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News: Altadis Adds Two Lines to Casa de Garcia

Altadis has recently added a pair of lines to their value-oriented Casa de Garcia line, the Casa de Garcia Red and the Casa de Garcia Nicaragua. The Casa de Garcia Red is made in the Dominican Republic and uses a Connecticut wrapper over a Connecticut Broadleaf binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic and Honduras. [...]

News: Montecristo Adds Las Vegas Connoisseur Edition, Chicago Coming Next

Altadis U.S.A. has added a third city to its group of Montecristo regional editions, Las Vegas. The Montecristo Las Vegas Connoisseur Edition has begun shipping to retailers in the area, according to a report from Cigar Insider. Previous regional editions have been made for New York and Texas, both of which were released in the past 12 [...]

Weekly News (July 30, 2012)

Editor’s Note: It’s the last Weekly News before IPCPR 2012 and it’s a busy one. The halfwheel guide to IPCPR will debut Wednesday morning and our IPCPR coverage continue all throughout the week. There will be plenty more tomorrow, Wednesday and Thursday—as there is shockingly, a lot more to announce. In addition to visiting halfwheel, [...]

News: Altadis to Add New Lines to Trinidad, Te-Amo, VegaFina & More at IPCPR

Altadis USA will be debuting new lines for several of their brands, with Romeo y Julieta, Montecristo, VegaFine, Trinidad and TE—AMO as the focal points of this year’s new releases. While the ROMEO by Romeo y Julieta has been available at retail since May, it will make its formal debut at the IPCPR trade show in [...]

Weekly News (July 2, 2012)

Editor’s Note: Yesterday marked six months of halfwheel. Brooks and I still haven’t spoken at all about the relatively minor anniversary, but given each member of our staff once ran a cigar blog – six months is oftentimes a lot longer than most of these last. Over the next few weeks, particularly leading into IPCPR, [...]

Press Release: Introducing the Best Montecristo Ever – Montecristo Epic Premium Selection ’07

June 29, 2012 — Altadis USA is proud to announce a new launch Montecristo Epic Premium Selection ’07 – perhaps the best Montecristo ever! So Special, So Unique, So Select, It’s Epic, MONTECRISTO EPIC The task of creating Montecristo Epic was assigned to a special team of our most skilled and accomplished cigar makers – Grupo [...]

Review: Romeo y Julieta Exclusivo Para TAA by José Seijas

Over the past two years, a series of limited edition cigars produced exclusively for Tobacconist Association of America members has garnered a fair share of buzz among cigar smokers in the know. Interestingly, most of the buzz comes via members of the online media or a few retailers who are active on Twitter, as the TAA keeps a fairly [...]

News: Vega Fina Sumum 2010 Coming to U.S. Retailers

Altadis USA confirmed that the Vega Fina Sumum 2010, a cigar previously available only in European markets, will soon be coming to U.S. retailers. While the European market is selling a tubed version, U.S. consumers will get a non-tubed version, and only in one size – a 5 x 54 Robusto. It is expected to [...]

Press Release: José Seijas, Well Known Factory Head and Cigar Maker, to Retire

January 26, 2012 – Jose Seijas, who has run the acclaimed Tabacalera de Garcia factory in La Romana, Dominican Republic for over 30 years is stepping down as Vice President and General Manager.

News: Altadis USA to Increase Prices

Altadis USA has joined General Cigar and Oliva in announcing price increases for their cigars this year. Citing significant increases in tobacco, manufacturing and transportation costs, the company will be increasing prices on select cigars from 2-5%, according to Janelle Rosenfeld, spokeswoman for Altadis USA. “We do our very best to absorb any additional costs as [...]