With Tobacco Plus Expo (TPE) 2022 now in the annals of history, Tobacco Media Group (TMG) has announced TPE 2023 will take place from February 22 to 24 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The timing of TPE 2023 will put the show into one of the busiest times of the cigar industry. Late February typically is […]
Cigar News: XXIII Festival Del Habano Cancelled
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For the second year in a row, Habanos S.A. has cancelled its Festival del Habano event. “Habanos, S.A. has been working to celebrate the 23rd Habanos Festival scheduled for February 2022, but we are forced to cancel said celebration due to the new epidemiological situation of the Coronavirus in the world,” commented Habanos S.A. in […]
Cigar News: Diet Sarsaparilla from Espinosa Cigars & Cigar Dojo Announced as Third TGS Event-Only Release
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Espinosa Cigars and Cigar Dojo have teamed up again. This time it’s for a cigar known as Diet Sarsaparilla. It’s an event-only release for the 2022 edition of The Great Smoke (TGS). The cigar features an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper over a double binder of Mexican and Nicaraguan tobaccos and all-Nicaraguan fillers. The cigar comes in […]
Cigar News: Davidoff Gastronomy Series Returns During Miami Art week
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The following is a press release announcing the return of Davidoff’s Gastronomy Series as a part of Miami Art Week:
Cigar News: Smoke Inn Unveils Details for The Great Smoke 2022
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While COVID-19 resulted in the cancellation of the in-person 2021 edition of The Great Smoke (TGS), the event went on with a high-profile virtual event that raised the bar in the cigar industry as a whole. For 2022, The Great Smoke will not only return with an in-person edition, but there will be a virtual […]
Cigar News: StillWell Star to Launch November 5 at SmokingPipes.com & Low Country Pipe & Cigar
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The national launch of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust’s highly anticipated StillWell Star will take place at Smokingpipes.com and its brick-and-mortar store Low Country Pipe & Cigar, on Friday, November 5th. According to Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust owner Steve Saka, is the first and perhaps only time that he will do such a launch. The in-person launch […]
Cigar News: Puro Sabor Cancelled for Second Year in a Row
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For the second year in a row, the Nicaraguan Chamber of Tobacco has cancelled Puro Sabor, Nicaragua’s International Trade Show. The official reason has been due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Puro Sabor 2022 had been scheduled for January 2022. It also marks the third time in four years that Puro Sabor has been cancelled. […]
Cigar News: Espinosa Cancels Virtual La Zona Palooza 2021; Schedules In-Person Edition for March 2022
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Espinosa Cigar has announced it has cancelled its planned 2021 Virtual La Zona Palooza event and is moving ahead with an in-person La Zona Palooza Event for 2022. La Zona Palozza 2022 will take place from March 3 to March 5, 2022, at Espinosa Cigars Headquarters in Hialeah Gardens, Florida. Back in August, Espinosa Cigars […]
Cigar News: 11th Cigar Smoking World Championship Competition Held in Croatia
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The 11th Cigar Smoking World Champion competition took place the weekend of September 17-19, 2021 in Split, Croatia. This year, Henrik Kristensson of Sweden was crowned the world champion for 2021. The general concept is the person who smokes the cigar for the longest period of time without having to re-light it is crowned the […]
Cigar News: Partagás Legado Edición Limitada 2020 Gets Launch in Spain
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The Partagás Legado Edición Limitada 2020, a cigar announced in 2020 at the XXII Festival del Habano, finally had its official worldwide debut. The cigar made its debut on September 25th, at Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid Spain, which hosted three years ago the launching of La Noche de Romeo y Julieta. The ceremony was […]