Amendola Family Cigar Company has now announced its latest release, “The West Side Story” is now shipping to retailers. This is a cigar that was launched earlier this year at Total Product Expo (TPE) 2023. The West Side Story is the first release in Amendola’s NYC Series, which is a series of cigars that pay […]
In 1886, Sanchez y Haya rolled the first cigar in Tampa, Florida. This year, Tampa-based J.C. Newman Cigar Company is paying homage to the 137th anniversary of that milestone by recreating the Sanchez y Haya brand. Sanchez y Haya was founded by Serafin Sanchez and Ignacio Haya. They opened what would be designated as “Factory […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show in Las Vegas, Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust will add a new size to its Mi Querida Black line in the form of a 5 5/8 x 48 Corona Gorda known as PapaSaka. PapaSaka joins the 7 1/4 x 54 SakaKhan in the Mi Querida Black line, […]
Back in 2019, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust’s Steve Saka created a cigar for a meat-eating social group known as The Red Meat Lovers Club. The original cigar was sold at South Florida retailer Smoke Inn and was a part of Smoke Inn’s MicroBlend Series. Since then, several other sizes have been created, but all were […]
This is the first of two shows around our 6 year anniversary! Tonight the first of two great guests as we welcome back the one and only José Blanco! José will talk Arturo Fuente and weigh in on a ton of industry topics. Plus we will have our Cattle Baron Steak Question of the Night, […]
Luciano Cigars has announced its Foreign Affair and ATL Cigar Co’s Wise Blood, two releases that were launched at the Total Product Expo (TPE) 2023 in Las Vegas, have been shipped to retailers. Foreign Affair is a project developed by Luciano Meirelles, CEO and co-founder of Luciano Cigars, in conjunction with Mike Dounoulis (Luciano […]
Various members of the Cigar Industry had an opportunity to present oral feedback as a part of an Open Public Hearing to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s proposed requirements for Tobacco Product Manufacturing Practices (TMTP). Among the stakeholders who provided feedback on their participation were Joshua Habursky, Deputy Executive Director of the Premium Cigar […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
General Cigar has announced the first full-time addition to the Cohiba portfolio since 2020 with the Cohiba Riviera. This is a six-region blend that will also mark a couple of firsts for the Cohiba brand: Cohiba Riviera is the first Mexican wrapped and first box-pressed offering in the brand. The name Riviera comes from the […]
Fosforo Cigars has announced its second blend, the Fosforo Connecticut. Fosforo Cigars is the brand owned by Jeff Mouttet, the owner of Riverside Cigar Shop & Lounge and Match Cigar Bar. The brand originally started as a house blend, but late last year the company took its first release the Fosforo national. Like the original […]
