Earlier today, the details of the Oliva Serie V Melanio were confirmed and released by David Savona. For many, even the name was a new concept, which is odd given Melanio Oliva is the patriarch of the family’s tobacco business, and perhaps more interestingly — the concept is hardly new. At the 2010 IPCPR, Stogie [...]

The Mi Amor Robusto Limitado is rolled for Ashton at My Father Cigars S.A. in Estelí, Nicaragua, the second La Aroma de Cuba line to get the Pepín treatment after the Edicíon Especial in 2009. The binder and filler are grown by the Garcías, while the wrapper is a Cuban seed that comes from the San [...]

Editor’s Note: After a few weeks of craziness, we seem to be catching up. There are a few technical changes being introduced to the site, if you have any issues, please contact us. Brooks posted the first new Icons of Cigars™ portrait on halfwheel, one of Steve Saka of Drew Estate. In addition we are [...]

June 25, 2012 (Miami, FL) — Dona Flor U.S.A. is excited to introduce their brand new marketing campaign to the U.S. market.  The “Find Your Dona Flor” campaign is a play off the famous Brazilian novel that the cigar brand was named after. “Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands” (just like the Dona Flor cigar) [...]

Dignity Cigars has announced its IPCPR 2012 release, the Smoke of Art Cateva Serie 1944. The Costa Rican cigar company is making two different sizes of the Smoke of Art. The centerpiece is a 9 x 55 Diadema priced at $15.00. In addition a more conservative 6 x 56 size is planned with a $10.00 [...]

While at the Drew Estate factory for Cigar Safari about three weeks ago, I decided to try and get portraits of all of the major players at Drew Estate for our Icons of Cigars™ project. They will be running for the next three weeks on Monday. First up is Steve Saka, President of Drew Estate. [...]

Almost one year ago, I wrote a review about the almost unknown Tatuaje NHC Capa Especial,  a then yet-to-be-released version of the popular single store blend sold by Dan Welsh over at New Havana Cigars with a Sumatra wrapper. In fact, I loved it so much, it made my the final Top Ten list for [...]

Every Halloween, Tatuaje cigars releases their much anticipated Monster series. Each release is based on a Classic or newer monster, both in the size and the look of the cigar itself. For most stores, the smokes have huge waiting lists, and are instant sellouts when they actually arrive. In 2010, the monster release was dubbed “The [...]

George Rodriguez of Rodrigo Cigars has confirmed that The Corona Project, a limited edition run set to debut in the summer of 2012, has been indefinitely postponed. The last update pegged a release in June, but the William Ventura-made project is now shelved due to what Rodriguez described as a cluttered market. Rodriguez told halfwheel: [...]

June 24, 2012 — Regius of London and Winston´s Humidor jointly announce the release of their limited edition cigar in honour of Winston´s Humidor´s third anniversary as a premium cigar tobacconist. The cigar is in a Culebra (snake) format, in a set of 3 as is traditional. Each cigar has the same Nicaraguan binder and [...]

La Aurora’s famed 100 Años (Cien Años) blend is back. Miami Cigar & Co, the exclusive distributor for the Dominican company, made the news a bit over a week ago, but details have remained sparse. Returning are the Belicoso, Churchill and Robusto noticeably leaving the Corona absent. Miami Cigar & Co. has yet to confirm [...]

The first question that you’re probably wanting to ask about the Viaje Tower Cigars 45th Anniversary is: what is different about this year’s release from last year’s? The answer is simple: nothing, according to Mark Just, owner of Tower Pipes & Cigars in Sacramento, CA. That means the size, the blend, the packaging all stayed the same [...]