Cigars

Although it was announced as part of the 2021 Edición Regional release, the Dragones starting showing up at retailers in the Belux region—which is comprised of the two countries of Belgium and Luxembourg—in June.

This summer, JRE Tobacco Co. added the 7 x 38 Elegante to its Classic line, which isn’t as corojo-forward as others in the company’s portfolio.

It took 1,000 days for the cigar to come to fruition, a bit more for this redux to do the same.

The new line commemorates the 10th anniversary of the Leaf by Oscar brand, which started out as a house blend for company co-founder “Island” Jim Robinson’s Leaf & Bean retails stores in Pittsburgh, Pa.

This short, thick vitola was launched as an exclusive for retailers who attended the 2023 PCA Convention & Trade Show.

The new release is made up of a Cameroon-seed wrapper grown on the Eiroa farms in Honduras, along with binder and filler tobaccos that the company describes as “other Honduran tobacco of undisclosed origins.”

Just before the summer heat set in, Powstanie added a new corona gorda to its Broadleaf and Habano lines, the thinnest vitola in each.

Great, now I’m hungry.

The Las Calaveras limited edition returns for its 10th year with a blend that brings back the broadleaf.

The company’s fourth Intemperance blend is named after the Volstead Act, the law created to enforce prohibition that went into effect in 1920.

It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since the launch of the Davidoff Nicaragua, but this cigar says it has been.