La Palina is undergoing a transformation.

The brand has new leadership in the form of Clay Roberts and Sam Phillips—both previously served in marketing roles at Alec Bradley and Rocky Patel—and that’s led to a host of new products and new looks. It’s admittedly somewhat challenging to figure out how much was part of the planned transformation and how much is thanks to FDA, but it’s safe to say that even without the Aug. 8 deadline for new products set by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), there would be new product.

One avenue that cigar makers have to bring new cigars to market is to take an existing blend and modify it somehow – make it…

Occasionally in one of our cigar reviews, the lineage of a cigar gets mentioned; for instance, the vast chain of Oliva Serie V releases or…

In mid-August, Houston-based retailer STOGIES World Class Cigars received 53 boxes of the newest addition to its H-Town Lancero Series from RoMa Craft Tobac, the Neanderthal…

Last month, I watched numerous consumers chat with Javier Estades Saez and eventually ask: so what do you do for the company. Javier Estades Saez is the…

The Kerman, Calif. City Council has brought an end to tobacco use in its city parks, passing an ordinance on Wednesday that will go into…

J.C. Newman has released several new cigars into the wild that have started getting promotion by retailers in the past week, though the company isn’t saying…

Miami Cigar & Co. has begun the national release of the Nestor Miranda Collection Corojo, the latest addition to the company founder’s signature line. Unveiled…

Black Label Trading Co. has announced the details of its 2016 Throw Down Project, which is a collaboration between the company, Cigar Federation and the…

Leaders in the northern Napa County city of Calistoga have approved a city-wide ban on smoking in parks, voting in favor of the proposal on…

A flood of new cigars from J.C. Newman have recently been discovered at retail, including a trio of new lines: Founders Reserve, Ponce de Leon and…