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
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
There’s a new short, stout Alec Bradley coming to retailers in the coming weeks, the Magic Toast Chunk. The cigar measures 4 1/2 x 60, a size that has been used before under the same name in the Black Market line as a Canadian exclusive. This version is slated to arrive in the U.S. in...Read More
Back in 2012, Tatuaje was known for releasing small batches of cigars with little to no warning and even less explanation. That was the case with the Limited Series Mexican Experiment, a limited line that was released with virtually no fanfare in a total of five vitolas, each of which were exclusive to either a...Read More
On Saturday, the newest Cohiba will debut in Spain. The Cohiba Novedosos, a 6 1/7 (156mm) x 50 parejo, will be shown off to the public for the first time durning an event in Madrid on Saturday. The event, Algo único—something unique—is being organized by the Club Pasion Habanos. Novedosos is not a limited edition,...Read More
