The Ortega Serie D Natural is set to land later this month according to Eddie Ortega. It had long been known that the Serie D would be receiving a Natural version to go alongside the already released Maduro. Ortega told halfwheel he expects the cigars within three weeks. The cigars, which recently appeared on the [...]

Last week I reviewed the discontinued La Gloria Cubana Medaille d’Or No.3. This week we take a look at its shorter, fatter sibling, the Medaille d’Or No.4. Unlike the MdO No.3, this cigar is still officially in production. Unfortunately though you’re going to have a very hard time finding them in stock anywhere. After having [...]

June 1, 2012 — Atlantic Cigar Company is proud to announce the third of four cigars slated to celebrate our 15th Anniversary. The Spring release is from none other then master cigar maker Ernesto Perez-Carrillo. The limited, small batch release of the E.P. Carrillo Atlantic Cigar Company 15th Anniversary cigar was created and rolled at [...]

Over the years, CAO has put out a host of limited editions for just about every occasion: anniversaries, television shows, events, etc. Presentation-wise, 2000 would be the year of the big CAO limited editions thanks to two cigars: the CAO 65th Anniversary and the CAO Odyssey. The former was made for company founder Cano A. [...]

When we broke the news in mid-February about Christian Eiroa’s pending return to the cigar industry, details were limited, but several key things had been established. Eiroa had successfully registered a pair of trademarks, one of his name and one of CLE, his initials, and that several retailers were reporting being contacted by Eiroa or [...]

May 30, 2012 (Tampa, FL) — New Hampshire will be the proud host of a new Diamond Crown Cigar Lounge this summer, increasing the nationwide network to 57 lounges. Federal Cigar of Portsmouth defines what it mean to be a lounge, collectively drawing on 90+ years of experience in service and selection. A New Hampshire staple since 1921, [...]

May 30, 2012 (Tampa) - Celebrate an evening of Cigars and Chardonnay to benefit the Florida Holocaust Museum and Cigar Family Charitable Foundation. The event will be hosted at the J.C. Newman Cigar Company in Ybor City, America’s oldest family owned cigar company. A ticket price of $100 to Cigars and Chardonnay includes live jazz music, champagne and kosher [...]

May 30, 2012 (Estelí, Nicaragua) — PENSA, or Puros De Esteli Nicaragua S.A., is J.C. Newman’s new 55,000 square foot factory located in the foothills of Esteli, Nicaragua. With the capacity to make over 25 million cigars per year, it is no small feat that this cigar factory is almost entirely green. Nearly all the utilities in the building are [...]

May 30, 2012 (Tampa, FL) — Brick House Bashes will get even better this summer with the new Brick House Bash Teaser. The J.C. Newman Cigar Company is the first to offer a cigar that packs the same complex flavors and aromas of a regular sized cigar, handrolled into a 3 ½ x 56 body. The Brick House “Teaser” is designed to [...]

By now you’ve likely heard about the second installment of the STUDIO TOBAC World Tour and the accompanying six-cigar sampler available only at the events and only with purchase of a box of Oliva or STUDIO TOBAC cigars, as we’ve reviewed three of them and the tour is over a month along. Here’s what Brooks had [...]

May 30, 2012 (Hialeah, FL) — Padilla Cigar Company is proud to announce yet another collaboration with Oliva Cigar Company following the recently 93 rated Padilla Studio-Tobac Limited Edition. Since the inception of the Padilla brand, Ernesto Padilla (brand owner), has worked on several successful projects with the Miami Lakes, Florida based Oliva Cigar Company. Oliva [...]

May 29, 2012 — JM Tobacco, Inc., is displaying its new small cigar product category at the International Premium Cigar and Pipe Retailers trade show in Orlando, Florida, August 2-6.  The 4″ x 32 Classic Petits, according to company president Anto Mahroukian, “Satisfy the rapidly expanding market for shorter-duration smokes. “Smokers are moving toward smaller [...]