Festival del Habano XXIV: Day 0
The unofficial start to the 24th Habanos Festival.
San Cristóbal de La Habana Reinas Selected for Colleción Habanos Series
After skipping releases for 2022 and 2023, Habanos S.A.’s Colección Habanos series—large, expensive cigars that come in boxes designed to look like books—returns with a new San Cristóbal de La Habana.
Plasencia Begins Shipping Year of the Dragon
This is the fourth consecutive year that Plasencia has released a cigar for Chinese New Year.
Habanos S.A. Reports Record $721 Million in Revenue for 2023, Up 31 Percent
All those price increases have quite literally paid off.
Atlantic Cigar Co. Gets Exclusive Size of ADVentura’s The Royal Return Queen’s Pearls
This is the 6 x 44 corona size that ranked #3 on halfwheel’s Top 25 of 2020, but box-pressed instead of round.
Black Star Line Cigars Adding Vitolas to Lalibela, Dark War Witch Lines
The three new sizes are all limited productions at the moment.
Habanos S.A. Shows Off San Cristóbal de La Habana 25 Aniversario
This release is limited to just 200 humidors of 50 cigars.
Quai d’Orsay Especial d’Orsay Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Habanos S.A. will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Quai d’Orsay with an event this week in Havana. The star of the show will be the new Especial d’Orsay.
H. Upmann Magnum Finite, Ramón Allones Absolutos & Trinidad Cablidos Formally Announced as 2024 Edición Limitada Cigars
Sources have told halfwheel that these cigars were once targeted as 2022 Edición Limitada cigars, then 2023 Edición Limitada cigars. They will in fact be 2024 Edición Limitada cigars.
Trinidad Robustos Extra Returns for 55th Anniversary
The Robustos Extra was discontinued in 2012, brought back as a limited edition in 2020 and will come back again as part of the Trinidad brand’s 55th anniversary.
Romeo y Julieta Short Churchills Reserva Cosecha 2019 Announced
Habanos S.A. is not immune to the trend of applying lots of bands to short cigars.
