A term that has come into my vocabulary as of late is inflection point, that spot where the trend bends and changes direction. It’s come into usage with the pandemic, but it certainly has a fairly wide field where it is applicable. One of those would be blending trends in the cigar industry, and if...Read More

Stogiebird, an online cigar subscription service and retailer founded by Sam Leccia, will offer a new series of cigars to other retailers. And it’s not just any series of cigars, it’s one that literally contains pieces of the past. Called Vintage Fresh, the new series is using vintage cigar bands that are placed on new...Read More

Yesterday, LH Cigars began shipping the newest size of its Nick line. The Nick Junior is a 4 1/4 x 64 double perfecto vitola. It uses an Ecaudorian vuelta abajo wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and three fillers: Brazlian mata fina, Nicaragua and peru. It has an MSRP of $11.95 per cigar and will be...Read More

The Micallef Migdalia S.E. has arrived in stores. Micallef Cigars announced the cigar in March to coincide with International Women’s Day, which takes place on March 8. It is a 5 x 40 version of the Migdalia line, which uses a Mexican San Andrés wrapper over a Sumatran binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic...Read More

Tarazona Cigars next release draws inspiration from the Cigar City. The Tarazona La Tampeña will debut in a 6 x 52 toro size that uses a habano criollo wrapper from Jalapa, Nicaragua over a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan fillers. In a press release, the company says that La Tampeña, “pays homage to the women that...Read More

Córdoba & Morales has a new series of cigars based on the concept of releasing a new cigar each season. The first release is the Córdoba & Morales Seasons Spring Edition, a 6 x 50 toro that uses a Cameroon wrapper over an Ecuadorian habano binder and fillers from Nicaraguan and Peru. MSRP is set at...Read More

Last month, Boveda made the decision to discontinue the Boveda Butler, the company’s humidity and temperature sensor that pairs with the Boveda app on smartphones. The company informed its partners that the decision to continue the product was due to “ongoing supply disruptions.” Boveda says that existing sensors and the app will continue to work,...Read More

There are not many cigars that have a decade lag time between the time they are released in one country and when they are released in the U.S., but the Patoro VA XO Robusto may be one of the best examples on the market. The original VA XO Robusto debuted in Switzerland in 2010 as the...Read More