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Press Release: Announcing S&S Cigar Company

May 24, 2013 (Miami, Fla.) — We are pleased to announce the formation of S&S Cigar Company, which will be based in Miami, Florida. The company is headed by Bill Stephens and Brad Stephens who have been in the cigar industry for many years. The company goal is to produce the finest cigar possible at a great [...]

Press Release: East India Trading Company to Release the Rogue

May 24, 2013 (Tamarac, Fla.) — The East India Trading Company is proud to announce the upcoming cigar launch of ‘Rogue’. This much-anticipated brand will hit cigar stores nationwide this summer and be distributed by the Gurkha Cigar Group, Inc. The mischievous Rogue is the third cigar release under the East India Trading Company and [...]

News: Eddie Ortega Confirms Wild Bunch End-of-Year Sampler

Eddie Ortega appeared on CigarChat Thursday evening, and during his time confirmed that he is reserving a fairly significant number of Wild Bunch cigars to create an end-of-year sampler that will feature one of each of the twelve cigars. He estimated the number to be about 700 cigars. Ortega also mentioned that he will not [...]

News: Gran Habano Adding American Puro

George Rico of Gran Habano has announced one of his new projects that will be formally unveiled at the 2013 IPCPR Convention and Trade Show: the George Rico STK Miami American Puro. On Thursday, he shared some details with halfwheel about it, and posted a picture of the new cigar to his Facebook page:   The [...]

Press Release: Father and Son Debuts Cameroon Line

May 23. 2013 (Wesley Chapel, Fla.) — Rolando Reyes Jr. has responded to the public’s demand for Cameroon blends with the introduction of his latest flavorful creation, the White Mutineer. This is the first foray into producing a Cameroon line for the cigar smoking by public by Reyes or his father, the late Rolando Reyes Senior. A medium to full [...]

Press Release: Dignity to Release “Dignidad Del Hombre” at IPCPR 2013

May 23, 2013 — Dignidad Del Hombre (Dignity of Man) is the latest creation by Don’Juan to add to his strong line-up of Costa Rican cigars. The new Dignidad del Hombre is a maduro with double ligero combined with unique binders all grown in Costa Rica. Dignity wanted to add a cigar with more strength and [...]

News: Hendrik Kelner, Jr. Discusses Smoking Jacket

Amidst a steadily building wave of buzz about his debut line of cigars, Hendrik Kelner, Jr. recently discussed his new Smoking Jacket line that will debut at the IPCPR Convention and Trade Show in mid-July. Reports of the cigars being available at a shop in the Dominican Republic are true, though the blends that have been [...]

Press Release: Gurkha Cellar Reserve Limitada to Unveil at IPCPR

May 17, 2013 (Tamarac, Fla.) — After much anticipation, the Gurkha Cigar Group is proud to announce that a special edition Cellar Reserve Limitada will unveil at this year’s IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas, NV! The Cellar Reserve brand has become one of the most successful cigar launches in the company’s history and has [...]

News: Oliva Delays Melanio Maduro Until IPCPR 2013

The Oliva Serie V Melanio Maduro, a follow-up to last year’s Serie V Melanio, has been delayed until July. A representative from the company told halfwheel the cigar is now set to debut at IPCPR 2013 in Las Vegas, Nev. Originally, the cigar was slated as a Father’s Day 2013 release. While no further details [...]

News: Toraño To Ship New Salutem Size This Week

Toraño will begin shipping the fifth size in their Salutem line this week, a 5 1/2 x 55 box pressed vitola called the Salutem Box Press. Miguel Schoedel, a sales representative for the company, posted this Tweet on Sunday evening: It’s official Salutem by Torano Family Cigar is releasing the 5.5×55 Box Press this week- [...]