Later this month, ACE Prime will release Luciano The Dreamer. It’s a lancero offering that is named for ACE Prime co-owner co-owner Luciano Meirelles. It’s a follow-up to ACE Prime’s Luciano the Traveller, a 7 x 46 limited edition cigar released last year. Luciano The Dreamer is a traditional 7 1/2 x 38 Lancero that incorporates […]
Cigar News: General Cigar Company Announces Diesel Estelí Puro
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Next month, General Cigar Company’s Diesel brand will introduce a new regular offering known as the Diesel Estelí Puro. As with all Diesel offerings, the cigar is done in collaboration with AJ Fernandez and features 100% Nicaraguan grown tobaccos from AJ’s farms. This includes a wrapper from the La Lilia farm, binder from the San […]
Cigar News: Davidoff Madison 515 Toro to be Next Vault Series Release
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Davidoff has released its latest installment in the Davidoff Vault Series, the Davidoff Madison 515 Toro. This was originally an exclusive cigar for Davidoff’s Flagship Store on Madison Avenue in Manhattan. The cigar itself features Dominican wrapper over a Mexican binder and all Dominican fillers. It comes in one size – a 6 x 54. […]
Cigar News: ACE Prime to Releasing Pichardo – Maduro
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ACE Prime is announcing a new offering under its Pichardo Clasico line, the Pichardo – Maduro. Last year the company launched two lines under its Pichardo brand (named for co-owner and blender Don Eradio Pichardo). These lines were Pichardo Clasico and Pichardo Reserva. This year the Pichardo Clasico gets a Maduro line with the Pichardo […]
Cigar News: Boutique Blends Brings Back Oliveros Gran Retorno
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Boutique Blends Cigars has announced it is bringing back the Oliveros Gran Retorno, a line the company first introduced back in 2016. The line returns and will feature a unique aging process that the cigars have undergone. Like all of the lines under Boutique Blends, they will be distributed and sold under the Altadis USA […]
Cigar News: Espinosa Releasing “The Expo” to Binny’s Beverage Depot
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Espinosa Cigars is releasing its first exclusive cigar to Binny’s Beverage Depot called The Expo. Binny’s operates 42 locations in the Chicago area and maintains an online store. The Expo pays homage to the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition (Better known as the Chicago World’s Fair) that was held in 1893 to commemorate the 400th anniversary […]
Cigar News: Nat Sherman to Exit Premium Cigar Business
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After over 90 years, Nat Sherman International will exit the cigar business. Today Nat Sherman announced that at the end of September 2020, it will cease operation of its wholesale cigar business and close its flagship Nat Sherman Townhouse store in midtown New York. Back in October 2019, it was announced that Nat Sherman International […]
Cigar News: Micallef Cigars Announces Name and Release of the Micallef “A” Honoring the Micallef Ambassadors
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Today, Micallef Cigars formally announced the released of its “Micallef A” cigar. This is a cigar that was soft-launched back in March as the Micallef To Be Named (TBN). At the time the TBN was being launched, Micallef started partnering with its Ambassador community to help choose a new name. While the cigar did not have […]
Cigar News: Asylum Eight Coming This Fall
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Last year Asylum Cigars celebrated its seventh anniversary with the Asylum Seven. With 2020 being the brand’s eighth anniversary, Asylum Cigars is having a celebration for that milestone with the Asylum Eight. It’s a cigar expected to hit retailers this fall. Asylum Eight continues on the theme of Asylum Seven, which was meant to introduce […]
Cigar News: ADVentura to Release The Royal Return
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ADVentura Cigars has announced it is releasing a new two-blend line known as “The Royal Return.” ADVentura has had a theme of exploration, and with The Royal Return, the theme is further refined to bringing back gifts for the Queen and King from an exploration trip. This translates to two blends: The Royal Return Queen’s […]