For the third time in a little over a week, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) is releasing a cigar blend featuring barrel-aged tobacco. This time its the Macanudo brand and Napa Valley-based Flint Knoll winery coming together to create Macanudo Estate Reserve Flint Knoll. It’s a cigar that will be available to retailers beginning October 3rd. […]
Cigar News: Espinosa Cage the Dawg Announced as 18th SmokeInn MicroBlend Release
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Smoke Inn has announced its 18th MicroBlend will come from Espinosa Cigars. It’s called Cage the Dawg and its the third time Espinosa Cigars has teamed up with Smoke Inn for a Microblend joining the 601 La Bomba Bunker Buster and 601 La Bomba Bunker Buster FUBAR. The name comes from Espinosa Cigars’ owner Erik […]
Cigar News: Selected Tobacco Begins Shipping Alfonso Añejos
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Selected Tobacco has started shipping the Alfonso Añejos. This is the first release under the new Alfonso brand in the Selected Tobacco portfolio. This cigar was showcased at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. Selected Tobacco is distributed in the U.S. by United Tobacco Selected Tobacco is the brainchild of owner Nelson Alfonso. […]
Cigar News: Southern Draw Cigars Adds Three Ignite Blends for Two Charities
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Southern Draw Cigars has announced its latest releases under its Ignite brand. Ignite is a project where Southern Draw releases cigars in collaboration with selected charities. As a part of its Fall 2022 releases, Southern Draw has three new blends in support of the Warriors on the Fly (WOTF) and United States Border Patrol Fallen […]
Cigar News: Joya de Nicaragua Cinco Décadas El Cumiche Announced
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On Drew Estate’s September 28, 2022, Freestyle Live Broadcast, Joya de Nicaragua announced a new extension to its Cinco Décadas line known as El Cumiche. The Joya de Nicaragua Cinco Décadas is the sixth size in the blend that was launched in 2018 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the oldest cigar factory in Nicaragua. […]
Cigar News: Drew Estate Collaborates with Metallica for Blackened
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Drew Estate has revealed its fourth mystery cigar. It’s a new offering in the Drew Estate portfolio known as Blackened M81. Blackened is the name of a whiskey done with Metallica and distiller Rob Dietrich. The brand has now expanded to include a cigar being produced and sold by Drew Estate. Drew Estate had released […]
Cigar News: Warped Cigars Releases Cultura
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Warped Cigars has released a new small batch offering from Tabacalera La Isla known as Cultura. This is an unbanded cigar produced in bundles in one size – a 5 x 50 Robusto. The cigar features an Ecuadorian Connecticut Shade wrapper over an Ecuadorian binder and a combination of Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers. A total […]
Cigar News: Villiger Exclusivo USA 2022 Released
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Villiger Cigars has quietly released the small batch Villiger Exclusivo USA 2022. This is a cigar produced out of the La Zona factory in Estelí, Nicaragua. The Villiger Exclusivo USA 2022 is the second release Villiger has produced out of La Zona. Earlier this year the Villiger TAA Exclusive 2022 was also released out of the La […]
Cigar News: Micallef Cigars’ Collector Edition Celebrates Al Micallef’s 80th Birthday
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Micallef Cigars has announced the release of the Collector Edition. This is a set of eight Micallef blends with two cigars of each blend in a 5 x 40 Londres format. The Collector Edition is being released in honor of founder Al Micallef’s 80th birthday, with each blend representing one decade. Retailers first got a […]
Cigar News: Partagas Añejo to Make Return
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The Partagas Añejo, a small batch release that made its debut earlier this year is returning for a second run. Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) says the second run of the Partagas Añejo will begin shipping to retailers on October 3, 2022. The Partagas Añejo is a barber pole cigar. The name “Añejo” means aged and […]