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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 [...]

Press Release: General Cigar Prevails over Cubatabaco in Trademark Dispute

March 28, 2013 (Richmond, Va.) — General Cigar was recently vindicated by the courts again in the nearly 16 year old legal battle waged by Cubatabaco to determine rightful ownership of the Cohiba® trademark in the United States. After losing its legal battle in the Second Circuit, Cubatabaco continued to exhaust all available legal channels [...]

News: Guillermo León Ambassador Heads to California

The Guillermo León by La Aurora Ambassador will begin shipping next week with the cigar being first offered to retailers in California. Miami Cigar & Co. confirmed to halfwheel that the 4 1/2 x 38/60 Perfecto shape will finally be available. The cigar first made public appearance over one year ago and had long been [...]

News: STUDIO TOBAC 2013 World Tour Sampler Comes to Light

The third iteration of Oliva’s STUDIO TOBAC event sampler is here. Yesterday, multiple Oliva executives posted pictures of the STUDIO TOBAC 2013 World Tour Sampler. National Sales Manger Ian Hummel posted the following photograph on Twitter: Cain Daytona NUb 460 Cain F 550 STUDIO TOBAC CTP-013 Toro Padilla/STUDIO TOBAC Figurado STUDIO TOBAC SGP-013 Toro Cain [...]

News: A.J. Fernandez Hints at Limited El Mayimbe

Abdel Fernandez’s biggest release of 2013 will be the formal opening of his brand-new factory in Estelí, which is also physically quite large, but the company also has a limited release planned, El Mayimbe. In a recent interview with Cigar.com’s Alex Svenson, Fernandez hinted at the release: I will say that this year I’m releasing [...]

News: Arkansas Caps Cigar Tax

Governor Mike Beebe signed House Bill 1531 into law on Tuesday morning, which caps the excise tax on cigars at 50 cents per cigar effective October 1, 2013. The purpose of the bill was “to ensure the long-term funding of certain health care programs by encouraging in-state purchase of certain tobacco products.” The bill was [...]

News: Alec Bradley Adds Tempus Maduro Magnus & Connecticut Gordo

Alec Bradley is expanding two of its lines adding bigger sizes to both the Tempus Maduro and Connecticut lines. The 6 x 58 Magnus size will now be offered in both Tempus and Tempus Maduro form, previously it was only available in the former. Pricing is set at $11.00 per cigar or $220.00 per box [...]

Weekly News (March 25, 2013)

Editor’s Note: Yes, for the first time since in almost three years, there was no Weekly News, three times. A combination of technical and human error combined with further misjudgment led to the absence of the Monday fixture, but alas, it’s back. Things are hectic at halfwheel, and the last time this column was published, [...]

News: Asylum 13 Corojo to Debut in April

Fresh off the release of the 7 x 70 barberpole Ogre, Asylum Cigars is adding the Asylum 13 Corojo, a Honduran puro that will debut in April in 5 x 50 and 6 x 60 forms. Andrew Nagy broke the news of the newest cigar from Christian Eiroa and Tom Lazuka last week, which sees [...]

News: CroMagnon Mode 5 Set for IPCPR National Release

Earlier today Skip Martin of RoMa Craft Tobac announced that the CroMagnon Mode 5 will become the sixth regular production vitola of the company’s debut line. The move will come at IPCPR 2013 in July with the 5 x 50 Short Perfecto being offered in boxes of 24, as opposed to the boxes of 12 [...]