Quesada has a new cigar exclusive to the Canadian market. Manuel Quesada’s company has been tasked with making an 80th anniversary cigar for Canadian distributor House of Horvath. Quesada’s relationship with the distribution goes back to 1980, when he and Joseph E. Horvath began their friendship. In June, two different cigars will debut in Canada [...]

At the 2011 IPCPR show, Tatuaje introduced the Avion, a limited production box-pressed Perfecto version of the Fausto blend. Each vitola is named for the year of its release, thus this year’s version will be dubbed the Avion 12. The blend for both the Fausto and the Avion is based off of the Tatuaje T110, (which in [...]

May 16, 2012 (Sacramento, CA) – In California, a pending ballot measure to raise tobacco taxes is being scrutinized by citizens. The initiative, Proposition 29, proposes a $1 tax increase for cigarettes as well as tax increases for premium cigars and pipe tobaccos. The initiative proposes to create a committee of bureaucrats who will manage the supposed $735 million dollars a year that Prop. 29 will raise. Of that $735 million, hundreds of millions every year could go to out‐of‐state and for‐profit corporations, while up to $125 million is earmarked to pay for salaries, buildings/real estate, and  other administrative [...]

May 17, 2012 (Montgomery, AL) – In Alabama, the recent crusade against smokers and public smoking has hit a wall, it seems. Thanks to the efforts of the International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association (IPCPR), other industry trade groups, and IPCPR retail members, Senate Bill 198 has been postponed indefinitely in committee. With the [...]

News of the latest Viaje releases surfaced in early May, as retailers began receiving a trio of new cigars from Andre Farkas: a pair of Viaje Late Harvest, one of which was reviewed here, and today’s cigar, the Viaje Exclusivo Robusto. Shipped in metallic bundles of 25, this latest installment of the Exclusivo joins a pair of Robustos [...]

May 16, 2012 (Richmond, VA) – To celebrate the launch of the new Hoyo de Monterrey website, General Cigar is rolling out a “Box a Day Giveaway” to share the unique flavor of the Hoyo Monterrey Reposado en Cedros® brand with cigar lovers across the U.S. From now through July 31, 2012, consumers of legal [...]

Davidoff’s Puro d’Oro line of cigars is getting both a new size and a new look in the coming weeks. According to a story posted by Cigar Aficionado, a new 5 1/2 x 56 vitola called the Gigantes will be added to the line, with arrival at retail set for June. The entire line will [...]

On Wednesday afternoon, Andre Farkas showed off the all-white band of his new Viaje 5th Anniversary cigar via the Viaje Facebook page. No details on the blend or pricing were released in the post, which just said “IPCPR 2012.” The band has an embossed look that features the Viaje leaves logo on the sides, with [...]

As noted yesterday by Cigar Aficionado, the Nestor Miranda Grand Reserve will return for another year. The Grand Reserve was part of a plethora of releases Miami Cigar & Co. had at last year’s trade show and this year’s is expected to arrive in August, the same month as the 2012 IPCPR. The cigar will [...]

Last week, alongside a new Exclusivo Robusto, Viaje retailers began receiving the latest shipment of Late Harvest in the same two sizes it debuted in last year. Charlie explained what Andre Farkas told him about the Late Harvest blend at the IPCPR show in 2011, right before the original release was shipped: Andre’s ode to [...]

Editor’s Note: Despite this tweet, it was somewhat of a slow week in terms of cigar news per say. Perhaps the largest news was the introduction of the Tobacco Tax Equity Act, which would inevitably increase taxes on various types of cigars. This comes only a few weeks after concerning language in a recent Senate appropriations [...]

Drew Estate’s MUWAT EF Bait Fish is set to see national distribution after spending over five months as an exclusive to Dan Welsh’s New Havana Cigars. MUWAT EF, short for My Uzi Weighs a Ton Extra Fuerte, is a slightly stronger version of Drew Estate’s 60 RG line made at Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua S.A., [...]

Matt Booth’s Room 101 introduced their third major line at the IPCPR show in Las Vegas in 2011. Dubbed Namakubi, the brand features an Ecuadorian Habano wrapper and uses Dominican and Honduran tobacco for the filler and binder. There are 100,000 total cigars released among five different vitolas. They are: Papi Chulo — 4 x 42 [...]