News: Nat Sherman Expanding Timeless Nicaragua with Three New Vitolas

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Nat Sherman’s Nicaraguan Timeless Collection line will be adding three sizes in the weeks coming up to the 2013 IPCPR trade show, according to Michael Herklots, the company’s executive director of retail and brand development. The three new sizes, a 7 x 49 Churchill, 5 x 46 Corona and 6 x 52 Torpedo are “in aging” and will [...]

Weekly News (July 23, 2012)

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Editor’s Note: A few weeks ago I said the 2012 Cigar Releases List would sit at 750 before IPCPR. With a bit over a week before the start of the show, the list has 751 entries. And it’s just getting started. Litto Gomez Outlines La Flor’s IPCPR Releases — Details here. Camacho Ships Liberty Series [...]

News: Nat Sherman Adds Divinos & Especiales to Timeless Collection

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Michael Herklots, exuctive direct for retail and brand development, has announced the Nat Sherman Timeless Collection will receive two additional sizes at IPCPR—Divinos and Especiales. Herklots made the announcement on his blog. The news comes a week after we broke the news Nat Sherman would add three Nicaraguan-made sizes to Timeless Collection also at the [...]

Weekly News (July 16, 2012)

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Editor’s Note: A year ago Friday, July 20 to be more precise, Brooks and I sat down for dinner after the third day of IPCPR and we discussed the idea of halfwheel–or what was to become halfwheel. Like so many great ideas for the site, Brooks thought of it first and it took me a [...]

Review: Nat Sherman Timeless Collection No. 16

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At the 2011 IPCPR trade show, Nat Sherman showed off the first of its new brands under the direction of its then newly-appointed executive director for retail and brand development, Michael Herklots. While no new product was offered for sale, Herklots gave out a variety of test samples of the company’s newest project, Timeless. At [...]

News: Nicaraguan Nat Sherman Timeless Collection to Debut at IPCPR 2012

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In a relatively expected move, Michael Herklots, the executive director for retail and brand development of Nat Sherman, confirmed the Timeless Collection would have three additional sizes at IPCPR 2012, all from Nicaragua. The box-pressed cigars are being made at Plasencia Cigars S.A. and are not only made in Estelí, but also are composed entirely [...]

Weekly News (March 5, 2012)

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Editor’s Note: This is the one week of year where Cuba is allowed to dominate cigar news with no apologies. The XIV Festival del Habano took place last week and dominated the discourse of cigar news. There weren’t any major surprises, but there was quite a bit of news. March is quietly one of the [...]

Weekly News (February 6, 2012)

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Editor’s Note: This one is pretty simple. There are some technical issues plaguing the site currently. We know of two somewhat major issues. First and foremost, commenting from a computer seems to not be working, although commenting from mobile devices seems to be working fine. We are trying to resolve this issue and think we [...]

Weekly News (January 9, 2012)

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Editor’s Note: So we made it one week. This past week was about as dead as cigar news goes, but over the weekend, things changed a bit. While there are a few stories, there honestly isn’t a whole lot of new news. I would like to thank everyone who supported us in week one and [...]

News: Nat Sherman to Ship Timeless Collection

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Nat Sherman is set to ship the Timeless Collection in around a month’s time. Michael Herklots indicated that the new line is just waiting on boxes to be completed and plans to begin shipping Timeless to retailers nationwide either “late January or early February.” Timeless is made by Quesada at their newly completed factory in [...]