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News: Flor de las Antillas Lancero Arrives at Up In Smoke

On October 8, 2012, Dallas-based Up In Smoke was sold to new owners. Acquiring the retail chain was something Dan Schmitt and his father, Louis Edward Schmitt, had been working on for some time. Unfortunately, the elder Schmitt passed away from complications due to head and neck cancer on April 7, 2013 at the age [...]

News: Exclusive Sizes Highlight Holt’s Pepin Mania III Sampler

Holt’s Cigar Company has announced their ‘Pepin Mania III” sampler, a seven cigar collection featuring new, exclusive vitolas of cigars from José “Don Pepín” García. On Friday, Anthony Mazzola, general manager of Holt’s, Tweeted an image of one of the cigars in the sampler, a new round vitola of the Flor de las Antillas line is being referred [...]

News: W. Curtis Draper’s Announces 126th Anniversary Cigar from My Father

On Friday, W. Curtis Draper in Washington, D.C. posted a picture to their Facebook page of a new cigar coming from My Father Cigars that is being made in celebration of the store’s 126th anniversary. Details of the cigar have not been released at this time, though it will make its official debut at the [...]

News: Federal Cigar Announces My Father Le Bijou 1922 Grand Corona

Federal Cigar in New Hampshire has announced that they are adding a new vitola of the My Father Le Bijou 1922 Connecticut Edition to their collection of exclusive cigars, a 5 5/8 x 55 Grand Robusto. The store made the announcement via an email to their customer mailing list that went out late Thursday evening [...]

News: La Dueña Adds No. 13 Toro Gordo Box Pressed Vitola

News of a new size to My Father Cigar’s La Dueña line surfaced on Friday, a Toro Gordo Box Pressed vitola called No. 13. Grace Sotolongo of My Father Cigars sent out a picture of the new cigar via her Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts:   According to a representative from My Father Cigars, the [...]

Press Release: Federal Cigar Announces My Father Special F

March 13, 2013 (Portsmouth, N.H.) – Federal Cigar is honored to announce the upcoming release of the My Father Cigar Company’s Special F to commemorate Federal’s 92nd Anniversary event on Saturday, March 16th 2013. Blended by the Pepin family, this cigar is a prime example of the history of excellence for which the My Father [...]

Press Release: Flashback Friday Brings You: El Centurion

March 1, 2013 (Doral, Fla) — My Father Cigars brings back the cigar that left everyone wanting more. Back in 2007, the company released the Centurion in 3 sizes as Don Pepín’s first ever limited edition. At the time, only 850 boxes of each size were made. Many of our supporters have asked for us [...]

News: El Centurion Slated for 2013 Return

My Father Cigars has announced some early details of their 10th anniversary celebration this year, as the El Centurion marca is slated to return to store shelves in 2013. Janny Garcia and Jose Ortega of My Father Cigars announced the return of El Centurion on the January 5th, 2013 episode of Kiss My Ash Radio. [...]

News: Two Lanceros For Nestor Miranda’s 70th Birthday

Miami Cigar & Co. has confirmed details of the cigars that will be made in celebration of company founder and director Nestor Miranda’s 70th birthday, which is coming up on February 14, 2013. In a story on CigarAficionado.com, it was revealed that a pair of Lanceros – one made by La Aurora S.A. in Santiago, Dominican [...]

News: My Father Cigars Adds 6 x 60s

My Father Cigars announced on Friday afternoon that they would be joining the ever-expanding 6 x 60 ring gauge portion of the cigar market with a pair of new cigars, the My Father #6, a box-pressed 6 x 60 Toro Gordo; along with the Don Pepín Garcia Original in a 6 x 62 Toro Grande. [...]