News of a new size to My Father Cigar’s La Dueña line surfaced on Friday, a Toro Gordo Box Pressed vitola called No. 13. Grace Sotolongo of My Father Cigars sent out a picture of the new cigar via her Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts:   According to a representative from My Father Cigars, the [...]

March 25, 2013 (Miami, Fla.) — The Kafie Trading Company, LLC, through our tobacco subsidiary Kafie 1901 Cigars, is excited to announce the introduction of our first blend to the market. The “Don Fernando” Maduro is going to start things off this year with an official release date of May 27, 2013. The Don Fernando [...]

Wynwood Cigars has begun shipping its newest line, The 15th & The First. The Miami-based partnership between Robert Caldwell and Christian Eiroa is once again focusing on the concept of fresh cigars, this time with a blend comprised entirely of Honduran Corojo tobacco. “It is a 15 week aged bunch, so we rest the unwrapped cigars for 15 [...]

President Obama will be including an increase in federal taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products when he releases his budget proposal, according to a report in the New York Times. The proposal comes as a solution to provide aid to states to that they can provide free prekindergarten education. Mr. Obama is scheduled to [...]

Casa Fernandez is finalizing plans on a limited edition cigar that will debut at the upcoming IPCPR trade show and celebrate the 35th anniversary of the company. Paul Palmer, president of Casa Fernandez/Tabacalera Tropical,  said that the cigar, which will be known as the Casa Fernandez 35th Anniversary, will be a 6 1/2 x 54 [...]

April 4, 2013 (London) – Spring may be a tad overdue but this summer looks set to be the hottest ever in London, if you’re a cigar lover. Many of the world’s wealthiest smokers will flock to Britain’s capital on Monday 10 June 2013 when an estimated £300,000-worth of vintage, rare and mature cigars and cigar-related [...]

Earlier today, Skip Martin of RoMa Craft Tobac announced the company’s newest project, CRAFT 2013 La Campaña de Panamá Soberana. The announcement was made on halfwheel’s forum. Martin described CRAFT as a new line of annual limited releases, the first of which will debut at IPCPR. La Campaña de Panamá Soberana is the first of [...]

In December 2012, halfwheel broke the story of a new cigar coming from Room101 and Smoke Inn, a project called “Big Delicious” that takes its name from Matt Booth’s nickname for Abe Dababneh, proprietor of the South Florida retailer. The new cigar, the six installment in Smoke Inn’s MicroBlend Series™, made its first public appearance on [...]

April 2, 2013 (Miami, Fla.) — Drew Estate Inc. announced today the impending release of Kentucky Fire Cured Cigars, an extension to the MUWAT brand also to be produced at the Joya de Nicaragua factory. In development for over 2.5 years, this extension to the popular MUWAT line of premium cigars was inspired during a [...]

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 [...]