Weekly News (Aug. 24, 2015)

Cigar News

• Colibri Ships OpusX Anniversary Astoria — Details here.

Colibri/Fuente OPUS X Limited Edition lighters will be shipping this week!!! #Colibri #Fuente #cigaraficionado pic.twitter.com/SwdVnjLonE

— Les Mann (@lesbmann) August 18, 2015

• Davidoff Escurio Accessories Arrive at Retail — Details here.

Thw new Davidoff Escurio incl. the Escurio Accessoires now by Urs Portmann Tabakwaren AG pic.twitter.com/DCp0yoX0OV

— Portmann Tabakwaren (@PortmannTabak) August 24, 2015

• Ezra Zion Releases Blessed Leaf 1611
• Flor de Selva El Galán Heading to Underground Cigar Shop
• Gran Habano Announces Heather Payne as National Sales Manager
• Habanos S.A.’s 2016 New Release List Emerges
• J. Grotto Adds Silk Petit Corona
• Maya Selva Bringing Villa Zamorano Corona Stateside? Maybe.

https://twitter.com/gabealvarez_/status/634824008626798592

• Oettinger Davidoff AG Announces Albert Manzone as SVP of Europe and Global Retail Travel
• Padilla Artemis Returning?

Don't call it a comeback ..but keep an eye out. https://t.co/1WydmJYaYD

— Padilla cigars (@PADILLACIGARS) August 20, 2015

• Padilla Ships Corojo-99, Criollo-98 & San Andrés — Review here.

• New Padilla?

Unreleased blend pic.twitter.com/0DXelST10g

— Padilla cigars (@PADILLACIGARS) August 21, 2015

• New Primer Mundo?

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• Ramón Allones Sur Arrives in Lebanon
• Rocky Patel Legends 52 Ray Lewis Gets October Release
• RoMa Craft Tobac Ships El Catador de las Petite Coronas
• Romeo y Julieta Cedros de Luxe, Trinidad Vigia Tubos Ship
• Warped/Casa Fernández Ship Futuro — Details here.

Futuro starts shipping out to Warped retailers tomorrow! GET READY! #cigars #botl

— Warped® (@warpedcigars) August 18, 2015

Trademarks

• M&D Wholesale Distributors, Inc. (Cigars International) has filed for a trademark on “FLOR DE SAN ANDRES”

M&D Wholesale Distributors, Inc. (Cigars International) has filed for a trademark on “FLOR DE SAN ANDRES" pic.twitter.com/o0Nip6K0pa

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) August 21, 2015

• MONTES DE OCA has filed for a trademark on “MONTES DE OCA”

MONTES DE OCA has filed for a trademark on MONTES DE OCA. pic.twitter.com/3dBWJoo7vF

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) August 21, 2015

• Tabacalera Falto, Inc. has filed for a trademark on “FALTO YAGÜEZ”

Tabacalera Falto, Inc. has filed for a trademark on “FALTO YAGÜEZ" pic.twitter.com/OTsX59Kg13

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) August 21, 2015

• Tabacalera Palma, Ltd. has filed for a trademark on “BIG AND BEEFY”

Tabacalera Palma, Ltd. has filed for a trademark on “BIG AND BEEFY" pic.twitter.com/HxQ8xsxnxE

— Charlie Minato (@charlieminato) August 21, 2015

Legislation

• California Facing Minimum Purchasing Age Increase, Tobacco Tax Raises, Smoking Ban & More
• Pennsylvania Cigar Tax Proposed Again

• Anchorage, Alaska Facing Smoking Ban
• Astoria, Ore. Moving Forward With Parks Smoking Ban
• Chatham County, N.C. Makes Government Grounds Tobacco-Free
• Davidson County, N.C. Rejects Smoking Ban Advances — Via The-Dispatch.
• Ketchikan, Alaska Rejects Tobacco Tax Increase
• Littleton, Colo. Considering Downtown Smoking Ban
• Manhattan Beach, Calif. to Vote on New Tobacco Licenses, Smoking Ban for Apartments
• Ogle County, Ill. Rejects New Tobacco License Restrictions
• Peabody, Mass. Considering Tobacco Purchasing Age Increase
• Port Lavaca, Texas to Vote on Smoking Ban Today — Via The Victoria Advocate.
• Portsmouth, R.I. Debating Smoking Ban Tonight
• Sagadahoc County, Maine Makes County Property to Tobacco-Free
• Saltillo, Miss. Passes Restaurant Smoking Ban

Colleges & Universitiies

• Broward College — Now tobacco-free.
• Highland County Community College — Now tobacco-free.
• SUNY Pittsburgh — Now tobacco-free.
• University of Hawaii at Manoa — Now smoke-free.
• University of Iowa — Now tobacco-free.
• San Jose State University — Now tobacco-free.
• Wayne State University — Now tobacco-free.

Deals From Our Sponsors

• Atlantic Cigar Co. — AVO Limited Edition 2014 88 (Box of 16, $128)
• Cigar Hustler — Powstanie Broadleaf Toro (Box of 21, $207.90)
• Cigars.com — Dominican Connoisseur Collection (Box of 10, $39.95)
• Elite Cigar Cafe — Kristoff Event on Sept. 3.
• Emerson’s — Davidoff Escuro Robusto Tubos (Box of 12, $181.99)
• JR Cigar — Dominican Connoisseur Collection (Box of 10, $39.95)
• Lone Star State Cigar Co. — CroMagnon Atlatl (Box of 12, $97.50)
• Serious Cigars — Neanderthal SGP (Box of 15, $121.50)
• STOGIES World Class Cigars — La Palina H-Town Lancero (Box of 10, $80.55)

Charlie Minato

I am an editor and co-founder of halfwheel.com/Rueda Media, LLC. I previously co-founded and published TheCigarFeed, one of the two predecessors of halfwheel. I have written about the cigar industry for more than a decade, covering everything from product launches to regulation to M&A. In addition, I handle a lot of the behind-the-scenes stuff here at halfwheel. I enjoy playing tennis, watching boxing, falling asleep to the Le Mans 24, wearing sweatshirts year-round and eating gyros. echte liebe.