A third size of the HVC 500 Years Anniversary will begin shipping to stores next week. The HVC 500 Years Anniversary Selectos, a 5 5/8 x 46 corona gorda, is the newest size to be released. The line debuted last year in a single 5 5/8 x 52 size and a 4 1/2 x 52 vitola was...Read More
We wanted to review the S.T.Dupont Défi XXtrême lighter, the company’s new $398 dual-flame torch lighter. So we bought one. But it was March and we didn’t realize that we bought it from a retailer in Spain. Not sure just how long it would take for that lighter to show up, we bought another one...Read More
A third size of the HVC 500 Years Anniversary will begin shipping to stores next week. The HVC 500 Years Anniversary Selectos, a 5 5/8 x 46 corona gorda, is the newest size to be released. The line debuted last year in a single 5 5/8 x 52 size and a 4 1/2 x 52 vitola was...Read More
In 2017, Room101’s Matt Booth announced that his partnership with Davidoff—which made and distributed his cigars—was ending and he was retiring. As is more increasingly the case, Booth’s retirement wasn’t much of a retirement at all. Only a couple of months later there were whispers that he was working Abdel Fernández of AJ Fernandez and six months...Read More
One of the more interesting cigar-related lawsuits in quite some time has been filed in a South Florida court. The Siboney Corp., the parent company of Blue Mountain Cigars, has filed suit against Cigar Bundles of Miami and Lounge, a Miami-based retailer, over alleged trade dress infringement regarding cigars that use three wrappers. The lawsuit...Read More
During its most recent legislative session, the Georgia Legislature had a pair of bills introduced seeking to change the state’s tobacco tax rate. While one sought to raise the rates and another sought to lower them, neither ended up making it out of the chamber. H.B. 1229 was sponsored by five legislators, a bipartisan mix...Read More
In 2018, Rocky Patel Premium Cigars Inc. introduced Grand Reserve, a line exclusively for markets outside of the U.S. Now that’s changing and the cigar is coming to America. The company has never disclosed the Grand Reserve blend, but it is said to used tobacco that is aged for at least two years. Rocky Patel...Read More
The third version of the Rocky Patel Winter Blend will hit shelves later this month. Rocky Patel Premium Cigars, Inc. will release the new Winter Collection which uses a Mexican San Andrés wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and Honduran and Nicaraguan fillers. It will be offered in four sizes: Rocky Patel Winter Collection Corona (5...Read More
This winter, RoMa Craft Tobac’s signature 5 x 56 size will be coming to its Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion 1794 line. Skip Martin, co-founder of RoMa Craft Tobac, shared a picture of an upcoming addition to the line, the Intemperance Whiskey Rebellion 1794 Tarred & Feather. It’s a box-pressed 5 x 56 robusto gordo size, there...Read More
