The Cigar Industry Report is a one-stop place to catch up on the activity here at Cigar Coop. It is a combination of the news reports, cigar reviews, and assessment updates we do throughout the week. In addition, each week we will look back at Cigar Coop history. Look for this report every Saturday morning at 8am Eastern Time.

Cigar Industry Report: Edition 333 (6/8/19)

Feature of the Week: Gurkha Cigars Makes IPCPR Announcements

Gurkha Cigars announced a series of IPCPR releases. Our coverage includes:

Feature of the Week: Latest Round of Trump Sanctions Against Cuba Eliminates Group People to People Travel

The Treasury and Commerce Department of the Trump Administration announced further sanctions on Cuba. These sanctions include further travel restrictions with the elimination of some non-family travel including what was one of the most common categories cigar tourists would go to Cuba under – Group People to People Educational Travel. We’ve got the details here.

News and Previews

Alec Bradley: Announced the details around the Lars Tetens relaunch planned for the 2019 IPCPR. Alec and Bradley Rubin also announced Gatekeeper will be a project the brothers are doing with Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr.
Camacho Cigars The Camacho Liberty 2012 Throwback will be the 2019 installment of the Liberty Series.
Davidoff: The 2019 Golden Band Award Winners were announced.
Drew Estate: The company announced the ACID line is going to Germany. The company also named Bryan Bird Director of Sales for National Accounts.
Antigua Esteli: The company has finally released its Segovias line.
Arturo Fuente: The “A Father and His Son” Sampler has arrived at retailers.
Casa de Montecristo: The new head of this division of Tabacalera USA is Brad Winstead.
Cavalier Genéve: The company is releasing two limited sizes of its White Series at the 2019 IPCPR.
Dissident Cigars: The Dissident Home 2019 will debut at the 2019 IPCPR.
Foundation Cigar Company: Announced new packaging for The Upsetters.
Fratello Cigars: The company has announced a sampler called the Space Fresh Pack.
General Cigar: The La Gloria Cubana Spanish Press has hit the stores.
IndianHead Cigars: The La Galera Anemoi will launch at the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show.
La Familia Robaina: This is the new company name for White Hat Cigars. In addition to the name change, the company announced the La Familia Robaina Pelones.
Mombacho Cigars SA: The company has announced the worldwide release of Casa Favilli.
Nat Sherman: The Nat Sherman Epoca 2019 Limited Edition will debut at IPCPR.
Plasencia Cigars: The company announced the Plasencia Alma del Fuego will launch at the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show.
Southern Draw Cigars: The Jacobs Ladder Brimstone will debut at the 2019 IPCPR.
Viaje: The CViaje TNT and Viaje C-4 have returned for 2019.
Warped Cigars: The company announced the return of the La Colmena Unico Especial for a limited run.

Legislative News

U.S. Senate: S.9 is a proposed piece of legislation that calls for an exemption from FDA Regulation for premium handmade cigars. This week Sen Jon Tester [D-Montana] was added as a co-sponsor. The total number of sponsors is now 13.
U.S. House of Representatives: H.R.1854 is the House Companion Bill to S.9. This week three new co-sponsors were added: Ken Buck [R-Colorado] and Darrin LaHood [R-Illinois] The total number of sponsors is now at 63.
California: The city of Beverly Hills has become the first to ban most tobacco sales.
Texas: Governor Greg Abbott has signed a bill raising the tobacco purchase age to 21.