My Father Cigars has announced its 2018 limited edition release. This year it pays homage to the 15th anniversary of when company patriarch Don Pepin Garcia first opened up his factory in Little Havana. The cigar is appropriately called the Don Pepin Garcia 15th Anniversary Limited Edition. The cigar utilizes a variant of the Don […]
New York City Councilman Peter Koo has introduced a bill that proposes amending the administrative code of the City of New York to prohibit smoking while walking on sidewalks. Under the proposal, smoking would be prohibited while walking on all sidewalks under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Transportation and any location […]
Following the decision by Congressional leaders to not include an exemption and predicate date change for the regulation of premium cigars by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the Fiscal Year 2018 Omnibus Spending Bill, the cigar trade associations issued a public response. Both organizations expressed disappointment; but with the industry’s lawsuit against […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we 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 or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Congress appears to have come to an agreement on what will be in its 1.3 trillion dollar Omnibus spending package – and it will not include an exemption, nor grandfather (predicate) date change from regulation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for premium handmade cigars. The Omnibus Spending Bill specifies what government programs […]
Since 2010, the Burn by Rocky Patel Lounge has been a destination to cigar enthusiasts when visiting Naples, Florida. Now Rocky Patel Premium Cigars is taking the concept nationwide. Come this April, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania’s North Shore will become the home to the second Burn by Rocky Patel Lounge. The Burn by Rocky Patel Lounge will […]
Reddit, the popular content sharing and social community, has banned all transactions involving tobacco products, including premium cigars. The move comes as a part of a sweeping list of transactions being prohibited on Reddit. This comes in the aftermath of the death of Mark Anthony Conditt, who police identified as the prime suspect in the […]
Agile Cigar Reviews are cigar assessments where we 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 or giving a score for the first time. It might be a blend we […]
Gurkha Cigars has announced that Shanda Lee is the company’s new Director of Marketing. Lee has over 25 years experience in marketing. She is best known for her time at J.C. Newman Cigar Company, where she was an officer and served as both part of the product development team and was responsible for developing the […]
Soneros, a brand created by Don Omar González-Alemán, is coming back. White Hat Fine Cigars, the distribution company founded by industry veteran Spence Drake, announced it will begin shipping two blends under the Soneros brand – the Soneros Maduro and Sanoeros Habano Claro. “The cigars will start shipping in early April, but we have added […]
