When I was growing up, my father’s humidor was a Nat Sherman humidor. The small thing that he bought in the 1980s could probably store no more than 15 Churchill-sized cigars. It sat on the shelf of my childhood home for a decade filled with a couple of crumbling cigars, a small cutter, a $1...Read More
Let’s face it, 2020 will be remembered for a lot of less than ideal happenings in our world. While a cigar certainly won’t top the other news of the year, one thing might end up as a bit of a footnote this year. It’s the year that the Camacho Liberty Series came back, at least...Read More
A man fired gunshots at a Cigars International employee after the employee told him he must wear a mask in the store or wait outside. The incident took place earlier today at the Cigars International location at 4078 Nazareth Pike in Bethlehem, Pa. No one was injured by the gunfire. According to Mat Cook, director of...Read More
Gov. Brian Kemp has made Georgia the most recent state to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21-years-old, signing SB 375 into law in recent days, with the age increase going into effect immediately. In addition to the increase to purchase tobacco products, the bill also makes it illegal for a person...Read More
Davidoff’s Vault Program will get another release next week in the form of the Davidoff Madison 515 Toro. The cigar was created in 2011 to commemorate the move of Davidoff’s Madison Ave. flagship store from 535 Madison Ave. to its current location at 515 Madison Ave. It’s a 6 x 54 toro that uses a...Read More
The Aging Room Quattro Nicaragua will soon be offered to stores outside of the U.S. AJ Fernandez, which also produces the cigar for Boutique Blends, will also be the international distributor for the line. The Nicaraguan puro is sold in the U.S. by Altadis U.S.A. Steven Kron, international sales director for AJ Fernandez, told halfwheel that...Read More
The final Edición Limitada for 2019 will debut next month in the United Kingdom. Hunters & Frankau, the U.K.’s distributor of Cuban cigars, will launch the Ramón Allones Allones No.2 Edición Limitada 2019 at a party on Aug. 19, 2020. Suggested pricing in the U.K. is £28.50 ($37.30) per cigar or £272 ($356) per box...Read More
Last year, Patoro brought its high-priced VA XO Salomones to the U.S. for the first time. The cigar had been sold in limited quantities in Europe since 2015, but like other Patoros, it had not yet made it stateside. Patoro quickly sold out of its 2019 allotment of VA XO Salomones, though that statement probably...Read More
