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		<title>Blog: A Word About The Weekly News</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 22:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Minato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Weekly News will return for the first time since April 8. It has been relatively absent since the end of February for two central reasons. First and foremost, time—something that is now more available than it has been for the early portions of 2013. Secondly, I wondered the value of it. What we&#8217;ve learned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News: D&#8217;Crossier Adding Four Sizes to Diplomacy Line</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 21:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Lagreid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[D&#8217;Crossier is adding a quartet of new cigars to their Diplomacy line, starting with a 4 1/3 x 52 vitola called the Gordito. It will be followed up by the 5 3/20 x 60 Trabuco, a 4 7/8 x 50 Robusto and a 5 7/8 x 54 Taino. The line is slated to be released in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News: Merlion Sea Lion Heads to IPCPR 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 21:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooks Whittington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This July, Arielle Ditkowich&#8217;s personal cigar will be sold in limited quantities for the first time. Miami Cigar &#38; Co. confirmed to halfwheel that the Merlion Sea Lion, a 5 1/2 x 47 Figurado, will be offered to retailers at the annual IPCPR trade show and convention in Las Vegas, Nev. While no pricing has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News: California&#8217;s SB 768 Stalls</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 20:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Lagreid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California Senate Bill 768, which would more than double the tax on cigars and other tobacco products as a byproduct of a $2 increase on the tax on cigarettes, has stalled temporarily in committee. On May 20, the state senate&#8217;s Appropriations Committee voted 6-0 to place the bill in its suspense file, effectively slowing down [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press Release: Announcing S&amp;S Cigar Company</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 17:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Lagreid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 24, 2013 (Miami, Fla.) &#8212; We are pleased to announce the formation of S&#38;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Icons of Cigars™ — Dion Giolito</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 15:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brooks Whittington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dion Giolito has always been an enigma to me. Physically large (quite tall), seemingly socially aloof—something he seems to wear with honor—and immensely talented when it comes to anything having to do with tobacco. While I was in Nicaragua earlier in the year, I found out that Giolito was in Estelí and on a lark, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press Release: East India Trading Company to Release the Rogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Minato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 24, 2013 (Tamarac, Fla.) — The East India Trading Company is proud to announce the upcoming cigar launch of &#8216;Rogue&#8217;. 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News: Eddie Ortega Confirms Wild Bunch End-of-Year Sampler</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Lagreid</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News: Rocky Patel Ships Decade Edición Limitada 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Minato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rocky Patel began shipping its 2013 version of the Decade Edición Limitada yesterday according to a representative from the company. The cigar features a five-year-old Pennsylvania Broadleaf wrapper over Nicaraguan binder and fillers. It&#8217;s the fourth release since the company debuted the cigar in 2010. Once again, the cigar will be produced in three vitolas: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News: Camacho Relaunches Under &#8220;The Bold Standard&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 22:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlie Minato</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s popular Corojo and Diploma lines have been tweaked to taste more [...]]]></description>
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