At the upcoming IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, Micallef Cigars will be unveiling a new size for three of the company’s lines, the Reserva Toro, Leyenda Special Edition and Midgalia Corona Extra. The Reserva Toro measures 6 x 52 and uses a Mexican San Andrés habano wrapper that has been aged for eight years. Underneath […]Read More

La Flor Dominicana will be increasing prices 5 percent effective June 25, 2019. No reason was given for the increase in prices in a letter sent to retailers. The June 25 date means that the prices will go into effect the week of the 2019 IPCPR Convention & Trade Show, which begins June 29 in […]Read More

Former NBA players Dominique Wilkins and Tiago Splitter will be entering the cigar business thanks to a new partnership with Tabacalera Pichardo in Nicaragua. Update (May 24, 2019) — The name of this cigar has been changed from Maximus by… to M.X.S. by… The new name stands for “Maximum Excellence and Success.” The change was […]Read More

The Zino Platinum Specter Series Master Edition is back. Davidoff of Geneva USA has announced that it has begun selling the Zino Platinum Master Edition Throwback 2008, a rerelease of the 5 5/8 x 46 corona gorda size that debuted in 2008. It uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper over a Dominican olor binder and fillers from […]Read More

The more cigars I smoke, the more I find myself looking at cigar names and wonder why a particular name hadn’t been used before. Case in point: hair of the dog. A term most closely associated with the consumption of alcohol, and in particular having a bit more to lessen the effects of a hangover, […]Read More