About four weeks ago, Legacy Brands quietly released a new limited edition offering called “Toxic”. The cigar introduces a 7 x 70 blend into owner Victor Vitale’s portfolio – a size many would not expect from Vitale’s cigars. “I’m such a traditionalist, and this is really like going on the edge, ” said Vitale in a […]
As we noted several weeks ago, the La Palina Family Series is getting revamped. The Family Series, which was the first line for Bill Paley’s resurrection of the La Palina line will now be re-blended with production moving to the El Titan de Bronze factory. The result is the new La Palina Family Series Miami. The original […]
Boveda has announced that on June 10th and June 11th, they will donate 50 percent of retail sales on BovedaStore.com to Cigar Rights of America. The intent of the campaign is to help fund the battle against regulation in the premium cigar industry by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Boveda, formerly known as Humidpak […]
Mombacho Cigars SA, maker of Tierra Volcan Cigars has announced it has terminated its distribution agreement. The company also announced that has entered into a new distribution agreement with Key Enterprises, Inc. Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Key Enterprises (Key) is best known to be the distributor of the Leaf by Oscar and Island Jim products. […]
For the fourth consecutive year, Davidoff Cigars will be hosting the Golden Band Award Show . The event will be held July 19th at the Davidoff’s annual retailer event being held at the IPCPR Trade Show in New Orleans. The awards program is meant to honor and the company’s best Appointed Merchants that according to Davidoff […]
Boutique Blends Cigars is planning a new addition to its Swag Cigars brand. The company will introduce the Swag Connecticut. As the name indicates, the Swag Connecticut will feature an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper. The cigar will be showcased by Boutique Blends at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show. The Swag Connecticut becomes the second Ecuadorian Connecticut […]
Boutique Blends Cigars has announced its second offering in its La Boheme brand. The company will add the La Boheme Encantador line. This new line will feature a slightly different blend than in the original La Boheme line. It will also be offered as a box-press offering. The cigars are expected to be showcased at the 2015 IPCPR Trade […]
Boutique Blends has announced a third installment to its small batch ffortissimo line. The company will unveil the Aging Room ffortissimo M19 – a cigar that will be a box-pressed Habano wrapped cigar in a box-pressed perfecto shape. The cigar is expected to be showcased at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show. The ffortissimo line is an annual […]
Boutique Blends has announced the long awaited second box-pressed Quattro release. The Aging Room Quattro F59 will be a box-pressed cigar that features a Habano wrapper with Dominican binder and filler. It will be launched in five sizes and is expected to be showcased at the 2015 IPCPR Trade Show. The second Quattro was originally intended to […]
Oscar Valladares and Jim “Island Jim” Robinson of Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co showed off a couple of new projects at the 2015 Southern Cigar Festival. For these two projects, they went “big” with the “The Woody by Oscar” and the “Big Johnny by Oscar”. The Woody by Oscar might have been one of the […]
