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News: Viaje to Release Friends and Family

At IPCPR 2011, select individuals were handed a special blend from Andre Farkas, Viaje Friends and Family. The cigar has never publicly been shown off and nearly nothing is known about it, but a few retailers have indicated that they will be receiving a single box of Friends and Family in their upcoming shipment alongside WLP [...]

News: Christian Eiroa Nears Return to Cigar Industry

Christian Eiroa, the former President of Camacho Cigars, is laying the groundwork for a return to the industry. Retailers in three states have confirmed to halfwheel that they have recently had conversations with Eiroa about his 2012 return, likely towards the middle of the year. While details like price points, sizes and an exact release [...]

News: Chaveta Announces Limited Edition Habano Toro

Small batch manufacturer Chaveta has a new limited edition project expected to launch in the coming months, a Toro with a Habano wrapper. Mark Just, who took over the brand last year, says that only 50 boxes of 20 cigars will be released in the coming months. In addition to the Habano wrapper, Just says [...]

News: Tatuaje Tobacco Plaza DD Heads to Tobacco Plaza in March

It’s been no secret that Tobacco Plaza of Great Neck, NY was slated to get a Tatuaje retailer exclusive some time early in 2012. Now, with less than 47 days before the first release, the details have largely come together on Pete Johnson’s project for Danny Ditkowich’s store. The cigar will be known as the [...]

News: E.P. Carrillo NWC Short Run 2012 Announced

Despite claims at IPCPR 2011 that the Short Run series was likely not going to make an appearance in 2012, E.P. Carrillo has began taking orders on its newest limited edition, the E.P. Carrillo New Wave Connecticut Short Run 2012. The cigar actually made its fist appearance at an event at Casa de Montecristo on [...]

News: My Father Le Bijou 1922 Federal Cigar 91st Cervantes (Exclusive)

Rick Gadway’s Federal Cigar is celebrating its 91st anniversary, and like last year’s 90th anniversary, there are some cigars being made solely to commemorate the occasion. Following last year’s release of the Tatuaje Federal Cigar 109, Arturo Fuente Federal Queen B and E.P. Carrillo Short Run 2010 No.4 comes the My Father Le Bijou 1922 Federal [...]

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 [...]