Meerapfel Cigar has announced a new design for the wooden chest that is part of its Master Blend Series. The key feature of the new chest will be the introduction of a perforated double floor. Each chest will also be packed with two 60-gram Boveda packs. Meerapfel Cigar says the perforated double floor will allow […]
Last year, Viaje celebrated its 15th anniversary with the release of three different blends. This year, owner Andre Farkas opted to have a second celebration for his 15th anniversary. The company is releasing four cigars as a part of this second celebration. Like “Part 1” of the Viaje 15th Anniversary series, there is a 15th […]
Don Conrado Plasencia, brother of Sixto and uncle of Néstor Plasencia, has died. Don Conrado served for many years as factory director at the Plasencia’s Tabacos de Oriente factory in Danlí, Honduras. The Plasencia family settled in Nicaragua in 1965, two years after their tobacco operation was confiscated by the Cuban government. In 1978, during […]
Andy Yaffee, best known for being Micallef Cigars’ National Sales Director for the past four years, is leaving the company and joining Crowned Heads. Yaffee will be the territory sales representative for Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Washington D.C. Prior to joining Micallef, Yaffee spent five years as a sales representative for La […]
Once again, General Cigar’s Macanudo brand is teaming up with Napa Valley’s Flint Knoll Winery to release the Macanudo Estate Reserve Flint Knoll No. 2. Like the original Macanudo Estate Reserve Flint Knoll release, the cigar contains a binder leaf that was aged in Flint Knoll French Oak wine barrels. The blend for the Macanudo […]
La Aurora has announced a new limited edition line known as the La Aurora Small Batch. As the name indicates, this will be a series of small-batch, limited-edition cigars. The cigars that are a part of the series are blends by La Aurora Master Blender Manuel Inoa that have been in the aging rooms for […]
Lampert Cigars continues its European distribution expansion. This weekend the company has announced it has expanded its distribution into Italy. The company’s distribution there will be handled by Italia Cigar Company. In a press release announcing the distribution deal, Lampert says Ocean Breeze (5 x 54, Robusto Grande) will initially be covered in the distribution […]
General Cigar has announced it has released a limited edition offering under its Sancho Panza blend. With the new Sancho Panza Limited Edition, General Cigar continues to build on the brand, which had a relaunch in 2022. General Cigar says the cigar is now available. In a press release, Matt Wilson, brand manager for Sancho […]
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At InterTabac 2023, Maya Selva Cigars introduced its sixth sampler, the Flor de Selva Trio Toro. It’s a sampler that contains three cigars in the 6 x 52 Toro size for each of the three Flor de Selva lines. The Flor de Selva Trio Toro includes the Flor De Selva Toro, Flor de Selva […]
