The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended the period to comment on the agency’s draft guidance around Substantial Equivalence (SE) by 30 days. The deadline to submit comments around the Substantial Equivalence Rules is now July 17, 2019. Substantial Equivalence marks a pathway where many cigar companies can keep products introduced after February […]
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Cigar News: Drew Estate Announces Packaging Changes for Undercrown Dogma
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At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Drew Estate will unveil the Undercrown Dogma to Drew Diplomat retailers. As a part of the release, it will include a new packaging design featuring blue-colors soft bundles and corresponding sales trays. The Dogma was first released in 2014 as a small batch limited production sold initially through Smoke […]
Cigar News: Aganorsa Leaf to Launch JFR Lunatic Loco at 2019 IPCPR
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At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Aganorsa Leaf will introduce three unique giant perfecto sizes under its JFR Lunatic line collectively known as Lunatic Loco. The cigars will be highlighted by Aganorsa’s Leaf proprietary Shade Grown Corojo Maduro wrapper grown on its Aganorsa Farms in Jalapa, Nicaragua. The new Lunatic Loco sizes include perfectos measuring: 4 […]
Cigar News: Foundation Cigar Company to Release Tabernacle Havana Seed No. 142 Lancero at 2019 IPCPR
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At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Foundation Cigar Company will release its first line extension to the Tabernacle Havana Seed No. 142 in the form of a 7 x 40 lancero. The Tabernacle Havana Seed No. 142 features a hybrid Havana Seed No. 142 wrapper grown in Connecticut not far from Foundation’s company headquarters. The […]
Cigar News: Cubariqueño Cigar Company takes Protocol Themis Corona Gorda National
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At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, Cubariqueño Cigar Company will launch a fourth regular production vitola in the form of a Corona Gorda. This was a size introduced last year that was initially an exclusive cigar for Famous Smoke Shop in Eastern, Pennsylvania. The Protocol Themis Corona Gorda measures 5 5/8 x 46. […]
Cigar News: Room101 Doomsayer to Debut at 2019 IPCPR
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At the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show, Matt Booth and Room101 Cigars will unveil a new two-blend line known as Doomsayer. The Doomsayer will be released in both a Habano and Maduro blend. The Doomsayer Habano consists of an Ecuadorian Habano, Indonesian binder, and a mix of Nicaraguan, Honduran, and Pennsylvania Broadleaf fillers. Meanwhile, the Doomsayer […]
Cigar News: Room101 Farce Maduro Shipping in June
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Matt Booth’s Room101 Farce line is now getting a maduro. Today Booth announced the third blend of the FARCE line will be a San Andres Maduro offering. It will begin shipping this week and is expected to be a featured release for Room101 at the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show. In addition to the San Andres […]
Cigar News: Fratello Navetta Inverso Boxer to Debut at the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show
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Fratello Cigars has announced its signature box-press vitola the Boxer is now coming to the Fratello Navetta Inverso line. The new Fratello Navetta Boxer will debut at the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show. In each of the lines in his portfolio, Fratello has released a box-pressed torpedo that features a slightly modified version of the blend […]
Cigar News: Room101 10th Anniversary to Launch at the 2019 IPCPR Trade Show
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Back in 2009, Matt Booth entered the cigar business with an off-shoot brand of Camacho Cigars known as Room101 Cigars. Now in 2019 he commemorates ten years of his cigar brand with the release of the Room101 10th Anniversary Cigar. The Room101 10th Anniversary cigar will come from AJ Fernandez’s factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. […]
Cigar Review: AVO Improvisation LE19 (U.S. Box Pressed)
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The AVO Improvisation LE19 is the seventh installment in the AVO Cigars’ Improvisation Series. It is the latest in a long line of limited edition AVO Cigars that can be traced back to 2001 with the release of the AVO 75th Anniversary cigar. Each subsequent year through 2014 the series was for the most part an annual release with a different […]