Wyoming could be among the next wave of states to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21-years-old, as on Wednesday the Joint Committee on Revenue advanced a bill containing the increase by a 10-3 margin, setting it in motion for the upcoming 2020 legislative session. During the hearing, the bill’s original language...Read More
Wyoming could be among the next wave of states to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21-years-old, as on Wednesday the Joint Committee on Revenue advanced a bill containing the increase by a 10-3 margin, setting it in motion for the upcoming 2020 legislative session. During the hearing, the bill’s original language...Read More
Drew Estate is releasing a new Liga Privada Único Serie cigar, but it will only be available at two places in the United States, and both happen to be Liga Privada Lounges. The Liga Privada Único Pancetta is a 4 3/4 x 50 belicoso that uses the Connecticut stalk cut and cured habano wrapper utilized...Read More
One of La Flor Dominicana’s more artistic creations is returning for the upcoming holiday season, the TCFKA “M” 2019 Collector’s Edition. The cigar is similar to the one released in 2016, which was the most recent release. It wears an Ecuadorian Connecticut shade wrapper with Connecticut broadleaf maduro accents used to create the distinctive design,...Read More
JRE Tobacco Co. has announced the first vitola of what it is calling the “Our Cuban Heritage” series, the Aladino Corojo Reserva Corona #4 Limitado. The cigar is a 5 x 44 corona that will be priced at $10 per stick and offered in 20-count boxes. Julio Eiroa told halfwheel that while production numbers haven’t...Read More
I don’t think there’s ever been a build up to InterTabac quite like the first four days of this week. For the eighth year in a row, I’m in Dortmund, Germany to cover the InterTabac Trade Fair, the world’s largest tobacco trade show. It’s been quite a busy week, halfwheel has published 24 articles since Monday...Read More
Espinosa Premium Cigars is adding a trio of coronas to its portfolio, announcing on Thursday that the Espinosa Habano, Espinosa Crema and Laranja Reserva will all be getting the smaller size. “We kept hearing from our consumers up in the northeast and our cigar connoisseurs, when are you going to release some corona sizes?” said...Read More
The H. Upmann Nicaragua by AJ Fernandez is getting a limited edition this month, a 6 x 60 gordo that uses tobacco from the 2009 crop of Fernandez’s Finca La Lilia farm, the first crop to make it into a cigar. According to a report by Cigar Aficionado, the cigar shares the majority of the...Read More
