Hendrik "Henke" Kelner

September 3, 2012 (Tampa, FL) – The latest addition to the AVO Heritage series has arrived – AVO Heritage “Special Toro” – produced only in…

Editor’s Note: At some point, there will be news. I promise. Until then, the cigar industry is content on shipping the releases shown off at…

July 30, 2012 (McLean, VA) — Paul Garmirian Inc. is pleased to announce that the PG Symphony 20 – Limited Edition, is now available in…

When we broke the news in mid-February about Christian Eiroa’s pending return to the cigar industry, details were limited, but several key things had been…

As has become the tradition, Avo Uvezian’s birthday brought another limited edition cigar, this time in the form of a trumpet, or so was the…

On May 26, 2010, a new cigar blended by TABADOM’s Hendrik Kelner for alcohol importer Eric Hanson debuted at Club Macanudo in New York City….

March 22, 2012 (Basel, Switzerland) — Javier Plantada has been appointed Senior Vice President of Global Production within the Oettinger Davidoff Group, effective April 2…

March 7, 2012 (Tampa, FL) – Cigar icon Avo Uvezian is celebrating his 86th birthday with the release of his Limited Edition Anniversary Cigar, “La Trompeta.” The “86th Anniversary” marks the eleventh annual limited edition release from AVO Cigars, a tradition the legendary cigar composer started to commemorate his 75th birthday.

For those of you that don’t know… Today is the first non-Cuban cigar that will qualify as “vintage” as per our standards and it comes…

Today is the first review of our Monday morning tradition at halfwheel, redux reviews. For more info about redux reviews and all of other review…

In April 2006, Old Virginia Tobacco Co. celebrated its 35th anniversary with a huge party that had many of the top cigar makers at the time in…