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Weekly News (June 10, 2013)

Editor’s Note: We are little more than a month out from the trade show and the most shocking trend in the industry is the growing list of companies with a significantly reduced trade show release roster than year’s past. There are some additional reasons, but more and more it seems manufacturers are realizing there just [...]

News: Kelner Boutique Factory Adds El Cedro Cigars as Client

Anwar Elboustani has wanted to do what a lot of cigar smoker have, make his own cigar. Now, with the help of the son of one of the industry’s most respected tobacco men, he’ll get his chance. “I’ve been planning it for three years and I’ve been looking for someone to roll the cigars,” Elboustani told [...]

News: Casa de Montecristo to Launch E.P. Carrillo Generosos

Casa de Montecristo in Countryside, Ill. has announced that they will soon be hosting the launch for a new cigar from  exclusive from E.P. Carrillo called the Generosos. The cigar will debut at 8 to 8 Cigars, Casa de Montecristo’s sister store in Villa Park, Ill., during their Father’s Day weekend event from June 14 [...]

News: Moya & Ruiz La Jugada Habano to Debut at IPCPR 2013

Danny Moya and Nelson Ruiz’s sophomore release will debut at the 2013 IPCPR trade show and convention next month. The duo will use a different wrapper over the company’s La Jugada filler blend for its next release, which will debut at the mid-July annual convention in Las Vegas, Nev. The duo confirmed the release date last [...]

Press Release: La Sirena to Release Limited Dubloon Salomon

June 7, 2013 (Miami, Fla.) – In a recent expedition to Lake Nicaragua, which archeologists feel was once a large bay alongside the Pacific Ocean, a discovery was made. The dangerous mission to find treasures of the mermaid was met by sharks and other seemingly out of place aquatic animals. On the last day, in [...]

News: Delaware Tax Hike Tabled

Yesterday, the Delaware House Revenue & Finance Committee tabled H.B. 138, a bill that would have increased the taxes on a variety of tobacco products, including cigars, from 15 percent to 30 percent of the wholesale price. On a 6-2 vote, the bill—introduced by Rep. Michael Barbieri (D-Newark)—was tabled, a victory for Delaware cigar smokers. “It [...]

News: Casa Miranda Chapter Two to Debut at IPCPR 2013

The follow-up version of the Casa Miranda Chapter One will debut two years later and in the exact same place as the original: Las Vegas, Nev. Miami Cigar & Co. will show off the Casa Miranda Chapter Two at the 2013 IPCPR trade show and convention in mid-July. The Nicaraguan-made cigar is described as both [...]

Press Release: Limited Edition 601 La Bomba Maduro “Warhead” to be introduced at IPCPR 2013

June 6, 2013 (Hialeah Gardens, Fla.) — Espinosa Premium Cigars is proud to announce they will be introducing a limited edition cigar for their full bodied 601 La Bomba line called “Warhead” at IPCPR this year.  This is the first time the 601 La Bomba line is offered with a Connecticut Broadleaf maduro wrapper. The [...]

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 [...]

Press Release: Ortega Mini Cigars Coming in June

June 4, 2013 (Sunrise, Fla.) – Ortega Premium Cigars officially announced today the June release of their new Mini Cigar line. Unlike their current flagship lines the Serie D, Cubao and the limited release Wild Bunch Series which are all made in Nicaragua, the new Mini’s will be made in the Dominican Republic by Abe [...]