Villiger Cigars North America Appoints Rene Castaneda as New Head
Villiger Cigars North America has a new head, Rene Castaneda. The company has reached an agreement that will see Castaneda take over as president for the…
El Niño Wreaks Havoc on Cuban Tobacco Crop
More so than any other year, the phrase “climate change” is becoming a consistent theme in the cigar industry. Heavy rains late last year in…
Weekly News (Feb. 1, 2016)
Cigar News Alliance Cigar Adds Laranja Reserva DeSocio Arturo Fuente Announces Price Increase Balmoral Year of the Monkey Released Cornelius & Anthony Adds Todd Vance…
Espinosa Teams with West Coast Cigars for Evil Clown Limited Edition
Early in 2012, West Coast Cigars in San Jose, Calif. announced that it was bringing back the 601 Black as its new house cigar called…
Suriel Cigars Launches in U.S. With New Toro Majestuoso Pig Tail Edition
This week, Dominican Republic-based Suriel Cigars began shipping cigars to U.S. retailers for the first time. Suriel debuted in the Dominican market in October 2014…
Spence Drake Launching White Hat Tobacco to Distribute Hirochi Robaina’s HR
It’s a bit full circle. Spence Drake will once again be selling HR Habano. Drake, the former Cubanacan vp of sales, is launching White Hat…
Alliance Adds Laranja Reserva to DeSocio Series
Alliance Cigar’s stable of DeSocio exclusive releases is getting bigger. The New York-based distributor has released the Laranja Reserva DeSocio, a 5 5/8 x 54 perfecto,…
Julio & Justo Eiroa Launch JRE Tobacco Co.
Christian Eiroa of CLE Cigar Co. has announced that his father, Julio Eiroa, has started a new company, JRE Tobacco Co. JRE Tobacco Co. is…
Viaje Hangover Heads to Anthony’s Cigar Emporium
First there was Drinking Age for its 21st anniversary, now Anthony’s Cigar Emporium is celebrating its 22nd anniversary with the Hangover. The Tucson, Ariz.-based store…
Surrogates AC550 Coming in Spring
“Because you asked over and over,” is how Dan Welsh, one of L’Atelier Imports’ co-founders, Instagram post announcing the cigar began. Inevitably people wanted a…
Drew Estate to Distribute Debonaire
Earlier this month, Philip Zanghi of Debonaire was curiously at the Drew Estate sales meeting. It’s not because he’s joining the company, but because Drew Estate…
