Weekly News (October 14, 2013)

Editor’s Note: How many more days before we see a Top 25 list? It’s a serious question, albeit one said a bit begrudgingly. It never ceases to amaze me that people publish lists out in December. Now, there are some—including Cigar Aficionado—who don’t use a normal January-December calendar year for eligibility, and for that, it seems fine. But given that there are probably going to be upwards of 50 new lines launched between the last half of November and the end of the year, October seems like a bad time to declare cigar of the year for 2013. Then again, some people started in March. 

• Liga Privada Único Serie UF4 Scheduled for Halloween — Details here.
• Litto Gomez Small Batch No. 5 & LFD Ligero L-Granú Coming — Via David Savona.
• Room101 Master Collection Two Delayed Until 2014 — Here.
• Davidoff of Geneva 25th Anniversary Ships — Review, here.
• Oliva Serie V Toro Planned for Tampa Humidor — Details here.
   
• La Dueña Black Edition — Maybe.
   
• TESA Cabinet 312 Petite Lancero — Above and allegedly on its way for 2014.
• Flor de Cano Gran Cano Heads to the U.K. — Here.
• Steve Ysidron Plans Epicurean Carnival — Via Cigar Coop.
• 1502 Adding Black Gold Corona — Via Cigar Coop.
   
• Padilla Continues Teasing — Still no word on what that is.
• RyJ by Romeo y Julieta Announced — Press release 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.