In early 2011, Mark Just, owner of Tower Pipes and Cigars purchased the boutique Chaveta cigars, which is produced by Pinar del Rio. While the original blend features a Brazilian Bahia Maduro wrapper over Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers, there were 1,000 Toros produced in February of 2012 that replaced the Maduro wrapper with Habano one. [...]

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 [...]

In a video posted to the Espinosa Cigars Facebook page and website on Thursday night, Erik Espinosa announced a new vitola for the 601 La Bomba line, a 7 x 70 called the F-Bomb. The La Bomba F-Bomb comes with a MSRP of $9.99 per cigar and comes in 10-count boxes. It cigar has already begun [...]

Ever since smoking my first RoMa Craft Tobac cigar, I have wanted to visit the company’s factory, Fabrica de Tabacos NicaSueño S.A. I had been told it was compact, but even I was a bit taken aback by its intimacy. Located in the back of a house in an unassuming neighborhood of Estelí, Nicaragua, you [...]

Davidoff has begun informing its appointed merchants that the company is discontinuing five sizes from the brands namesake White Label range. Gone will be the 3000, 4000 and 5000 from the Mille Series, the Millennium Blend Lancero and the Special C, the company’s Culebra. A representative from the company told halfwheel that the company decided [...]

New York, NY (April 9, 2013) – Nat Sherman, tobacconist to the world since 1930, announces the launch of its new Nat Sherman Retail Humidor Program. Offering a selection of five different humidors in varying sizes and colors, with finishes ranging from rich cherry wood and antique distressed walnut to majestic oak and mahogany, the [...]

Davidoff is doing something that most in the cigar world thought they would never do: release a Nicaraguan puro. News of the new cigar, appropriately called the Davidoff Nicaragua, was released in the April 9, 2013 issue of Cigar Insider. It is scheduled to be released at the upcoming IPCPR Convention and Trade Show being held in [...]

April 9, 2013 (Hialeah Gardens, Fla.) — Espinosa Premium Cigars is proud to announce the release of the long anticipated Espinosa Maduro. Coming off last year’s successful debut of the medium bodied Espinosa Habano, the Espinosa Maduro will be wrapped in a beautiful, smoothly textured, dark chocolate Mexican Maduro wrapper. Within this triple capped cigar [...]

In an attempt to find $1.9 billion in new revenues, Massachusetts will soon be considering increases on tobacco taxes, including a jump on the taxes levied on premium cigars. House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Senate President Therese Murray are proposing an across-the-board increase on tobacco products sold in the state. On cigars and smoking tobacco, [...]

A new 6 x 56-sized La Gloria Cubana is the latest in General Cigar’s growing list of region editions. According to Frank Seltzer, the cigar—which debuted at ProCigar 2013 as a test blend—will head to the Western U.S. next week. Only 1,450 boxes of 20 will be released with pricing set at $8.00 or $160.00 [...]

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Editor’s Note: The following is the letter from the editors from the April newsletter, it’s worth repeating. This isn’t a warning and our policies aren’t changing. This is a plea, a plea for a bit more consideration. We pride ourselves on running a website that can present two sides to a conservation. We do not [...]

As is the case every month, one subscriber to our monthly Newsletter gets a box of cigars. This particular month, SAG Imports offered up a box of its Fonseca Cubano Exclusivo Corona Gorda, which just began shipping. We reviewed the Robusto here for those interested. The winner this month was: sbonin@slh******.com If the winner could [...]

In the midst of a host of other releases for the various Fabricas Unidas brand, Christian Eiroa will be adding another line, Eiroa. Joining the eponymous CLE brand that was introduced last year will be the Eiroa line. Eiroa told halfwheel that it is one of a couple new products he has planned that he [...]

April 8, 2013 (Miami, Fla.) — Asylum brand founders Tom Lazuka and Christian Eiroa are proud to announce the Asylum 13 80 x 6 line extension. “I just don’t get it,” says Eiroa about the new size. “As a traditionalist, this would have never crossed my mind. Our customers continued to ask us for an [...]