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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 [...]

News: Montecristo Chicago Connoisseur Edition Shipping Next Month

As was reported last year, Altadis USA is preparing to launch its fifth regional edition next month, the Montecristo Chicago Connoisseur Edition. The Windy City release follows two New York City releases, Texas Edition and Las Vegas Edition. The Chicago Edition will launch the cigar at an April 11 event at Casa de Montecristo in Countryside, [...]

News: Emilio Plans Mia Dora for IPCPR 2013

Friday night, Gary Griffith of Emilio Cigars announced his newest cigar, Mia Dora. The cigar is being made by A.J. Fernandez in honor of a woman named Dora. This is the second cigar Griffith has created to honor a woman, the other being La Musa. While the blend info and prototype art—seen below and above [...]

News: Mobile Cigar Lounges Banned in California

A recent ruling by California’s Board of Equalization has determined that mobile cigar lounges are not allowable under their interpretation of the California Cigarette & Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003. The ruling means that the CigaRV, based in Concord, Calif., will be ceasing operations. In a story first reported by the Concord Patch, CigaRV’s owner, [...]

News: Exclusive Tatuaje 10th Anniversary Planned for TAA Members

The third release of the Tatuaje TAA Exclusive Series will have to wait for another year. Pete Johnson told halfwheel that the Exclusive Series release that has been offered to members of the Tobacconist’s Association of America the prior two years will not happen in 2013. Instead, TAA members will be offered a special size [...]

News: Tatuaje Noellas & Regios Reservas Near Release

Two famed Tatuaje releases are nearing respective rereleases as part of Pete Johnson’s 10th anniversary. The Havana Cellars head told halfwheel both are expected to see 2000-box shipments in “March/April and then in November.” The confirmation follows an e-mail from New Havana Cigars’ Dan Welsh, who is also involved with Johnson in L’Atelier Imports, hinting [...]

News: Oliveros Adding Aging Room Minis, Vista de Cuba Reserva

Oliveros has a pair of new additions to their portfolio, the Aging Room Minis and a new value-based cigar line called the Vista de Cuba Reserva, which uses the left over tobacco from their current blends. The Aging Room Minis are cigarillos that come in 20-count packs and use the line’s Dominican blend. Oliveros’ president, [...]

News: Tatuaje Brown Label Extensions Coming for 10th Anniversary

In addition to the special gold foil-wrapped, wet-packed, and specially-banded original sizes of the Tatuaje Seleccion de Cazador for Tatuaje’s 10th Anniversary, Havana Cellars will be expanding the Brown Label vitolas. Over the weekend, Sean “Casper” Johnson posted the following photograph showing off one of the new sizes. Johnson told halfwheel the newest 5 3/8 x [...]

News: Felipe Gregorio Plans Three New Lines for IPCPR 2013

Dominican cigarmaker Felipe Gregorio will introduce three new lines at IPCPR 2013 this summer in Las Vegas, Nev.: Doppio Forza, Defiant and Maximo Ligero. Phillip Wynne’s company is largely focusing on larger ring gauges, although Defiant will be comprised of entirely 5 x 52 vitolas. Doppio Forza will feature Dominican Criollo 97 over an Ecuadorian [...]