Room101′s newest cigar is set for a late-June launch. The Room101 Serie HN is the latest limited edition from Matt Booth, featuring a Honduran Criollo wrapper over a variety of flavors. According to marketing material sent by Oettinger Davidoff Group to halfwheel, the cigars will launch in five sizes later this month. The material describes [...]

June 17, 2013 (Basel, Switzerland) — The new Griffin’s 2013 “Casino” Special Edition will attract enthusiastic gamblers and aficionados alike, united in their desire to be surprised by exceptional tobacco blends. With this innovative new product, both are lucky enough to win before they even start playing. The new Griffin’s aromatic 2013 “Casino” Special Edition allies [...]

Today we’re going to take a look back at the E.P. Carrillo Atlantic Cigar 15th Anniversary cigar I reviewed back in June 2012. The E.P. Carrillo was the third of four limited edition cigars from four different manufacturers that Atlantic Cigar Co. released between November 2011 and October 2012. These cigars were released over the [...]

E.P. Carrillo is working on a new line that will debut at the 2013 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show called the E-Stunner that has an inspiration that may come as a surprise to many. Ernesto Perez-Carrillo III says the cigar is “very different than anything we currently have.” He says its inspiration came from the [...]

June 14, 2013 (Pinellas Park, Fla.) —   Davidoff, the leading luxury tobacco brand, has announced the Second Annual Davidoff Golden Band Awards Show nominees, honoring those Appointed Merchants who best embody the Davidoff standard of excellence. In conjunction with the announcement, the Golden Band Awards website has been revamped featuring this year’s nominees. The second annual awards show will [...]

Today we’re looking at a mash-up of two of Viaje’s limited release lines—the Zombie and the Super Shot—into a new cigar named the Zombie Super Shot. The Zombie Super Shot is based off the blend from the Zombie line and packed into the size of the Super Shot 10 Gauge. Originally released in 2011, the Zombie returned [...]

June 12, 2013 (Hoboken, N.J.) – From the mile square city located on the banks of the Hudson River, best known as the birthplace of legendary singer Frank Sinatra, the Home of Baseball, and the landmark culinary establishment of Carlo’s Bakery comes the greatest occurrence to happen to premium cigars since European sailors first observed [...]

June 17, 2013 (Miami, Fla.) — Along with the opening of the new Aladino Cigar Factory, Christian Eiroa is also releasing two new cigar lines made entirely by the Aladino Factory. EIROA and CLE Plus will be available in late June/early July 2013 and bring something new to the Fabricas Unidas family and to the cigar industry [...]

CroMagnon was not only RoMa Craft Tobac’s debut line, but it was also the personal blend made for brand co-owner Skip Martin. In the little over two years since the line first debuted, some things have changed, while others remain the same. While the cigars still lack bands,  there are now boxes, more retailers and [...]

Today we’re looking at the Prometheus 2012 Limited Edition 20th Anniversary Ultimo X lighter. Established in 1992, Prometheus International, Inc. started out exclusively as a lighter company. Since then it has grown to include all sorts of cigar accessories besides lighters, including cutters, humidors and more. In 2004 Keith Park, owner of Prometheus, expanded into [...]

Ezra Zion’s latest line is set for its debut next month. Eminence, the company’s first non-Nicaraguan puro, will debut at the 2013 IPCPR trade show and convention in Las Vegas, Nev. The company is focusing on the wrapper, a Mexican San Andrés, as the major selling point for the cigar. “It’s almost a personal challenge,” [...]

A little more than a year ago, we posted information about one of Viaje’s newest cigars, the Exclusivo Super Lance. At the time, it was appearing in a 7 1/2 x 48 vitola, although at the time it was known the ring gauge would be a bit thinner at 46 ring gauge. As has become [...]

As part of their increasing regulation of the tobacco industry, the Food and Drug Administration is quickly approaching the release of a pair of reports, one of which could have drastic ramifications for the tobacco industry. In an infographic showing a timeline of the “history and milestones” of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control [...]

Barry Stein had two dreams for the cigar industry. The first was to work in the industry, which he does as Assistant Director of Marketing for Miami Cigar & Co., the second—which will come true later this year—was to blend and sell his own cigar. Stein’s blend, KILO, will debut this August at the 2013 [...]

For at least another year, attendees of the annual Inter-tabac trade show will be allowed to smoke in the convention hall. Inter-tabac 2013 will once again take place during mid-September in Dortmund, Germany at the Westfalenhall. Unlike recent years of the IPCPR trade show and convention, the Westfalenhall hosts many event simultaneously, as it is [...]