Partagas 150 AA

It’s arguably one of the most storied releases in the history of General Cigar Co.: the Partagas 150. The line celebrated the 150th anniversary of…

Cuesta-Rey Centro Fino Sungrown 110th Anniversary

In 2005, J.C. Newman Cigar Co. celebrated its 110th anniversary by releasing a limited number of humidors filled with very unique cigars. Each humidor contained 40…

Viaje Exclusivo Robusto (2010)

It wasn’t Viaje’s first cigar line, it wasn’t the line that got the company end-of-year praise from Cigar Aficionado in 2010, but I’d be willing to argue…

Eladio Diaz 62

Last year, Davidoff released the Master Selection Series, a collection of six cigars based on the cigars Eladio Diaz makes to celebrate his birthday. Diaz…

Ike Karipides Leaves Nat Sherman, Joins Drew Estate

Ike Karipides is Drew Estate’s director for speciality retail. Karipides joins the company after five and a half years as executive director of premium cigar…

Crux Ships Limitada PB517

The Crux Limitada PB5 is once again shipping to stores. Crux Cigars has announced that it is shipping the third release of its 5 3/4…

Sancho Panza Ducales

Sometime in the 1980’s Cubatabaco—the predecessor of Habanos S.A., which did not exist at that time—gave a special license to Tabacalera Spain, now known as Altadis,…

Zev Kaminetsky Out at Drew Estate

Zev Kaminetsky, a longtime sales manager for Drew Estate, is no longer with the company. Kaminetsky most recently served as national sales director for specialty…

Davidoff No.1

For many years, a Cuban Davidoff lancero was one of the cigars I most wanted to smoke. My fascination with lanceros is well-documented on this…

On18 (Programming Notes)

As I have explained many times before, January 1 is always a special day for halfwheel. Today marks the beginning of the seventh year of…

Jas Sum Kral Moves Factories

Riste Buc’s Jas Sum Kral brand of cigar is being made at a new factory. Buc has announced effective today that all production will be…