ACE Prime Adds Distribution in France

ACE Prime Cigars will soon be saying bonjour to French cigar smokers, as the company has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Albana Tobacco…

Arturo Fuente Keeps Prices Flat for Almost All of Its Portfolio

Arturo Fuente says it will not be increasing prices for more than 99 percent of its production. That of course means that some—the company says…

Rabbit Air Releases New A3 Air Purifier

Rabbit Air has released a new model in its well-known line of air purifiers, the A3, which offers the biggest amount of room coverage yet…

2020 Awards: Packaging Top 10

While seemingly every cigar publication creates some sort of list of what it thinks the best cigars to smoke were in a given year—we have…

Watch: Packaging Awards 2020 (12:00 P.M. CST)

It’s just one more day until we unveil our Top 25 cigars of 2020, but tune in today to see us unveil our Top 10…

Avanti Cigar Co. Taking Over U.S. Distribution of Toscano

As expected, the Italian cigar brand Toscano will move its U.S. distribution in-house. Effective Feb. 1, Avanti Cigar Co.—a subsidiary of Parodi Holdings, LLC—will take…

FDA Codifies Premium Cigar Definition; Finalizes SE for Flavored Cigars & Other Tobacco Products

Yesterday, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced finalized rules for premarket product approval through substantial equivalence (SE) or the premarket tobacco product applications…

2020 Awards: Company of the Year

There are no specific qualifications to be considered for this award. Typically, it seems like the award is given to the company who had the…

2020 Awards: Factory of the Year

This was as close as any of our Factory of the Year voting to date: first place was separated from second place by a point,…

AVO Classic Belicoso Returns for 2021

For the first time since 2005, the AVO Classic line will be available in a belicoso size. Next month, Davidoff of Geneva USA will release…

Bolívar Belicosos Finos Reserva Cosecha 2016 Begins Shipping (Update)

The Bolívar Belicosos Finos Reserva Cosecha 2016 has begun arriving in select markets, including Hong Kong according to the Pacific Cigar Ltd., the distributor of…