Following lower financial results for the second quarter of 2023, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has lowered its full-year guidance. The company attributes this to a more volatile environment than expected and reflective of ongoing inventory adjustments across customers and distributors, slower regain of market shares in Europe, delays in new store openings in the US, […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Quality Importers showed off a series of one-of-a-kind luxury cutters done in partnership with renowned jeweler Jacob & Co. under the banner of the Xikar X-Clusive Series. On August 12, a formal launch was held at the St. Regis Hotel in Bal Harbour, Florida to officially introduce […]
The Viaje Satori, a line that has not been released since 2019, has made a return to store shelves. Satori was first introduced at the 2010 IPCPR Trade Show. Since then, it has been primarily offered and showcased to retailers who attend the IPCPR/PCA Trade Show. The 2023 edition of the Viaje Satori uses the same […]
On the August 30, 2023 edition of Freestyle Live, Drew Estate announced a release for the international market known as the Liga Privada 10 Selección de Mercado. For recent Liga Privada releases such as the Liga Privada H99 Connecticut Corojo and Liga Privada 10 Aniversario, the market outside the U.S. has had limited access to […]
Back in June, Prometheus released 50 units of the Fuente Fuente OpusX Serie “Heaven & Earth” humidors. These humidors contain 102 rare and vintage Fuente Fuente OpusX cigars. This December, Prometheus will release the remaining humidors – just in time for the year-end holidays. The cigars contained in the humidor are: 12 Fuente Fuente OpusX […]
At the 2023 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show, C.L.E. Cigar Company showcased C.L.E. and Asylum-branded PCA Exclusive releases available only to retailers who attended the show. Today, C.L.E. announced it has shipped the first of these retail exclusives, the Eiroa PCA Exclusive. All three PCA Exclusives contain tobacco grown on a farm in South […]
Ferio Tego is heading to the Asian market. Today, Ferio Tego announced its portfolio of premium cigars is now available in the Hong Kong, Japan, and Macau markets. Davidoff of Geneva Asia is handling distribution for Ferio Tego. This is the first international expansion for Ferio Tego. “Asia is a very important market for the […]
Zander-Greg has appointed Irving Rodriguez as North East Regional Sales Manager. Earlier today, Rodriguez had announced his departure from PDR Cigars on social media. Rodriguez began his career in the cigar industry as a member of the media outlet CigarNews.com. Most recently, he held the position of National/Global Sales Manager at PDR Cigars for three […]
Scheduled to be released in November will be a new size of the Fuente Fuente OpusX Lost City. It’s a 47 x 9 1/4 inch “A” size vitola – and it’s called Carlito’s A. The Fuente Fuente OpusX Lost City line is a project that came about back in 2004. At the time, Andy Garcia […]
Next month, Altadis U.S.A. will add a new line under its Onyx brand known as Onyx Vintage Nicaragua. The Onyx Vintage Nicaragua features 100% Nicaraguan tobaccos. This is highlighted by an extra-aged Habano Nicaragua wrapper sourced from an esteemed 2019 harvest. The cigars will be available in three sizes – each packaged in 20-count boxes: […]
