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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: Rocky Patel Ships Decade Edición Limitada 2013

Rocky Patel began shipping its 2013 version of the Decade Edición Limitada. The cigar features a five-year-old Pennsylvania Broadleaf wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and fillers. It’s the fourth release since the company debuted the cigar in 2010. Once again, the cigar will be produced in three vitolas: Robusto (5 1/2 x 52), Toro (6 x [...]

News: Camacho Relaunches Under “The Bold Standard”

Camacho is rebranding itself. The Honduran brand is hosting a series of events, beginning in the Dallas market, to introduce consumers to the new Camacho. Everything has been repackaged, price points have been lowered and at least four blends have already changed. The company’s popular Corojo and Diploma lines have been tweaked to taste more [...]

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 [...]

Press Release: Davidoff Launches the Masters Edition 2013 “Club House” Toro

May 22, 2013 (Basel, Switzerland) — Davidoff tobacco masters have created these very special Limited Edition “Club House” Toro Cigars with moments of shared pleasure in mind. The connoisseur’s choice, wherever he or she is relaxing, particularly enjoying the fairways on a golf course. Creation of the Davidoff Masters Edition 2013 “Club House” ToroFor this [...]

News: Good Karma Cigar Working on Updated Donkey Dropping

Good Karma Cigar in Amarillo, Texas has confirmed that they are working on an updated version of their Donkey Dropping cigar and hope to have it in store by mid-July. Todd Dailey told halfwheel that the cigar is being made at Esteban Carreras’ factory in Estelí, Nicaragua and will be available in four sizes: Corona, [...]

News: New Jersey State Senator Proposing Raising Smoking Age to 21

New Jersey State Senator Richard Codey (D-Essex County) is leading an effort in the state’s legislature to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco from 19 to 21. The move comes fresh on the heels of New York City City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Council members announcing that they will be proposing legislation to raise [...]

News: California Bill Introduced to Raise Cigar Taxes

In late February, a bill was introduced in the California State Senate that would raise taxes on all tobacco products, including cigars. Introduced by Sen. Kevin de León (D-22), SB-768 would increase taxes on non-cigarette tobacco products, which includes cigars, to 67.41% from its current 30.68% according to a staff analysis by the California State [...]