Weekly News (September 17, 2012)

Editor’s Note: It was a bit quiet during the latter half of the week, that was my fault. I was in Dortmund, Germany for the Inter-tabac trade show and largely without internet. There wasn’t a whole lot of new products, although there was a few, but more on that later in the week.

• Oliva Viejo Mundo — New for the European market. These are Dutch dry cigars.
• Paul Garmirian Comments on New School Makers — Comments are here.
• Cohiba Pirámides Extra Ships — This happened before last week, but here’s the official notice of shipment via a Habanos S.A. press release.
• Montecristo 520 Edición Limitada 2012 — Also nearing release. Press release here.
• AVO 25th Anniversary Ships — Press release here. Review here.
• Big Star Cigar Lounge Opens — The new shop of Scott Partridge. Press release here.
• Ben Lee Joins Stogie Review — Not sure I’d call it an empire, but Ben Lee has finally left Nice Tight Ash, settling on Stogie Review.

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.