Jas Sum Kral Cigars has announced it is expanding distribution into Lebanon. The company has announced it has closed a deal with Cigar Boutique to handle distribution into the Middle Eastern country. According to Jas Sum Kral, the entire portfolio will be available, except the CBD infused Nuggs cigar due to local regulations in Lebanon. […]
Black Label Trading Company has announced the return of its small batch Deliverance Nocturne release. Deliverance Nocturne returns with the same blend as has been used in previous years. For the first time since the 2017 release the full size “Tall Salomon” measuring 6 1/4 x 36 x 56 returns along with the Perfecto and […]
For 2020, Drew Estate has announced it will not raise any prices in its portfolio of cigars for 2020. In a press release, David Lazarus of Drew Estate commented, “Every day seemingly brings the announcement of tax increases, new legislative restrictions, and/or additional regulatory burdens which increase the cost of doing business for manufacturers and, […]
The Cigar of the Year List season has finally come to an end . For episode 125, Hector Alfonso Sr. of Espinosa Cigars, Skip Martin of RoMa Craft Tobac and John McTavish of Developing Palates are all back for an Industry Panel to recap the highs and lows of the season. Plus, we will get […]
At the 2020 Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) in Last Vegas, Nevada Villiger Cigars will have the U.S. launch of Villiger do Brasil – a pair of Brazilian puro blends. According to the company, the Villiger family has a history with Brazilian tobacco that dates back to 1888 when Jean Villiger and his wife Louise first […]
Kretek International has announced it will not exhibit at the 2020 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show this July. The decision includes all of the company’s subsidiaries including Phillips and King as well as Ventura Cigar Company. Kretek is also the parent company that runs the Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) Trade Show, which has been […]
The Decade of 2010-19 was certainly a dynamic one for the cigar industry. Outside the world of tobacco, the industry’s battle in the U.S. against the federal government on regulations was front and center. It would have been easy to pick that as the story of the decade, but in terms of a selection here, […]
Litto Gomez and La Flor Dominicana have announced plans to attend the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. On January 10th, four large companies: Altadis U.S.A., Davidoff, Drew Estate, and General Cigar Company announced they would not be attending the 2020 PCA Trade Show. This has led to many companies stating their attendance plans for […]
Mombacho Cigars S.A. has announced today that it will start distribution in Spain through Ramon Zapata’s La Casa Del Tabaco SLU. It’s the fifteen country Mombacho will have distribution from. “Since years ago, I’ve been in constant contact with La Casa del Tabaco executives about distributing Mombacho Cigars in Spain, the largest premium cigar market […]
The Cigar of the Year Countdown is a quantitative analysis of the best cigars of 2019. The Countdown is built strictly on merit and does not factor in price. A few years ago, I started to take a closer look and see how this list would look if price were to be factored in. The […]
Cigar Marketplace has announced its first exclusive offering. It will be a new 4 x 36 size of the popular AJ Fernandez New World line packaged in tins where distribution will be handled exclusively by Cigar Marketplace. The new offering will be launched officially at the Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) 2020. The New World tins […]
Cavalier Genève has announced plans to attend the 2020 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. On January 11th, four large companies: Altadis U.S.A., Davidoff, Drew Estate, and General Cigar Company announced they would not be attending the 2020 PCA Trade Show. This has led to many companies stating their attendance plans for the Trade Show. […]
