Paul Garmirian Cigars has announced that it has implemented a price increase on the bulk of its cigar portfolio.

The company said that on the whole it is a 6 percent increase, which is being attributed to increasing production costs, including higher costs in tobacco and labor, as well as higher packaging and materials costs.

Not every line will see its pricing increase, as the company opted not to raise the price on the PG Private Reserve and Family Reserve lines since they are already priced at a premium level.

The Private Reserve is a group of cigars from Paul Garmirian’s private collection that date back to 1991 which are shared with the company’s top accounts. The Family Reserve started in 2003 when Davidoff bought the remaining 51 percent of Tabadom, which is where Paul Garmirian Cigars’s were being made. Garmirian packaged the seven-year-aged Celebration line that had been rolled in 1996, as well as the six-year-aged No. 2 that had been rolled in 1997. As Kevork Garmirian told halfwheel, it was the staff at Tabadom that suggested they care for the cigars “like family,” and thus the collection was born.

Additionally, the company added some vintage year items to the Private Reserve, with the company defining a vintage cigar as anything that has eclipsed the 10-year mark since it was rolled. Those cigars are recognizable by the boxes having a handwritten note indicating the year in which they were rolled.

The increase went into effect on March 15.

The following chart looks at what companies have announced price increases or no price increases for 2023.

CompanyPrice Increase?
AJ FernandezNo
Alec BradleyYes
All Saints CigarsYes
BattlegroundNo
Bellatto Premium CigarsYes
Bocock BrothersYes
CaldwellYes
CLEYes
Crowned HeadsYes
CruxYes
D'CrossierNo
DavidoffYes
Drew EstateYes
Dunbarton Tobacco & TrustYes
E.P. CarrilloYes
EpicNo
Espinosa Premium CigarsYes
Esteban CarrerasNo
FableNo
FavilliNo
Ferio TegoNo
Forged Cigar Co.Yes
Foundation Cigar Co.No
Fuerte y LibreYes
GaroNo
General Cigar Co.Yes
Gran HabanoNo
Habanos S.A.Yes
Howard G Cigars No
Iconic LeafYes
IllusioneNo
J.C. NewmanYes
Karen BergerNo
La Flor DominicanaNo
La PalinaYes
La SirenaNo
Lost&FoundYes
Lotus/VertigoNo
Luciano CigarsNo
Maya Selva CigarsYes
Miami Cigar & Co.No
My Father CigarsNo
Oscar Valladares Tobacco & Co.Yes
Oveja Negra BrandsNo
Paul GarmirianYes
PDR CigarsNo
PerdomoYes
Platinum NovaNo
Plasencia CigarsYes
PowstanieYes
Quality Importers Trading Co.No
Rocky PatelYes
Rojas CigarsYes
Sinistro CigarsYes
Southern DrawNo
Vintage Rock-A-FellerNo
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