican binder and Nicaraguan fillers. The cigar comes in one size […]
One thing that was missing in the LH Cigars portfolio was a figurado shaped cigar. So when it came to releasing the cigar, LH Cigars’ founder and blender Nick Syris wanted to use a wrapper he was long a fan of – Ecuadorian Vuelta Abajo. It’s this wrapper that covers the newly released “Panzon” – […]
Southern Draw Cigars, the family-owned premium cigar brand, announced two unique line extensions for the Desert Rose cigar blend. The first is a 6 x44 Lonsdale size that will be offered nationwide, while the Toro size will be a classic 6 x 52 format that will be an exclusive to Famous Smoke Shop and is […]
At a town hall meeting hosted by the Premium Cigar Association and Cigar Rights of America, it was announced that nine manufacturers would be releasing cigars that will be sold exclusively at the 2021 Trade Show. The nine manufacturers include: Alec Bradley Arturo Fuente CLE Crowned Heads Illusione JC Newman Padrón Rocky Patel Tatuaje […]
At a town hall meeting hosted by the Premium Cigar Association and Cigar Rights of America, PCA President John Anderson announced Lisa Cox, the Senior Director for Trade Show and Events, will be returning from furlough effective Monday, October 5, 2020. Back in July, the Premium Cigar Association announced it was furloughing its entire […]
Over the past few years, United Cigars has quietly grown into a national brand to take notice of. United Cigars is a distribution company that was started by David Garofalo, and it gained some traction when he took on the U.S. distribution of Nelson Alfonso’s Selected Tobacco brands (best known for Atabey, Byron, and […]
The Cohiba brand has been a staple of the General Cigar Company portfolio for many years. For the most part, Cohiba has been positioned as the luxury brand in General’s portfolio. The past two years has seen General give the Cohiba brand some considerable attention. This included a major packaging refresh for the brand in […]
For Prime Time Jukebox Episode 19, Dave and Coop take a look a live music and explore some of their favorite live tracks performed in some of the great venues in the world. During the show, Dave and Coop smoke the Fratello Rosso, one of three blends released as a part of Fratello Cigars’ […]
Back in April, Imperial Brands PLC announced it had reached an agreement with Gemstone Investment Holding Ltd and Allied Cigar Corporation, S.L. to purchase its premium cigar business. Today the tobacco conglomerate has announced that due o the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, the parties have agreed to complete both transactions on October 29, […]
In 2019, ACE Prime made one of the more impressive debuts in recent years at the annual IPCPR Trade Show. ACE Prime came on the scene launching three brands and a total of seven blends. ACE Prime is a company where the principal owners are Luciano Meirelles, Master Blender Don Eradio Pichardo, and former NBA […]
