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News: Viaje Platino Samurai (2012)

This hasn’t been a secret for a while now, but the latest version of the Viaje Platino Samurai has arrived at BURN Premium Cigar Specialist in Burnsville, MN. The cigar is actually identical to the version that shipped to Tobacco Grove in late 2010 taking the Platino blend and putting it in the Corona Gorda [...]

News: La Aurora 107 Puro Vintage To Be Limited Edition (Exclusive)

Miami Cigar & Co. confirmed that a seventh size would be added to the La Aurora 107 Line, the 107 Puro Vintage. While the name may change, the concept won’t. Take the Puro Vintage 2003 mold (7 1/4 x 52 Salomon) and the La Aurora Serie Aniversario 107 blend and make a gigantic limited edition [...]

News: Padilla Legacies To Be Thompson Exclusive

I mentioned the Padilla Legacies in our State of the Brand Padilla, but since then, haven’t heard much on the value priced cigar. While I don’t normally post info about new cigars for catalog retailers, given that we’d already mentioned it once, presumably as a national brand, I figured it was worth the update. What [...]

News: Regius Comes to the U.S. (Exclusive)

For the past few years Regius Cigars has been a brand only available in the U.K. It’s one of few (non-Cuban) brand that has made zero penetration into the U.S. market, until now. The Plasencia-made (Plasencia Cigars S.A., for those wondering) cigars are set to arrive in the U.S. in the coming days, brining another [...]

News: Viaje WLP Stuffed Turkey, VOR & VPR

“I got fourth of July, I got St. Patty’s Day, you know we did that this year, I think I’m going to take a break on that theme stuff…” That was Andre Farkas in this Stogie Review interview with Brian Hewitt (and Jerry Cruz behind the camera) at the IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas, [...]

News: Litto Gomez Small Batch No. 4 & LFD Factory Press IV (Exclusive)

After a few murmurs about a release date, La Flor Dominicana has confirmed that both Litto Gomez Diez Small Batch No. 4 and the La Flor Dominicana Factory Press IV are scheduled to ship in December. Small Batch No. 4 was on display at W. Curtis Draper’s Little Puff earlier this month with a box [...]

News: E.P. Carrillo Short Run 2010 No.4 (Exclusive)

Just when you thought Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr. was done for the year, Ernie pulls out one more. It really is hard to imagine that less than a month after the Elencos Oscuro was announced there is another E.P. Carrillo product to reveal for 2011. Then again, this is Rick Gadway and Federal Cigar, and it [...]

News: Liga Privada UF4 (Exclusive)

Single store Liga Privada. A few weeks after Jonathan Drew posted a picture of a bundle of MF4s in craft paper, and now the particulars. First and foremost, this is now known as Liga Privada UF4. The cigar is actually the JD4, which Drew Estate had renamed as MF4 for the last eighteen months or [...]

News: Viaje Exclusivo Lancero (Exclusive)

The next Viaje shall be a Lancero. After the Oro Koa for R. Field Wine Company, Skull & Bones “?” 2011 and Red and Black renditions of the Fifty | Fifty, which will feature new packaging, Andre Farkas will send one-hundred and fifty boxes of Exclusivo Lanceros to Atlantic Cigar in celebration of the retailer’s [...]

News: El Rey de los Habanos Lawsuit Settled

The legal battle over El Rey de los Habanos is over. Shortly before trial was set to begin, the long-rumored settlement has materialized. Details are unsurprisingly unavailable, but the following statement was obtained from the firm (Dorta y Ortega) representing Pepín García: This email is being written on behalf of Mr. Omar Ortega. This email [...]