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News: Leccia White Begins Shipping, Black Close Behind

Sam Leccia is officially back in the cigar business, as his Leccia Tobacco White began shipping to retailers this week, and the Leccia Tobacco Black is not far behind. Jack Toraño, Marketing & Customer Relations Manager for Toraño Family Cigar Co., confirmed that the Leccia White began making its way to store shelves as of yesterday and [...]

News: A.J. Fernandez Expanding San Lotano Line Through Meier & Dutch

In the same interview where he announced plans for El Mayimbe, Abdel Fernandez told Cigar.com’s Alex Svenson that San Lotano brand would be expanding with a Meier & Dutch exclusive, San Lotano The Bull. It’s expect to be available shortly through the distribution company that is associated with Cigars International.   San Lotano The Bull [...]

Review: My Father Corona

In honor of Father’s Day, Cigars International commissioned the García family to create a special version of its flagship My Father blend, a My Father Corona. After a bit of anticipation, the cigars finally made it through the shipping department at CI and have been on sale for a bit over a week. For those [...]

Review: Diesel Crucible

In January of this year, rumors started flying about a new Diesel limited edition that would be made with some unique tobacco. Eventually dubbed Crucible, the cigar uses an Ecuadorian Medio Tiempo wrapper, along with a Honduran La Entrada Copan binder and filler composed of Nicaragua leaf from A.J. Fernandez’s Los Cedros farm in Estelí, Condega [...]

News: Limited Edition My Father Corona Headed to Cigars International et al. in June

A special My Father Corona will be heading to Cigars International, Cigar.com and its affiliates in June, just in time for Father’s Day. The classic vitola has never been released in the García’s family namesake line and is the third limited edition bearing the My Father band announced this year, alongside the Federal Cigar 91st [...]

Weekly News (November 7, 2011)

Editor’s Note: There is one story that we have chosen not to publish this week. The reason behind this is the story’s origins include information that we don’t publish, specifically wholesale pricing. Personally, I am all for the more information the better, however, wholesale pricing is not something that would better the Weekly News or [...]

Editorial: The Business of A.J.

I preface this with: I actually think the Oval is a decent cigar and this is by no means the first time this has happened; Jason Wood. Unfortunately, A.J. Fernandez has sort of fallen into my lap in terms of being the target topic of the next editorial. At stake are two issues: the “A.J. [...]

News: CAO Prices Back to Historical Levels

Yesterday, we reported as part of the Weekly News that CAO was set to increase prices effective July 1, 2011. The information came from an e-mail sent by retailer Cigars International this past weekend. A quick conversation with CAO clarified that CAO is not subject to a price increase, rather Cigars International will be forced [...]

Weekly News (May 30, 2011)

Editor’s Note: Outside of the Monday news, this site has seen various formats in its news… For the next week, there will be at least a trial in more coverage to all stories, not just your Viaje and Tatuaje new releases. Feedback is always appreciated. Oh yeah, Lancero50 is in full swing, in case you [...]

Weekly News (October 11, 2010)

A pretty impressive cigar auction will be taking place in London at the end of November, items include items from Hemingway and a Fidel Castro humidor. Speaking of Cuba, the Havana Times had a look at the Cohiba Cigar factory. Habanos S.A. launched the H.Upmann Noellas Glass Jar. Outside of that forbidden island, it’s been [...]