1502 Cigars Increasing Prices on March 22

Global Premium Cigars—the parent of the 1502 brand—has announced that it will be increasing prices across its portfolio on March 22.

The increases will be steep. In an email to halfwheel, Enrique Sánchez Icaza—the company’s founder—said that the company’s core Blended Series will increase around 10 percent. The Blended Series includes cigars like 1502 Black Gold, 1502 Emerald and 1502 Ruby. Also increasing by “around 10 percent” will be the company’s Puro Selection line.

Sánchez Icaza said the flagship 1502 XO line will increase by “more than 20 percent.”

This is the first increase the company has had in three years. In that time, Sánchez Icaza says the company’s costs have increased three different times.

The following chart is a live look at what companies have announced price increases or no price increase for 2021.

Company	Price Increase
A.J. Fernandez	No
Alec Bradley	No
Altadis U.S.A.	Yes
Arturo Fuente	Yes
Ashton	Yes
Asylum	Yes
Battleground	No
Black Label Trading Co.	No
Blackbird		Caldwell	Yes
Casa Cuevas	Yes
Chinnock Cellars	No
CLE	Yes
Crowned Heads	No
Cubariqueño	No
Curivari	Yes
E.P. Carrillo	Yes
El Artista	No
Esteban Carreras	Yes
Falto	No
Foundation	Yes
General Cigar Co.	Yes
Global Premium Cigars	Yes
Gran Habano	No
Gurkha	No
HVC	No
J.C. Newman	Yes
Jas Sum Kral	No
Jeremy Jack	Yes
JRE Tobacco Co.	Yes
Kristoff	No
La Barba	Yes
La Flor Dominicana	No
La Galera/Indianhead Tobacco	No
Los Caidos	No
Maya Selva	Yes
Miami Cigar & Co.	No
Mombacho Cigars S.A.	No
MoyaRuiz	No
My Father	No
Oliva	Yes
Padilla	Yes
Padrón	No
Patoro	No
Paul Garmirian	No
Paul Stulac	No
PDR Cigars	Yes
Perdomo	Yes
Plasencia 1865	No
Pure Aroma Cigars/D'Crossier	No
Quesada	No
RoMa Craft Tobac	No
RVGN Rauchvergnügen	No
Sans Pareil/La Instructora	No
Sinistro	No
Southern Draw	No
Stallone	Yes