When I was growing up, my father’s humidor was a Nat Sherman humidor. The small thing that he bought in the 1980s could probably store no more than 15 Churchill-sized cigars. It sat on the shelf of my childhood home for a decade filled with a couple of crumbling cigars, a small cutter, a $1...Read More
When I was growing up, my father’s humidor was a Nat Sherman humidor. The small thing that he bought in the 1980s could probably store no more than 15 Churchill-sized cigars. It sat on the shelf of my childhood home for a decade filled with a couple of crumbling cigars, a small cutter, a $1...Read More
When it comes to reactions to both the idea of and the implementation of regulations of premium cigars by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the reactions have been a bit varied. Few, if any, in the cigar industry seemed to welcome or be happy about them, and they expressed their displeasure in a...Read More
Aging Room’s Oliveros brand will get a new release with an old name and older cigars. The cigar is called the Oliveros Gran Retorno, an old brand that some catalog retailers still carry today. But the one that will ship to cigar stores later this month is decidedly different. For starters, it’s a different cigar....Read More
Earlier this year, Micallef Cigars announced a new maduro line with a notable twist: the company was going to let the company’s most passionate fans vote on the name for the line. In the end, the fans chose the name Ambassador, which shares the name with the Micallef Cigars Ambassador Group, the company’s fan club...Read More
Nat Sherman, one of the oldest names in the American cigar business, will shut down its premium cigar businesses next month. The 90-year-old company will close both its wholesale cigar business and the company’s iconic New York City retail location known as the Nat Sherman Townhouse. The move comes almost a year after Altria, Nat...Read More
Davidoff has announced two new Masterpiece humidor releases for 2020. The Davidoff Masterpiece Humidor Series 2020 I and II are both produced in collaboration with Rose Saneuil, a French artist who has collaborated with Davidoff in the past for other high-priced Davidoff Masterpiece humidors. For Masterpiece Humidor Series 2020 I, Saneuil paid tribute to a sunset...Read More
Another popular cigar event has fallen victim to the COVID-19 pandemic, as today Espinosa Premium Cigars announced that it is canceling the 2020 installment of its La Zona Palooza event:. In an email to consumers and media, the company said that it agonized over having to make the decision. “We know this is disappointing, but...Read More
