Casa Fernandez has finalized plans for both of its 2013 IPCPR releases: the 35th Anniversary and Reserva Maduro. We first broke the news about the releases in April, but company President Paul Palmer was still finalizing details for both releases at the time. Palmer told halfwheel the Casa Fernandez 35th Anniversary is completed. It remains [...]

Glen Case of Kristoff is preparing to formally unveil a new core line of cigars that will mark a new chapter of his company’s history and give Kristoff what he says is “a new look, a new flavor and a new level.” The Kristoff Galerones line is slated to be released at the 2013 IPCPR [...]

Crowned Heads will have at least one other new product to show off at the 2013 IPCPR trade show and convention alongside its J.D. Howard Reserve line, the 6 Shooter Sampler. According to a report from David Savona, the company will pack two Four Kicks Sublimes (6 x 54), two Headley Grange Estupendos (5 1/2 [...]

June 19, 2013 — Zander-Greg, Inc., is offering two new value-priced offerings for Summer 2012. The company’s new 6” x 42 Nat Cicco Cuban Corona is the first shape to join the original Churchill and Robusto Rejects, since the venerable brand appeared in 1965. Nat Cicco pioneered the “rejects” theme, still copied by many others. [...]

Crowned Heads will have at least one other new product to show off at the 2013 IPCPR trade show and convention alongside its J.D. Howard Reserve line, the 6 Shooter Sampler. Yesterday, LongFillers Lounge posted an interview with brand co-owner Jon Huber, where he mentioned the sampler.  A report from David Savona indicated the company will pack [...]

Back in April of 2011, Viaje brought a cigar blend that had never been seen before to an event at Tobacco Grove in Minnesota. The cigar, which was known as the Zombie, was made to be one of Viaje’s strongest blends and was released in a unique vitola: a Robusto with triple caps at both [...]

June 18, 2013 — 262 Cigars is gearing up for the 2013 IPCPR Annual Tradeshow in Las Vegas, July 13-17. This will mark 262’s second year to exhibit at the show. Located at booth #861/961, Clint and the guys will be unveiling the new Revere Lancero, scheduled to start shipping to retailers this Fall.

Editor’s Note: If you are reading this from a mobile platform, you are probably saying “finally.” It’s been a while, but we’ve once again found a solution for mobile users that we liked and one that we think is better than ever before. There are some minor bugs that we know about, including one that [...]

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 [...]