Weekly News (January 21, 2013)

Editor’s Note: We’ve started covering price increases over the weekend and I made some reference to this on Twitter, but there will be a lot less January increases than last year. I’m not sure that 2013 will be without them, I honestly do think a portion of the companies indicating there won’t be any at this time will go onto announce something in the middle of the year, but that’s just an educated guess.

• Padrón W. Curtis Draper 125th Anniversary Arrives — Story here.
• H. Upmann Legacy Coming in February — Here.
• Alec Bradley Black Market Dirty Hooligan Coming in March — Exclusive here.
• Viaje Super Shot 2013 Coming — Details here.
• Rocky Patel IIXXVI Coming in February — via Cigar Aficionado.
• L’Atelier Imports Shows Off Surrogates Animal Cracker — Scheduled for IPCPR. Details here.
   
• L’Atelier LAT 46 SS — Story is here, box picture via K.C. Johnson.
• Box-Pressed Fernando León & Guillermo León by La Aurora at IPCPR 2013 — Story here.
• Viva Republica Guerrilla Warfare Scheduled for April — Story here.
• Altadis U.S.A. Price Increase Goes into Effect — Details here.
• Colibri Announces Lamborghini Forza Lighter & Les Mans Cutter — via Cigar Aficionado.
• Room101 & Smoke Inn Announces Bastard Child — Press release here.
• Tarazona Cigars Announces the Cubancan Habano — Press release here.
• Cojimar Announces Earth Supernatural — Here’s the press release. 

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.