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José "Jochy" Blanco

Indianhead Cigars Releasing Palindrome on June 15

After releasing The Black Bag Job in the middle of May 2020, Indianhead Cigars is digging deeper into the vaults at Tabacalera Palma for Palindrome,…

Oscar Butler Departs Indianhead Cigars

Oscar Butler has departed Indianhead Cigars, a move that was made effective April 15. Butler had been the company’s director of operations since August 2017…

Indianhead Cigars’ Warehouse Burglarized

Indianhead Cigars, the distributor for La Galera, Indianhead, Sans Pareil and La Instructora, is the latest victim of a cigar warehouse break-in, as late Saturday…

La Galera Anemoi Shipping to Retailers on Sept. 23

La Galera’s newest creation, Anemoi, should begin arriving at retailers just before the end of the month, as the company has told halfwheel that the first round…

Elvis Batista to Depart La Galera for Neptune Cigar

Elvis Batista, the national sales director for La Galera Cigars, has announced that he will be departing the company to join Neptune Cigars as the…

IPCPR 2019: La Galera

Located along one edge of the show floor, the La Galera booth felt a bit more open this year as opposed to previous years, a…

Freyja 12 Adding Smaller Dvallin Size in July

Just over a year ago, Emma Viktorsson of Las Cumbres Tabaco released the Freyja 12 in a single 7 x 52 Churchill vitola called Brísingamen,…

San Lotano Dominicano Robusto

While it has calmed down quite a bit in 2019, over the last two years, the cigar industry seemed to be enamored with the concept…

San Lotano Dominicano Ships

The collaboration between Abdel Fernández and Jochy Blanco is now heading to stores. This week, A.J. Fernandez began shipping the San Lotano Dominicano, a new…

A.J. Fernández, Jochy Blanco Collaborate for San Lotano Dominicano

Abdel. Fernández’s list of collaborators will add yet another name: Jochy Blanco. Blanco, of La Galera and Tabacalera Palma, has teamed up with Fernández for…

La Galera Adds Four New Vitola via The Cubes Project

La Galera is releasing a quartet of new vitolas to its core lines this summer, and doing so by way of a limited edition project…