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Weekly News (February 18, 2013)

Editor’s Note: The cigar industry has a disclosure problem. It’s nothing new and beginning to be a well-documented complaint as the level of knowledge amongst a minority of consumers increases. At every juncture, the cigar industry collectively seems to get away with not disclosing more than most seem logical: blend changes, tobacco origins, production sizes, [...]

News: Crowned Heads Adding J.D. Howard Reserve

Crowned Heads is preparing to launch a third line of cigars, dubbed the J.D. Howard Reserve, they they expect to have ready for the IPCPR Convention and Trade Show in July. Slated to be a five-vitola release, it will use a blend consisting of a Brazilian Arapiraca wrapper, Ecuadoran Sumatra binder and filler from Nicaragua. [...]

Review: Four Kicks Mule Kick

By now the brand Crowned Heads and their Four Kicks line are a well known among boutique cigar lovers. However if you’re unfamiliar with them let’s take a look back at what Brooks had to say about them in his Four Kicks prerelease reviewlast year: In November of 2010, C.A.O. Director of Lifestyle Marketing Jon Huber decided to [...]

Weekly News (November 19, 2012)

 Editor’s Note: (The) Contest coming. Promise. Enjoy the holidays. Guillermo León by La Aurora 15 Minute Break Next Month — Story here. Tatuaje Exclusive Mission Pipe CQ1 in January — Details here. Viaje Holiday Blend 2012 Candy Cane Emerges — Picture here. Gran Habano Expands Gran Reserva Line — Details here. Herrera Estelí Ships — 150 [...]

Weekly News (October 29, 2012)

Editor’s Note: halfwheel got a new feature, read about it here. Viaje Skull and Bones M?stery, V.O.R. #5 and V.P.R. #6 Arrive In Stores — Story here. Room101 OSOK 212 at Cigar Inn — And more details on the future of OSOK and Edgar Hoill here. Viaje Slates DES II For IPCPR 2013 — Story [...]

News: Crowned Heads Faces Legal Challenge Over Headley Grange

Having just landed at retail stores, the new Headley Grange cigar from Crowned Heads is the subject of a legal challenge by a 145-year old association of farmers. The Tennessean is reporting that the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry has taken issue with the name of the company’s Headley Grange cigar, which [...]

Weekly News (September 24, 2012)

Editor’s Note: Much of the discussion from the earlier portion of the week was dominated by Dr. Paul Garmirian and comments he made to The Daily Caller. And then came this retraction. Most interesting, “I should have never mentioned other manufacturers (even off the record).” Liga Privada UF-13 Scheduled for 2013 — Story here. Four Kicks [...]

News: Crowned Heads to Release Limited Edition ‘Mule Kick’

Following up on a tweet sent on August 30th, Crowned Heads has announced plans for a new limited edition cigar that they are calling the ‘Mule Kick’ to be released in early November. Details of this new release were first discussed in this interview on RobbyRasReviews/CigarChat. According to an article by David Savona, the line [...]

IPCPR 2012: Crowned Heads

Perhaps it was the theme of IPCPR—old faces, new booth. There was Christian Eiroa and CLE, José Blanco and Joya de Nicaragua, Eddie Ortega and Erik Espinosa each in their own booths and even José Seijas with Litto Gomez. Also in that category were Jon Huber, Mike Conder, Michael Trebing and Nancy Heathman—formerly of CAO—who brought [...]

Review: Headley Grange Estupendos (Prerelease)

Way back in February of this year murmurs started flying about the followup to Crowned Heads’ popular debut, Four Kicks. Jon Huber announced the cigar, which was then known as “Project HG”  in an email and gave a few details about the release—which he also announced would be available for the first time at the [...]