Press Release: XIKAR to Offer Design Services to Premier Consumer Product Companies

November 19, 2013 (Kansas City, Mo.) — Cigar aficionados around the world value the engineering and design expertise that XIKAR puts in to every one of…

Weekly News (November 18, 2013)

Editor’s Note: Slow week. halfwheel video, coming soon. Ditka 89 Limited Edition — Shipping in late November, more details here. Davidoff Limited Edition 2014 Year…

Oliva Melanio 6 x 60 Heads to Europe (Update)

For those that have thought the large ring gauge trend is simply an American fad, Oliva’s newest release should shed light on the rest of…

My Father Corona

It’s hard to think of a cigar that we reviewed last year that was more under the radar than the My Father Corona. The Corona version…

SWAG Foxtoberfest

Last month Fox Cigar Bar held its second annual Foxtoberfest Cigar & Beer Festival in Gilbert, Ariz. A number of manufacturers attended the event, but…

Camacho Targets Ditka 89 for Late November

Camacho’s new Ditka 89 Limited Edition will be released later this month. The Honduran branch of Oettinger Davidoff AG’s cigar operations has begun informing retailers…

Miró Special Edition Lancero

The American cigar market got its formal introduction to Compañia Hondureña de Tabacos in April 2013, when the company announced the opening of the Kuuts…

Viaje Shows Off Holiday Blend 2013

Viaje’s Holiday Blend will return for a fifth year. Founder Andre Farkas showed off this year’s installment, a 4 1/2 x 56 cigar, that will…

Cain FF 543 (Preproduction)

During the annual STUDIO TOBAC World Tour, STUDIO TOBAC Ambassador Bryan Scholle visited some shops in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and I was able to…

JFR Junior Corojo (Prerelease)

To say that Casa Fernández’s JFR (Just for Retailers) line has been a huge success would be an understatement. When I visited with Paul Palmer…

Viaje Full Moon 2013

When we asked Viaje’s Andre Farkas about this year’s Skull and Bones M?stery—a release that has seen glow-in-the-dark boxes for Halloween—he said the company had…