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News: Fonseca 150 Heads to Texas

Fonseca’s biggest cigar is headed to Texas. The Fonseca 150 measures a whopping 9 x 60 making it the largest in the SAG Imports-distributed brand’s history. Only 500 boxes of 10 are being made with pricing set at $8.95 per cigar or $89.50 per box and the company expects it to begin arriving in the [...]

Weekly News (June 3, 2013)

Editor’s Note: Over the weekend William Cooper of Cigar Coop posted a defense of big ring gauges. Cooper is a noted fan of the format, an anomaly in cigar media, as well as the industry as a whole. It was something—in my opinion—needed. So often people get caught up in their own personal biases against [...]

News: Quesada TP40Q Heading to Tobacco Plaza in July

Quesada will be releasing a fifth Heisenberg vitola for New York-based Tobacco Plaza’s 40th anniversary. The Quesada TP40Q is a 6 x 56/65 Figurado shaped like the already-existing Coronet Cuadrada vitola. There will be 500 box-pressed and 500 round versions made. Boxes of ten are priced at 114.95, while single cigars will retail for $12.30. The TP40Qs [...]

News: Quesada Adds Corona to 2013 Release of Oktoberfest

The last nationally-distributed size of Oktoberfest will be introduced later this summer, a 5 x 43 Corona known as Krone. First reported by Gregory Mottola, the Krone is the sixth size of the line that was first introduced two years ago in Las Vegas at IPCPR 2011 with just a pair of vitolas. It will also debut [...]

Review: Fonseca Cubano Exclusivo Robusto (Prerelease)

Last month we got the news out of SAG Imports that it was releasing a new Fonseca line called the Cubano Exclusivo. The cigar was developed with the idea that they wanted to take the easily recognizable Fonseca branding and develop a cigar that breaks out of the expected smooth and mild Fonseca profile. The cigar [...]

News: Nat Sherman Adding New 1930 Line

Nat Sherman will be adding a new line this summer called the 1930, with plans to have it available before the IPCPR Convention and Trade Show in early July. Michael Herklots, the Executive Director Retail and Brand Development for Nat Sherman, shared the announcement in an exclusive to halfwheel during the Tobacco Plus Expo in Las [...]

Weekly News (January 28, 2012)

Editor’s Note: This week, the 2013 list of new releases will be updated, it’s a task and one that we’ve been a bit relaxed on launching, but by Friday a pretty good synopsis of what we know about will be out. It’s been a quiet January in terms of shipped releases, more so than the [...]

News: Smoke Inn Teases New Quesada Microblend Release

A new Smoke Inn Microblend release is in the works, according to a picture posted to the Florida retailer’s Facebook page on Friday afternoon. While the bulk of the information is blurred out, what is known is that the project is being made at MATASA in the Dominican Republic, the factory owned and operated by [...]

Weekly News (January 14, 2013)

Editor’s Note: My pride and joy, here. Light news week Illusione’s Rothchildes Nears Release — Here. El Centurion to Return in 2012 — Details. Quesada Releases The Blender’s Sampler — Story and review. Civil Cigar Lounge Gets Exclusive Tatuaje — Details here. Villiger Launches Discovery Tour — Exclusive here. Georgia Reviews Tobacco Purchasing Bill — [...]

Review: Quesada The Blender’s Sampler Robusto

Earlier, we broke news on The Quesada Blender’s Sampler, a new limited edition Robusto sampler from Quesada and its U.S. distribution arm, SAG Imports.  To recap: SAG Imports, the distribution arm of Quesada, is set to release its most popular blends in the form of a special sampler. The Quesada Blender’s Sampler will feature eight Robustos, [...]