La Palina Ships KB

Late last night, La Palina received their shipment of their new Petit Corona (4 1/4 x 40), the KB, short for Kill Bill. The cigar is a play on the name of company head Bill Paley, grandson of the company’s founder, Samuel Paley.

The KB is part of La Palina’s El Diaro line, which is made at the Raíces Cubanas factory in Danlí, Honduras with the assistance from Alec Bradley’s Alan Rubin.

The KB will be offered in boxes of four, with MSRP at $35 per four-pack or $8.75 per cigar. Retailers will receive four-packs in sleeves of five, meaning 20 per cigars per sleeve.

Newly-appointed national sales manager Raphael Delagdo confirmed that La Palina will begin shipping the El Diaro KB today. El Diaro KB is a regular production cigar, although Delgado has indicated that the initial shipment is small.

Previously, La Palina had indicated possible delays regarding the KB arrival.

Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.