CAO is planning a special limited edition small batch release in their La Traviata line. The La Travitata Angry Santa and Evil Snowman will be released in time for the holiday season and each will feature a Christmas character themed release. The Angry Santa will be a modified blend of the CAO La Traviata Natural […]
La Gloria Cubana Serie R Esteli Since the release of 2011’s La Gloria Cubana Artesanos Retro Especiale, General Cigar’s La Gloria Cubana brand has been focused more on limited editions and regional exclusives. In 2013, La Gloria Cubana went started to refocus back on their core line. This time they turned their attention to the […]
Punch Bareknuckle The Punch Bareknuckle is a cigar that is a retail-exclusive cigar for online retailer Cigar International. The cigar is produced by General Cigar Company under the Punch brand. As many brick and mortar retailers have been securing their own retail-exclusives from major manufacturers, we are also seeing some of the major internet and […]
A few weeks ago, we previewed six offerings under Foundry Tobacco Company’s Compounds, Elements, and Musings line aimed to be brick and mortar exclusives. The line is also offering exclusives to large internet and catalog companies. Today we look at those latter offerings. Compounds, Elements, and Musings is perhaps the most ambitious line launch the […]
At the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, mini Cigars were definitely an emerging trend. General Cigar’s Partagas Black Label announced a line extension that would add a mini/cigarillo offering. The Partagas Black Label Purito, due for release in September will be the thinnest ring gauge offering of the line to date. The Partagas […]
There is no doubt that in 2013, General Cigar Company was the leader in terms of releasing new products – and in particular new blends. The Richmond, Virginia based company kept things under lock and key before the show and then opened the show with a bang. Of all of the brands under General, the […]
At the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas, Dunhill Cigars showcased their second installment in less than a year to the Aged Reserva Especiale series. This installment is called the Dunhill Aged Reserva Especiale 2006. The Dunhill Aged Reserva Especiale 2006 derives its name from the Dominican Piloto Cubano tobacco contained into the blend. […]
For the third consecutive year, General Cigar’s Cohiba brand will be releasing its Cohiba Edicion Diamante blend. This year’s addition includes an all-new “A” size vitola as well as a release of the 6 x 60 Gigante frontmark. These new frontmarks were showcased at the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show in Las Vegas. The Cohiba Edicion […]
At the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show, General Cigar’s Partagas line has announced their fourth vitola to be released in the Benji Menendez Master Series line. This one is a robusto – and this one is scheduled to be released this November. It was in 2009, when the Partagas Benji Menendez Master Series line was first […]
At the 2013 IPCPR Trade Show, the Punch Cigar brand introduced two new offerings in what could be considered the “mini cigars” category. In a discussion we had with brand manager Kendall Roundtree, he explained that when mini cigars were added to the Excalibur line, there was great success. Since Punch didn’t have a similar […]
