Cuba

One of the smallest Edición Regional releases gets a review in this year’s Holy Grail Week.

Two days late and a dollar short, it’s time to think about some big storylines for the cigar industry in 2023.

After discontinuing the La Escepción brand in 1989, Habanos S.A. brought back the marca 23 years later as part of the company’s Edición Regional program and released the 6 1/2 x 38 Selectos Finos as an exclusive for the country of Italy.

Holy Grail Week 2023 starts with a large Hoyo de Monterrey made of tobacco from a harvest planted a decade ago.

It’s time to see just how clear Charlie Minato’s crystal ball was when it came to looking ahead to 2022.

Cuban cigars will be getting more expensive in 2023.

General Cigar Co.’s registration of the Cohiba brand name has been canceled by the TTAB, but don’t expect the brand to disappear from store shelves in the immediate future.

Seven years ago, the Ramón Allones 8-9-8 returned to shelves in Germany as a limited edition release. It was reviewed in mid-2016 and the results were mixed, but now the cigar has had ample rest in the humidor.

The cigar will be available in Bulgaria, Serbia and Romania.

Hurricane Ian made a direct hit in Cuba’s most prominent tobacco-growing region, Pinar del Río. Pictures from the Robaina family farm show serious damage.

Further north, American cigar companies in Tampa are closing Tuesday in preparation for the storm.

The Edición Regional is a corona-sized cigar that celebrates the 20th anniversary of Diadema S.p.A., the Italian distributor of Habanos S.A. products.