At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Quality Importers will introduce a new table lighter under its Palio brand known as the Palió Ballista. The design of the Palió Ballista was based on the Palio Torica pocket lighter. The Ballista features an ergonomic capsule-shaped housing with a flame adjuster wheel at the bottom […]
El Septimo has announced it has named cigar industry veteran Chip Goldeen as its new Director of Sales and Business Development. Goldeen has over 24 years senior management and executive experience in the premium cigar industry, and is best known for spending the last two decades with Ashton Cigar Company. In a press release, Zaya […]
Espinosa Premium Cigars has announced the third installment of its Laranja Series, the Espinosa Laranja Reserva Azulejo. The cigar will be officially launched at the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade. Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Laranja line was launched in 2014 with the Laranja Reserva. This was followed up in 2019 with […]
Jeremy McDonald, best known for his seven years as National Sales Manager for Caldwell Cigar Company, has announced the launch of his own company – Wildfire Cigar Company. For production, McDonald will be working with Fábrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua, S.A. Distribution will be handled by Illusione, but sales will be handled by McDonald […]
J.C. Newman Cigar Company has begun shipping Brick House Beginnings, the company’s release for the 2021 Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) Exclusive. The story is that the cigars comprising Beginnings were from a ten-year-old stash of Brick House Cigars uncovered in the basement last year while the company was working on renovations to its El […]
At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, HVC Cigar Company will unveil its 10th Anniversary Cigar. On a social media post, HVC owner Reinier Lorenzo said “A big day for us is approaching! I am happy to announce the release of our very own ’10th Anniversary’ cigar. It has been 10 years of […]
Throughout his career at both Drew Estate and now Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust, Steve Saka has been known to take one of his existing blends, make some tweaks to it, and get another profile. At this year’s Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust will release an offshoot of its Sin Compromiso line. […]
At the 2021 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust will add its fifth size to its Mi Querida Triqui Traca line, a 4 x 48 vitola known as No. 448. The genesis of the Mi Querida Trique Traca goes back to the Mi Querida Firecracker project that Saka did for […]
The cat is out of the bag. Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust’s Steve Saka has announced the details around StillWell Star, a release that has been shrouded in mystery for the past six weeks. StillWell Star will be a line of four blends, being done in collaboration with Jeremy Reeves of famed pipe tobacco company Cornell & […]
On July 7 2021, Kafie 1901 Cigars Founder Dr. Gaby Kafie turns 50 years old. To commemorate the milestone, the company has announced a cigar known as the Kafie 1902 Serie L. It’s a cigar slated to become the 5th regular production offering in the Kafie 1901 portfolio. The first shipment of cigars is scheduled […]
