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XIKAR Ships VX2 Cutter

XIKAR has begun shipping its new VX2 cutter, a few weeks ahead of its original October release date. The new cutter features XIKAR’s reverse v-cut…

La Palina Congress Emerges

If you are looking for the La Palina Congress, head to Washington D.C., at least for now. W. Curtis Draper of Washington D.C. has acknowledged…

Cuba Reports Positive Crop

After three years of notably poor tobacco harvests, Cuba is finally having a good year. Previous predictions suggested that this would be a bumper crop…

Weekly News (Sept. 4, 2017)

Cigar News C.Gars Ltd Opens September Auction Cuba Introduces Two New Tobacco Strains, Eyes New Cigar Tobacco David Tang, Founder of Pacific Cigar Co., Dies…

C.Gars Ltd Opens September Auction

For the 22nd time, British retailer C.Gars Ltd is hosting an auction of Cuban cigars. The latest rendition opened yesterday and concludes on Sept. 10….

Quesada Oktoberfest Bayern Lands at The Cigar Shop

Later this month, Oktoberfest will formally kick off in Germany, but Quesada’s Oktoberfest celebrations are already underway. As it has done since 2011, the company…

Espinosa Creates One Love Houston for Hurricane Harvey Relief

If you’d like to smoke a cigar and help the Hurricane Harvey Relief effort, there’s an easy option. Espinosa Premium Cigars and Houston-based retailer STOGIES…

Cuba Introduces Two New Tobacco Strains, Eyes New Cigar Tobacco

Cuba’s San Juan and Martinez Tobacco Experiment Station has developed two new cigarette varietals and is working towards new cigar tobaccos. The report comes from Xinhua,…

Alliance Cigar Adds Herrera Estelí DeSocio

Alliance Cigar Co.’s collection of exclusive releases under the DeSocio name has another entry. Drew Estate has announced that it has created the Herrera Estelí…

David Tang, Founder of Pacific Cigar Co., Dies at 63

Sir David Tang, the founder and chairman of Pacific Cigar Co., which distributes Habanos S.A. cigars throughout the Asia Pacific region, has died at the…

Oettinger Davidoff AG Announces New Chairman & CEO

Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard is out at Oettinger Davidoff AG. The company announced that Hoejsgaard, its ceo, and Andreas Schmid, the chairman of the board, were no longer…