For the past three years, Corona Cigar Company founder Jeff Borysiewicz’ has been growing tobacco on his Clermont, Florida farm. Now that tobacco will be making it into its first commercially available blend. Today Drew Estate Tobacco announced it will debuting a Florida Sun Grown Tobacco blend at a Barn Smoker event to be held at […]
Cigar News: FDA Regulations on Premium Cigars Issued with No Exemption
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Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued its regulations on tobacco products. The regulations issued include premium cigars for which there is no exemption from FDA regulation, nor revised predicate date. In addition to premium cigars, the new regulations include pipe tobacco, hookah, and electronic cigarettes. The timetable for the new regulations to take effect is […]
Agile Cigar Review: CAO Amazon Basin
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Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews 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 […]
Cigar News: California Raises Tobacco Purchase Age to 21 as Part of Sweeping Anti Tobacco Measures
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California has become the second state in the U.S. to raise to tobacco purchase age to 21. The bill was signed at the 11th hour by Governor Jerry Brown after numerous delays. California joins Hawaii as the two U.S. states to implement a minimum tobacco purchase age of 21. An exemption for the new smoking age was […]
Cigar News: MLB Cigar Ventures to Launch David P. Ehrlich Tremont at 2016 IPCPR
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MLB Cigar Ventures is preparing to launch a new brand called David P. Ehlrich. The brand’s first cigar will be called the David P. Ehlrich Tremont. The cigar pays homage to the Ehlrich’s, a Boston retail shop that is the second oldest tobacconist in America with roots dating back to 1868. To produce his cigar, the […]
Cigar News: Serino Cigar Company Announces Debut with Serino Royale
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Serino Cigar Company has announced it has entered the premium cigar market segment. The company has announced it is releasing four blends under its Serino Royale line. The company will be partnering with a familiar name in the cigar industry, Omar Gonzalez Aleman of La Corona Cigars S.A. to produce the cigars. Plans are to officially […]
Cigar News: Padrón 1926 Serie No. 48 Natural and Maduro to be 60 Ring Offerings as Part of the 2016 TAA Exclusive Series
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For the fourth time, Padron Cigars will once again be providing two exclusive cigars to the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) as a part of the 2016 TAA Exclusive Series. This year’s edition will be a limited production 5 1/2 x 60 vitola based on the Padron 1926 Serie and will be offered in both […]
Cigar News: Atladis Announces Montecristo Grupo de Maestros Private Batch II
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Atladis USA has announced a follow-up cigar to its Montecristo Grupo de Maestros Private Batch release. The new cigar is called Montecristo Grupo de Maestros Private Batch II. The new Private Batch II will once again be a limited production cigar, but this time will feature a new blend, a new size, and modified packaging. Private Batch […]
Cigar News: General Cigar Brings Macanudo Inspirado to U.S. Market
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Back in 2014, the Macanudo brand launched a new line of cigars to the European market called the Macanudo Inspirado This was followed up a year later by a maduro counterpart called the Macanudo Inspirado Black. Now General Cigar has brought these lines to the U.S. market where they will become regular offerings under the […]
Cigar News: Rocky Patel Edge A-10 Sixty Now Available
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Rocky Patel Premium Cigars has added a second size to its Rocky Patel – The Edge A-10 line. This one will be in the form of a 6 x 60 vitola appropriately called the Sixty. The company has stated the cigar is now available for immediate shipment. In 2015, the Rocky Patel Edge A-10 was […]