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Review: Padrón W. Curtis Draper 125th Anniversary Natural

In January, Washington D.C. retailer W. Curtis Draper concluded its 125th anniversary celebrations with the arrival of the fourth and final release in what was a year-long series of special cigars. The release was from Padrón and included two 6 x 46 cigars in special blends  The five cigars, in order of release, are as [...]

News: Padrón TP40 Heads to Tobacco Plaza in April

Padrón’s most expensive U.S. release cigar is heading to New York next month for its debut. The Padrón 1926 Serie TP40 has been commissioned for Long Island’s Tobacco Plaza in honor of Marshall Holman’s, one of the store’s owners, 40th year in the cigar business.  The 6 1/4 x 60 Maduro-wrapped cigar will be released at a [...]

Review: Padrón W. Curtis Draper 125th Anniversary Maduro

It took nearly one year from announcement to arrival, but in mid-January, W. Curtis Draper in Washington, DC finally took receipt of the final cigars for its 125th Anniversary Series, courtesy of Padrón. Its arrival follows the 2012 appearances of the Cabaiguan WCD 120 REDUX, a small batch of the original La Aurora 100 Años and the Arturo Fuente W. Curtis Draper [...]

Weekly News (January 21, 2013)

Editor’s Note: We’ve started covering price increases over the weekend and I made some reference to this on Twitter, but there will be a lot less January increases than last year. I’m not sure that 2013 will be without them, I honestly do think a portion of the companies indicating there won’t be any at [...]

News: Padrón W. Curtis Draper 125th Anniversary Arrives

Nearly one year after announcing a four-part project to honor its 125th anniversary, Washington D.C. retailer W. Curtis Draper has received its anniversary Padrón, the final release for the limited edition series. The blend is described as a tweaked 1964 Anniversary blend offered in both Maduro and Natural form. There are a total of 200 [...]

Weekly News (October 1, 2012)

 Editor’s Note: Welcome to October, one of the funnest months in the industry. There are a lot of limited editions from the biggest names in the business, as well as a few of the remaining IPCPR releases that will trickle out this month. Also, some fun things at halfwheel. Tatuaje Monster Series Unlucky 13 Retailers [...]

News: Padrón W. Curtis Draper 125th Size Announced

The Padrón W. Curtis Draper 125th Anniversary will be a 6 x 46 round puro. A post by W. Curtis Draper with a list of auction items for its annual Little Puff charity auction has revealed the size, as a signed box will be part of the auction. The post reads: George Padron has created [...]

Weekly News (September 10, 2012)

Editor’s Note: As will be the case with halfwheel, the post-IPCPR lag seems to have settled down and the industry seems to be getting back into a pace of normalcy. This includes both the shipping of cigars that were introduced at IPCPR, as well as the overall state of the news. Oliva Takes Over Padilla [...]

News: J.J. Fox Announces 225th Anniversary Padrón

London retailer J.J. Fox has announced details regarding a limited edition Padrón made to honor the British tobacconist’s 225th anniversary. The Padrón Family Reserve Fox 225 Anniversary Cabinet Selection is a 6 x 52 box-pressed Toro featuring a sun grown wrapper that appears to be a dark Maduro. Only 225 cabinets of 10 are being [...]

IPCPR 2012: Padrón

It finally arrived for the masses. After two soft releases, a name change and a delay, the Padrón 1964 No. 4 made its debut at IPCPR. As for the rest of Padrón, it was like normal—the same. The Booth Busy as usual. Also as usual, avoiding the IPCPR new products craze. Notably absent, no new [...]