For nearly two years—an eternity in the modern cigar world—Nat Sherman International hadn’t released a single new product. While many would want to blame that on Altria’s acquisition of the company in early 2017 and the changes that were necessitated by the acquisition, it wasn’t like the company was releasing that many new products before the...Read More
For nearly two years—an eternity in the modern cigar world—Nat Sherman International hadn’t released a single new product. While many would want to blame that on Altria’s acquisition of the company in early 2017 and the changes that were necessitated by the acquisition, it wasn’t like the company was releasing that many new products before the...Read More
Later this year, Riverside Cigar Shop & Lounge will receive an exclusive from Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust. Steve Saka, Dunbarton’s founder, confirmed to halfwheel that he plans to send Frog Juice to the Jeffersonville, Ind. store later this year. Saka declined to talk much in the way of details, saying that he hoped to have the...Read More
Once again, an effort in Wyoming to increase the taxes charged on cigars and other tobacco products has failed. H.B. 0205 would have increased the percentage of taxes charged on cigars and other tobacco products from 20 percent to 56 percent. A cigar that has an MSRP of $9.50 likely retails for around $11.40 in...Read More
A new smoking ban will be coming to the town of Winfield after the town council unanimously approved an ordinance at its meeting on Tuesday. The ban, which goes into effect on April 1, was opposed by two bar owners who feared they would lose significant amounts of business, but was met with support by...Read More
A new bill in Kansas would increase the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21, ban flavored vapes and increase fines for retailers caught in violation of the law. The federal government has already increased the minimum age to purchase tobacco and vaping products to 21 but that law is unlikely unenforceable at this...Read More
Building upon a family legacy of more than 30 years in the cigar business, Neil Garcia and business partner Gerard Abajian have announced the launch of Jake Wyatt Cigar Co., a company that gets its name from the co-owners’ two sons. Abajian’s family has been in retail business for 30 years, with his father, Mardo,...Read More
In 2015, Warped debuted the first release in a line that would become a yearly tradition around the Christmas holidays. Named Lirio Rojo—which translates to red lilly from Spanish—the limited production cigar has been released in a singular 5 1/2 x 44 corona vitola, packaged in cabinets of 50 without bands. That is until last year when the...Read More
