2018 marks the 50th anniversary of when Zino Davidoff established the Davidoff White Label brand. While the centerpiece of the 50th anniversary has been the re-release of the Davidoff Diademas Finas as the 50th-anniversary cigar, the company has done other things throughout the year to mark the occasion, including putting special 50th-anniversary bands on select White Label […]
When Caldwell Cigar Company began in 2014, the company launched three premium lines under the umbrella of the Caldwell Collection. These lines include Long Live the King, The King is Dead, and Eastern Standard. Since then, these lines have now started to morph into brands of their own as there have been several extensions introduced. […]
2018 is going to go down as the year of the anniversary in the premium cigar business as across the industry many brands and personalities are celebrating milestones. In the case of My Father Cigars, the company is celebrating two milestones. It’s the 15th anniversary of company patriarch Don Pepin Garcia setting up shop at […]
In 2017, a new brand of cigars hit the market known as Casa Cuevas Cigars. The brand is owned by the Cuevas family who for many years has operated the Tabacalera Las Lavas factory in the Dominican Republic. After many years of producing cigars for other brands such as Gurkha, Toraño Family Cigars, and Leccia […]
Prior to the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Cornelius & Anthony added two Ecuadorian Habano wrapped blends to its portfolio, The Gent and The Mistress. The two cigars have similar wrappers and a connection with their naming, but they could hardly be more different. The Gent added Cornelius & Anthony’s first box-pressed offering. On the other hand, […]
Recently a common thead across the brands of Davidoff has been the resurrection of several discontinued lines. Back in 2013, the Camacho brand underwent a major revamping. As a part of the overhaul, there was new packaging introduced as well as several re-blends of some of Camacho’s long-time brands. At that same time, several other Camacho […]
The Mombacho Cosecha 2013 is the second installment in Mombacho Cigars’ Cosecha series. The name “cosecha” is Spanish for “harvest”. It’s a concept that is analogous to the wine world – namely harvesting premium grapes from a particular crop. When it comes to cigars, it involves using tobaccos from a harvest year. Mombacho Cigars is known for its […]
Just prior to the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show came word of a new entry from My Father cigars known as the My Father La Gran Oferta. The name La Gran Oferta translates to “The Great Offer” and at one time this was the name of a Cuban cigar brand. As for the cigar, La Gran Oferta became […]
In 2016, James Brown introduced three new lines under his Black Works Studio brand just prior to the August 8, 2016 deadline where new releases would require pre-market approval. The three new releases were Sindustry, Boondock Saint, and S & R. At the time, Brown opted to put these cigars into limited release. Over the […]
Just prior to the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Espinosa Cigars announced a new project known as Las 6 Provincias. It’s a series that pays homage to the pre-Castro era of Cuba. The packaging and banding has art work that takes you back to that period of cigar in Cuba. The name Las 6 Provincias means […]
