Weekly News (October 10, 2011)

Editor’s Note: Rest in peace Steve. Here’s to the Crazy Ones. — el niño diablo.

• Viaje Skull and Bones “?” — These will be out this month, glow-in-the-dark and white bands.
• Viaje Exclusivo Lancero — Details are here. Farkas indicated that the hold-up for the Trifecta humidor was because one of the product wasn’t ready. Atlantic is not taking pre-orders.
• Room 101 OSOK Chingon — The second size of Matt Booth’s One Shot One Kill has been released. Details are here, no word on the third size.
• CAO Hans Huber Conmemorativo — No, not that Huber. This is named for Hans huber, who was a customer of W. Curtis Draper who passed away. The cigar will be released in December with one dollar for every cigar going to House of Ruth. More info and pictures via Jerry Cruz.
• AKA Respect — The newest line of AKA ships today. Details here.
• Viaje Fifty | Fifty — This ships this month, with no packaging.
• Camacho Super Limitado — It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything regarding the Camacho Super Limitado. For those that forgot: 11/18 shape, made in 2007, boxes of 18, $350 and only 6,000 cigars made. These started showing up in retailers on Tuesday and singles are being offered.
• Viaje Exclusivo Tower 45th — Mark Just indicated that we should see another 100 boxes shortly. If you need more details, here.
• Padilla 8 & 11 and Studio Tobac Figurado — Both have shipped.
• Undercrown Ships — Undercrown is hitting stores today. MUWAT is on its way.
• Padrón Family Reserve No. 85 Shipping — Word from Jorge Padrón via Savona is that these are going to be shipped “slowly” with mostly Maduros going out.
• Habanos Releases — In addition to the press release below, the Cohiba 1966 and Hoyo de Monterrey Short Pirámides are supposed to be arriving in stores this week.
• Crowned Heads in November — Most recent word from the blog of Huber is that there are at least 30,000 Four Kicks made.
• Alexandria Expands Smoking Ban — The IPCPR issued its thoughts on the Louisiana town’s most recent law here.

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.