A new size is coming to the Fratello Bianco line. This summer, Fratello Cigars will add a 6 1/2 x 54 Toro Grande known as the Fratello Bianco IV. Plans are for the Bianco IV to officially launch at the 2016 IPCPR. In addition, the company announced the new size will be launched to ten […]
Cigar News: Foundry Tobacco Company Introduces Zodipunk
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Foundry Tobacco Company has quietly started to roll out a limited edition series to the Southeast U.S. known as Zodipunk. The series consists of twelve distinct blends worked on by Michael Giannini and Justin Andrews of Foundry. Each of the twelve blends represents a different month of the Zodiac. Currently six of the twelve blends have […]
Cigar News: Avo Syncro Nicaragua Fogata Announced
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Avo Cigars has announced its second installment in the Avo Syncro series – the Avo Syncro Nicaragua Fogata. The cigar is the second new line since the relaunch of the Avo brand in 2015. It is also the second regular production line to showcase Nicaraguan tobacco in the brand joining 2015’s Avo Syncro Nicaragua. Plans […]
Cigar News: Viaje Zombie Biohazard Released
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Earlier this year, Viaje Cigars released the 2016 edition of the Viaje Zombie. In the past, the Viaje Zombie has been an ultra-limited release reserved for only a handful of select retailers. However, for 2016, the Viaje Zombie was made more widely available than in previous years. It turns out that the ultra-limited release was […]
Cigar News: Córdoba & Morales Finca Santa Fe Announced
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Cordoba & Morales has launched a new limited edition cigar known as Finca Santa Fe. The cigar pays tribute to Cordoba & Morales Co-Founder Azarias “Z” Mustafa Cordoba’s grandmother (who would have been 110 years old this year) and is named after the farm that she group on. The cigar was a project five years in […]
Cigar News: CLE Chele and CLE Prieto Introduce Nicaraguan Made Cigars to CLE Brand
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CLE Cigar Company has announced details around two new lines, CLE Chele and CLE Prieto. Word of these cigars first surfaced back in February. These two cigars introduce two box-pressed offerings and mark the first cigars carrying the CLE brand name to be made in Nicaragua. The cigars are now en-route to retailers. “The fact […]
Cigar News: Leccia Tobacco Bumpy Roots Announced
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Leccia Tobacco’s first project in the post General Cigar era is coming soon. On a recent episode of Smoke Night Live, Sam Leccia announced his company’s newest line called Bumpy Roots. The new project brings together the world of premium cigars and pipe tobacco. Plans are for Bumpy Roots to be available later this year. […]
Cigar News: Warped Cigars Corto X46 to Debut at 2016 IPCPR
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Warped Cigars has announced the 2016 installment in the annual limited edition Warped Corto line will be a 4 1/2 x 46 vitola known as the Warped Corto X46. The new X46 will make its debut at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show this July. The Warped Corto line made its debut in 2015. The cigar is a […]
Cigar News: Foundation Cigar Company “The Upsetters” to Showcase Jamaican Tobacco
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Foundation Cigar Company has announced its second line known as “The Upsetters”. While Foundation’s first brand, El Güegüense was a Nicaraguan puro that paid homage to the culture of Nicaragua, The Upsetters goes in a different direction. For this new brand, Melillo delivers a blend that showcases Jamaican tobacco in the blend and has three different wrapper […]
Cigar News: MLB Cigar Ventures to Launch David P. Ehrlich Tremont at 2016 IPCPR
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MLB Cigar Ventures is preparing to launch a new brand called David P. Ehlrich. The brand’s first cigar will be called the David P. Ehlrich Tremont. The cigar pays homage to the Ehlrich’s, a Boston retail shop that is the second oldest tobacconist in America with roots dating back to 1868. To produce his cigar, the […]