Next month Dissident Cigars was planning on releasing the 2020 edition of its Home release. However, in order to support its retail partners during the Coronavirus pandemic, the company has announced a partial allocation of the Home release to select retailers. “I was waiting until next month when the whole of the shipment was stateside […]
Over the past three years, General Cigar Company has been putting an investment in its Cohiba brand. While Cohiba has never really been a dormant brand, these past three years have seen a combination of regular production and limited releases added into the Cohiba portfolio. It was also three years ago that General Cigar unveiled […]
On Prime Time Episode 130, we welcome back Charlie Minato, co-founder of halfwheel.com. Charlie’s been on top of some of the biggest stories we’ve seen in the cigar industry. Tonight we will get his thoughts on a variety of topics and catch up on the latest happenings on Halfwheel. This will be an episode […]
Due to health concerns and recommendations around the COVID-19 Coronavirus, Drew Estate has announced it has rescheduled its Florida Barn Smoker from May 16th to November 14th. This follows the Center for Disease Control (CDC)’s March 15th recommendation that large events and mass gatherings taking place over the next eight weeks with over 50 people […]
Since Cubariqueño Cigar Company launched in 2015, the company has slowly built a solid line of regular production offerings. Concurrently the company has also launched a series of small batch limited edition cigars. 2019 would be a year where Cubariqueño would release four such offerings. These four releases included Protocol John Doe Series, Protocol Jane […]
Aganorsa Leaf’s Bonsai, a cigar released last year as a collaboration done with Cigar Dojo, will go national. The cigar will be a limited, ongoing exclusive to Payless Cigars & Pipes who handled distribution for the first release. According to a press release from Aganorsa Leaf, the cigar will be sold on the online retailer’s […]
2019 marked the first year that Casa Cuevas Cigars would be exhibiting at the IPCPR Trade Show. Going into the show, the company would showcase a trio of cigars, the Casa Cuevas La Mandarria, and two blends under the Cuevas Reserva line. While Cuevas Reserva might have been a new brand to many cigar enthusiasts, […]
Altadis U.S.A. has formally announced it has revamped the packaging for its H.Upmann 1844 Reserve and H.Upmann 1844 Vintage Cameroon. The company showcased the new packaging earlier this year at the Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) 2020 in Las Vegas. While the packaging has been upgraded, the blends remain the same. The H.Upmann 1844 Reserve features […]
Over the past couple of years, a unique feature we have added to Prime Time Special Edition has been our Baseball Shows. We have aired a pre-season and post-season show devoted to Major League Baseball featuring cigar industry personalities. Due to the Major League Baseball Season being delayed eight weeks because of the threat of […]
The threat of the COVID-19 Coronavirus has prompted the government of Honduras to suspend all non-essential business activities in the public and private sectors. Under the order, this will shut down factory production for cigars in Honduras. The order took effect on Sunday, March 15, 2020, at 11:59 p.m. and will run a total of […]
In 2019 C.L.E. Cigar Company released two new offerings under its Eiroa brand, the Eiroa Dark and the Eiroa Jamastran. With the Eiroa Jamastran, the company announced that one of the sizes – its iconic 11/18 vitola – would be made an exclusive cigar to the 2019 Exclusive Series for the Tobacconist Association of America […]
Editor’s Note: This article is not meant to serve as a complete list of cancellations, postponements, or closings. To undertake such a task would be too great in scope as well as effort to confirm these activities. This article is meant to serve as an initial 10,000 foot overview for the impact the threat of […]
