Weekly News (June 30, 2014)

Cigar News

• Ashton Symmetry Nears Release
• AVO 2nd Movement Ships
• Boutique Blends Plans SWAG Black
• Cabal Petit Lancero in the Works
• Casa Fernández Aniversario 2014 Coming

• Casa Fernández Arsenio Oro Coming

• CLE Signature Series Primera Liga de Miami Coming — Via Cigar-Coop.
• Crowned Heads Plans Jericho Hill for IPCPR 2014
• Cubanacan Appoints Spence Drake as VP of Sales
• E.P. Carrillo Adds 60 Ring Gauge Tuxedo Sampler
• E.P. Carrillo Updates INCH Band — Via Cigar-Coop.
• Eiroa CBT Maduro Ships
• Emilio Ships Draig Cayuquero Lancero
• Epic Corojo & Maduro Ship, 6 x 60 Coming
• Epic Habano Slated for IPCPR 2014
• Espada by Montecristo Coming
• Felipe Gregorio Power 2014 Coming at IPCPR 2014
• Hfbarcelona to be Distributed by Miami Cigar & Co.
• Hispaniola Adding No. 2 Vitola
• Kuuts Miró Maduro Delayed
• Kuuts Nicaragua Delayed
• Mombacho Tierra Volcán Line Coming to U.S.
• Rocky Patel Adds 7 x 70 The Edge Howitzer
• RoMa Craft Tobac Band Update

• RoMa Craft Tobac Plans CRAFT 2013 WitchCraft for California Mega Herf
• Warped Adds La Colmena Unico Especial as IPCPR Exclusive
• Warped Nicaragua Coming — Could be named La Hacienda or Flor Del Valle?

Thunder storms won't stop me from enjoying our first Nicaraguan puro! Debut at the IPCPR #cigars pic.twitter.com/X2vUmJS81m

— Warped® (@warpedcigars) June 29, 2014

Trademark News

• Fairmont Holdings, Inc. (Alec Bradley) Files for BESPOKE
• Fairmont Holdings, Inc. (Alec Bradley) Files for MAKER OF THE FINEST CIGAR IN THE FREE WORLD
• Fairmont Holdings, Inc. (Alec Bradley) Files for PREMIUM PLUS
• Fairmont Holdings, Inc. (Alec Bradley) Files for SHOTGUN
• Fuente Marketing Ltd. (Arturo Fuente) Files for TRES OCHOS 8-8-8
• General Cigar Considers Appeal of Cohiba Ruling — Details here, more info on the ruling here.
• La Aurora, S.A. Files for R. CASTANEDA CIGARS
• Rocky Patel Premium Cigars, Inc. Files for CATCH TWENTY-TWO
• Rocky Patel Premium Cigars, Inc. Files for SUPER LIGERO

Legislation

• White House OMB Changes Benefited Premium Cigar Industry’s Battle With FDA
• Small Business Administration Speaks Out Against Proposed FDA Restrictions
• Cigars Avoid U.K. Plain Packaging Requirement

• New Jersey Beach & Park Smoking Ban Passes
• New Jersey Bill for New Cigar Lounges Moves to Senate
• Vermont to Ban Smoking in Cars With Children — Via The Burlington Free Press.

• Braintree, Mass. Increases Minimum Purchasing Age
• Coos Bay, Ore. Passes Boardwalk Smoking Ban
• Dalles, Ore. Considers Smoking Ban — Via The Dalles Chronicle.
• Epworth, Iowa Considers Smoking Ban — Via THonline.com
• Garden City, Idaho Moves Forward With Smoking Ban
• Laguna Niguel, Calif. Passes Smoking Ban
• Norwood, N.J. Eyes Smoking Ban
• Ocean City, N.J. Passes Boardwalk Smoking Ban
• Roosevelt City, Utah Passes Smoking Ban
• Westminster, Md. Considers Smoke-free Zones — Via The Advocate of Westminster & Finksburg.
• Wilmington, Del. Eyes Smoking Ban — Via The News Journal.

Deals We Like

• Atlantic Cigar — Lotus Apollo 48 Blue Lacquer

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.