Cigar News A.J. Fernández Distributing Viva La Vida Alec & Bradley Gatekeeper Ships Altadis U.S.A.’s Romeo y Julieta Adding Nicaragua Connecticut Black Label Trading Co. Releases Event-Only Black Works Studio NBK Lizard King Black Works Studio Hawaii KATO Heading to R. Field Wine Co. Bugatti Group Names Rick Ardito New National Sales Director C.Gars Ltd.’s...Read More

Cigar News A.J. Fernández Distributing Viva La Vida Alec & Bradley Gatekeeper Ships Altadis U.S.A.’s Romeo y Julieta Adding Nicaragua Connecticut Black Label Trading Co. Releases Event-Only Black Works Studio NBK Lizard King Black Works Studio Hawaii KATO Heading to R. Field Wine Co. Bugatti Group Names Rick Ardito New National Sales Director C.Gars Ltd.’s...Read More

In September 2018, Marrero Cigars announced two fairly major milestones in its company’s history: the first was a brand new factory located in the Dominican Republic named MCR Factory that is owned by Joel Vazquez-Marrero and Felix Gonzalez; the second was a new cigar named the Artistico Salomon, a 7 x 62 salomon vitola which features elaborate decorations...Read More

Minnesota continues to be a hotbed of municipalities raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21-years-old, and earlier this month the Tobacco 21 movement landed its 42nd supporter as the Braham City Council unanimously approved the final reading at its Sept. 3 meeting. The ordinance prohibits the purchase, possession and consumption of tobacco...Read More

The latest auction of rare and vintage Cuban cigars hosted by UK-based C.Gars Ltd. is now live. The September auction features 350 lots up for grabs, including 13 lots of Cuban-made Davidoffs and four lots of Cuban-made Dunhills. A number of Edición Regional, Edición Limitada, Reserva and Gran Reserva lots are also in this season’s...Read More

This week, Florida State Rep. Jackie Toledo, R-Tampa, held a press conference to announce that she will push to raise the state’s minimum age to purchase tobacco products and e-cigarettes to 21-years-old, a move that comes just over four months after a similar bill died in the state’s House of Representatives. Toledo said that she...Read More

Annual releases are nothing new in the cigar industry. But a once-every-five-years cigar? That’s an idea. It also happens to be part of the backstory behind the Southern Draw Kudzu Lustrum, the other half being that it celebrates the fifth anniversary of the company. The cigar is a Nicaraguan puro highlighted by a medio tiempo habano...Read More

At its meeting on Thursday, the Fort Lauderdale City Commission unanimously approved the second reading of an ordinance that will raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21-yeas-old, effective immediately according to the version presented to the commission. Additionally, stores will be prohibited from offering any tobacco products via a self-service display unless...Read More