San Cristobal Ovation Decadence (2016)

Walk into an average cigar humidor and I’m sure you could find some cigar brands that would be a challenge to name the owner and…

XIKAR Teases Burnout Ashtray

There’s another XIKAR product coming inspired by high-performance vehicles. In its latest newsletter, the company showed off a new Burnout Ashtray, a six-cigar ashtray. A…

Festival del Habano XIX: Day 4

After a quick cigar and cup of coffee on my patio, I grabbed a taxi and headed to the day’s first event, a tour of…

Idaho Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase Dies in Senate

A bill that would have raised the minimum age to purchase tobacco from 18 to 21 in the state of Idaho was defeated earlier today…

XIKAR Adds Xi3 Mayan Phantom

XIKAR has added a new color option to the Mayan version of its popular Xi3 cutter: Phantom. The new version features the all-black design found…

Festival del Habano XIX: Day 3

My fourth day in Cuba would be a fairly light day in terms of number of events, but quite long in terms of the amount…

La Aroma de Cuba Noblesse Viceroy

In 2014, Ashton Distributors, Inc. expanded its La Aroma de Cuba brand with a limited edition line called Noblesse. Since then, the company has expanded…

Tatuaje TAA 2014 Returns for 2017 Release

Last year, the Tatuaje TAA 2012 returned as the 2016 release. This year, the Tatuaje TAA 2014 will return. It’s a 6 x 52 parejo using…

Texas Legislator Seeks to Ban Smoking on State-Owned Property, College Campuses

A college campus isn’t generally thought of as an ideal place to light up a cigar, but if a bill introduced into the Texas legislature…

Java Wafe Returns

Rocky Patel Premium Cigars has announced that the Java Wafe is once again being sold to the company’s retailers. The Wafe is a 5 x…

Laranja Reserva Baixo

To kick off 2017, Thompson Cigar Co., the well-known online and catalog retailer, announced that it would be selling its own exclusive size of Espinosa Premium…