Illusione Rex

Dion Giolito’s first business in the cigar world was not Illusione, it was in retail. It’s one that he still carries on today with a…

Cigar Taxes Could be Coming to Pennsylvania

The days of cigars not being assessed an additional tax could be coming to an end in Pennsylvania if a proposal by a group of…

Portraits: Rocky Patel

Ask anyone who the hardest working man in the cigar business is, and odds are one of the names you will hear most often is…

Winner: The Newsletter (December 2013)

In a few minutes, the January edition of The Newsletter is coming out, finally. The winner of the second grab bag is baalvik@****.com. If that’s you…

Press Release: NATO Files Lawsuit Over New York City Over Tobacco Discount Law

January 30, 2014 — Today, NATO, the New York Association of Convenience Stores, the Bodega Association of the United States, along with Lorillard Tobacco Company, R.J….

Walnut Creek, Calif. Expands Smoking Ban

Some sidewalks, golf courses and single-family homes. That is the list of places where smoking is still allowed in Walnut Creek, Calif. after the city’s…

Alec Bradley Prensado DeSocio

Tom Sullivan’s DeSocio series is getting quite populated. First, it was simply the Alec Bradley Tempus, then there was the Flor de las Antillas DeSocio,…

Room101 Master Collection Two Ships

The Room101 Master Collection Two has begun shipping to retailers according to the company. While the cigar is still late from its original 2013 scheduled…

Press Release: Famous Smoke Shop Introduces Inferno Flashpoint Cigars

January 30, 2014 (Easton, Pa.) — Famous Smoke Shop is a leading online distributor of discounted premium cigars. The company specializes in offering the web’s…

Limited Toraño Vault Gold Nears Release

The upcoming Toraño Vault Gold VLE100 has emerged, with a predictably gold band. The limited edition event-only cigar will be a 6 x 60, limited…

Sindicato Emerges

The eponymous Sindicato line has emerged. Corona Cigar Co., a member of Sindicato, posted the first known photo of the cigar on its Instagram page…