Weekly News (March 18, 2024)

The headlines, reviews and more from the past week.

Esteban Disla and Daniel Lance Launch Domain Cigars

The launch is highlighted by two new lines, both coming in nine vitolas.

CroMagnon PA Begins Shipping Tomorrow

The seven core sizes of the new Pennsylvania broadleaf-wrapped CroMagnon will begin shipping to stores on Monday.

Maya Selva Releasing Limited Batch of 10-Year-Aged Flor de Selva Tempo at PCA 2024

Maya Selva is offering another aged cigar from its vaults to show off the effects of controlled aging.

Lord Baltimore Adding Hobson’s Choice Sapphire

Hobson’s Choice Sapphire is a new line from the same family that owns Davidus Cigars, which owns a dozen stores in Maryland.

Watch: Brooks Whittington on Simply Stogies

If you’d like to know what it’s like to be an American visiting Cuba for the country’s annual Festival del Habano, i.e. the Cuban cigar festival, there aren’t too many people with more experience than Nick Syris, co-host of Simply Stogies, and our own Brooks Whittington.

Fratello Announces Concealed Carry Cigars

Fratello says that Concealed Carry Cigars will be a collection of a half dozen different cigars. No word on what those cigars will be.

GTO Cigars Adding 33 Oaks Corojo & Maduro Toro Esplendidos

The two cigars are a follow-up to last year’s 33 Oaks Connecticut Toro Esplendido.

Vermont House of Representatives Passes Flavored Tobacco Ban

The proposed ban, which has been debated for the past six years, took a step forward this week.

Oz Showing Off Firsat at PCA 2024

Ozgener Family Cigars’ third regular production line will be a milder cigar with an Ecuadorian Connecticut-seed wrapper.