Padrón has confirmed that a 6″ x 60 size in the 1964 Anniversary Series is being made and will be known as the Patriarch. The extension first made its debut last year as part of Smoke Inn’s 15th anniversary celebrations in the form of the Padrón 1964 SI-15 Maduro and 1964 SI-15 Natural. Ever since [...]

Imperial Tobacco Ltd., the company with worldwide marketing rights to premium Cuban cigars, released its 2011 annual report this week and revealed a double digit dip in revenues for Habanos S.A. in 2011. Revenues fell from 39 million British pounds in 2010 to 35 million British pounds in 2011 (US$61.3 million and US$55 million, respectively), [...]

For those of you that don’t know… Midway through December of 2011, some interesting boxes of Fuente products started showing up at various stores across the country with nearly no forewarning at all. Almost nothing was known about these cigars when they were released and people on the boards and Twitter had a field day [...]

At the end of February 2011, the Partagas Series E No.2 was officially released at the XIII Habanos Festival in Cuba. The Serie E No.2 is the first in a new line of Partagas Serie that will likely be known for its larger ring gauge and unique packaging. The Partagas Serie E No.2 is available [...]

It’s been no secret that Tobacco Plaza of Great Neck, NY was slated to get a Tatuaje retailer exclusive some time early in 2012. Now, with less than 47 days before the (first) release, the details have largely come together on Pete Johnson’s project for Danny Ditkowich’s store. The cigar will be known as the [...]

January 26, 2012 – Jose Seijas, who has run the acclaimed Tabacalera de Garcia factory in La Romana, Dominican Republic for over 30 years is stepping down as Vice President and General Manager.

January 24, 2012 (Austin, TX) — Two familiar names in the cigar industry, Michael Rosales and Skip Martin, announced today the formation of a new premium cigar company, RoMa Craft Tobac. The new entity combines the operations of Rosales’ Costa Rican Imports, LLC and Martin’s Galveston Bay Tobacco, LLC into a more efficient independent company [...]

For those of you that don’t know… As with a lot of his Limited Edition releases, Andre Farkas of Viaje Cigars has once again released the “Samurai”, a limited edition Corona Gorda in the Platino blend. _______________________________________________________________________   This is what I said about the Samurai in the review in 2010: In 2009, Viaje started the [...]

Frank Herrera, owner of La Caridad del Cobre and CigarLaw.com, has rebranded his parent company as Herrera Cigars. Herrera explained the move was largely about making the brand easier to remember and pronounce. La Caridad del Cobre, the brand named after Cuba’s patron saint, will remain, but Frank believes the change in name will help to [...]

It’s been about eighteen months since the Tatuaje La Vérité 2008 was released – a cigar marketed much the same way wine futures are, with a prepurchase required in order to secure the lowest price, which in this case was $20 per cigar as opposed to the full MSRP of $25. Brooks described the project when [...]