Earlier this year, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) spun several of its premium cigar brands under General Cigar Company into a new distribution company known as Forged Cigar Company. This year, what is still called General Cigar Company includes five very strong brands: Macanudo, CAO, Cohiba, Hoyo de Monterrey, and Punch. These brands have all […]
HumidifGroup USA has announced it is introducing Smart Packaging technology. In conjunction with the announcement, HumidifGroup USA announced that Ferio Tego cigar company will be the first implementing this technology. Through the use of Smart Packaging, a tap of an iPhone on the cigar box will open up a browser that will provide the user […]
S.T. Dupont has added two new lighters to its Slim 7 collection – Black Checkered and White Checkered. Slim 7 is an ultra-thin lighter offered by S.T. Dupont. The unit is 7mm thick and only weighs 1.59 ounces. The Slim 7 unit features a razor-thin, single, flat, blue torch flame at half an inch wide. […]
Atlanta, Georgia-based ATL Cigar Co has announced it will release its fourth line of cigars, the ATL Magic. It’s a project being done in conjunction with Luciano Meirelles of ACE Prime and Tabacalera Pichardo. The ATL Magic is slated to begin hitting ATL’s network of 50+ retailers beginning October 16, 2021. The ATL Magic consists […]
Julio R. Eiroa, who emigrated from Cuba following the Cuban revolution to become one of the world’s premier leaders in tobacco agriculture and production, was the recipient of Cigar Journal’s 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was selected by the staff on Cigar Journal. When honored, Mr Eiroa made a rare virtual appearance during Cigar […]
Kafie 1901 Cigars and its owner Dr. Gaby Kafie are celebrating a couple of milestones in 2021. First earlier this year, Dr. Kafie turned 50 years old, and second his company is now celebrating seven years in business. Later this year, the company will mark both occasions with the release of the Kafie Serie L. […]
Ferio Tego has announced the return of the Ancora brand of accessories. Ancora was previously sold under Nat Sherman International. It was one of the former Nat Sherman brands acquired by Ferio Tego early in January. Making a return is the Ancora Executive Humidor collection. These are described as being slightly oversized humidors to fit […]
NOTE: The regular PRIME TIME SHOW IS PRE-EMPTED THIS WEEK AND RETURNS ON 9/30 WITH SPECIAL GUESTS LUIS AND ALEC CUEVAS OF Casa Cuevas CIGARS! Tonight we debut a new feature on The Smoking Syndicate brand called The Smoking Syndicate Roundtable. This is where we get a group of media folks (and perhaps in some […]
In 2020, CLE Cigar Company announced a cigar to commemorate owner Christian Eiroa’s 25 years in the cigar business. The cigar is called the CLE 25th Anniversary. One of the vitolas in the line would be made an exclusive cigar to the Tobacconists Association of America (TAA) 2020 Exclusive Series. 11/18 is a size introduced […]
One of the big stories in the premium cigar industry over the past year was Imperial Tobacco selling off its premium cigar business to a private equity group. This sale included Altadis U.S.A and its associated brands. The transaction closed late in 2020. In terms of what this means to its customers, things have remained […]
