Camacho released a pair of photos Tuesday afternoon of a new cigar called the Ditka Throwback via their social media channels, including their Facebook page and Instagram account. The cigars are named for football icon Mike Ditka, who entered into a partnership with Camacho in July 2012. He appeared at Camacho’s booth at the IPCPR [...]

Nicaragua-based cigar brand Ezra Zion will be releasing a new blend in May named TANTRUM, which will be sold in a single 4 11/25 x 44 (4.44 x 44) Petit Corona vitola. The blend is a Nicaraguan puro with a Criollo wrapper and Ligero aged since 2005 and 2006. The TANTRUM, will come in boxes [...]

In February, we broke news of the impending return of Sam Leccia to the cigar industry, a process that has been well chronicled throughout the cigar media. Leccia rose to visibility as the face of Oliva’s NUb and Cain brands. He departed from the company at the end of 2010, and was slated to return to the [...]

In early 2011, a seller with the screen name TripleLigero began selling extremely rare and hard to find Cuban cigars on one of the more popular secondary market forums for cigars. He had a seemingly endless supply of Cuban cigars that were generally believed to be unavailable. Prereleases of Montecristo Gran Reservas and Cohiba 1966 [...]

Patrick Vivalo, a sales executive at Rocky Patel, is getting his name on a cigar. In May, the company plans to ship the Vivalo Exclusivo Serie to two retailers: Tinder Box of Waldorf, Md. and Dan’s Cigar Lounge in Rosadale, Md. Vivalo told halfwheel the cigar was one that he smokes regularly while in Honduras [...]

The highly sought-after Cabaiguan WCD 120 will be released for a third time, this time as a permanent release for the Washington D.C.-based retailer. Pete Johnson confirmed to halfwheel that the 4 5/8 x 42 Petit Corona will be a regular production item known simply as “Cabaiguan WCD.” The cigar first debuted in April of [...]

Back in October of 2012, Barry Stein, assistant director of marketing at Miami Cigar & Co. tweeted about a new project involving a limited release cigar made for Nestor Miranda’s 70th birthday on February 14, 2013. While almost nothing was known about it at the time, Stein put a photograph up on Instagram in November that showed [...]

After nearly two years as president and CEO of Gurkha Cigar Group, industry veteran Gary Hyams has resigned. Hyams was appointed to the position in June of 2011 after spending four years as chairman of CAO. Earlier this month, Hyams resigned in order to pursue other interests.

Kristoff has finalized the plans for their new small batch cigar and shared the details about it in an exclusive to halfwheel. The new project will be called 685 Woodlawn, named for the address of the suburban Chicago house that Kristoff’s owner, Glen Case, lived in until he was 21. The house has been out [...]

The popular CyB by Joya de Nicaragua line will be getting its sixth vitola, the Lancero Fino. Joya de Nicaragua will give members of the Tobacconist Association of America (TAA) an opportunity to purchase the 7 x 38 cigar at next month’s annual meeting and convention in the Dominican Republic. “We have chosen TAA as [...]

For the past few months I’ve had the Screwpop Cigar Punch attached to my keychain. Brett Fischer sent me one a while back and I’ll be honest—it wasn’t until two weeks ago I actually found it useful. I don’t think it’s because the product doesn’t do its job, rather, I was simply waiting for Screwpop [...]

In the same interview where he announced plans for El Mayimbe, Abdel Fernandez told Cigar.com’s Alex Svenson that San Lotano brand would be expanding with a Meier & Dutch exclusive, San Lotano The Bull. It’s expect to be available shortly through the distribution company that is associated with Cigars International.   San Lotano The Bull [...]