Two Drew Estate lounges will be the recipient of new limited production Liga Privada Unico Serie cigar. Today Drew Estate announced the release of the Liga Privada Unico Serie Pancetta. It’s a once a year exclusive cigar that will be exclusive to Wooden Indian Tobacco Shop in Havertown, PA and Barrister Cigars in Union, NJ. […]
Cigar News: Espinosa Premium Cigars Adds Corona Line Extensions to Crema, Habano, and Laranja Reserva Lines
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Espinosa Cigars is adding three Corona extensions to it Espinosa Crema, Espinosa Habano, Espinosa Laranja Reserva lines. Each of the cigars will be a classic 5 x 42 size. “We kept hearing from our consumers up in the northeast and our cigar connoisseurs, when are you going to release some corona sizes? Some wanted a […]
Cigar News: Alec Bradley Magic Toast Chunk Line Extension Announced
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Alec Bradley Cigar Company has announced it is adding a fourth size to its Magic Toast line. The new size will be a 4 1/2 x 60 vitola known as “Chunk.” Prior to the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Alec Bradley announced it was releasing a “mystery” cigar at the show. That cigar turned out to […]
Cigar News: Foundation Cigar Company to Release Owl Shop 85th Anniversary Cigar
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Foundation Cigar Company doesn’t normally create private labels or shop exclusives, but this time owner Nicholas Melillo has made an exception. Today the company announced it is releasing The Owl Shop 85th Anniversary Cigar. It’s a cigar produced by Foundation for The Owl Shop in New Haven Connecticut to commemorate the retailer’s 85 years in […]
Cigar News: Oveja Negra Brands to Release Boondock 2019 Edition
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Oveja Negra Brands has announced the return of the Black Works Studio Boondock 2019. This marks the third annual release of the limited edition cigar. The cigar had been released as Boondock Saint during the previous two years. The Boondock 2019 is highlighted by the use of a Pennsylvania Broadleaf wrapper. Pennsylvania Broadleaf is also […]
Cigar News: Eddy Guerra Resigns from Altadis U.S.A.
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Eddy Guerra, who served as a Senior Brand Manager at Altadis U.S.A. has announced he is leaving the company. In a statement published on his social media channels, Guerra commented: Guerra joined Altadis U.S.A. in January 2018. Prior to that, he worked a Gurkha Cigars where he served as Director of Marketing.
Cigar News: Alec Bradley Cigar Company Promotes Michael Serota to Vice President of Sales
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Alec Bradley Cigar Company has announced the promotion of Michael Serota to Vice President of Sales. Michael joined Alec Bradley in May of 2011 and has worked his way through many different roles- including operations, sales support and, most recently, key account management. “Michael is an integral part of the Alec Bradley family,” said company […]
Cigar News: JRE Tobacco Co. to Introduce Limited Aladino Corojo Reserva No. 4
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JRE Tobacco is planning to release a 44 x 5 line extension to its Aladino Corojo Reserva line known as the Aladino Corojo Reserva No. 4. The new size will be a one-time limited edition that will be available this November. The Aladino Corojo Reserva No. 4. will feature an ornate slide top box. In […]
Cigar News: Scandinavian Tobacco Group to Acquire Royal Agio Cigars
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Scandinavian Tobacco Group has announced its intent to acquire all of the shares of Agio Beheer B.V. from Highlands Beheer B.V. Agio Beheer B.V. is the holding company of the Royal Agio Cigars. The deal is expected to complete in the first half of 2020 and is subject to regulatory approval. On a debt and […]
Cigar News: Davidoff Small Batch Series Announced
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Davidoff has announced this month the release of its Small Batch Series. It’s a series of twelve distinct blends available in small batches. The Small Batch Series will consist of twelve unique and distinct blends in a single size. Tobaccos featured in the blends ae sourced from Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru and the Dominican […]