March 7, 2013 — General Cigar announces that Punch® Rare Corojo is making its anticipated annual return to retail, this time with a new, strikingly-packaged figurado that is only available as part of the Honduran brand’s 2013 release. A total of eight Punch Rare Corojo frontmarks are now available, with suggested retail prices ranging from [...]

On February 20, Smokin’ Joe’s in Alcoa, Tenn. announced that it had just received the initial shipment of a new E.P. Carrillo Lounge Exclusive made just for them, the first E.P. Carrillo branded lounge in the world. The store added the E.P. Carrillo lounge in late fall of 2012, outfitting it with leather massage recliners, [...]

March 6, 2013 (West Palm Beach, Fla.) — TRUST. This is the cornerstone of the foundation of Sindicato Cigar Group LLC (“Sindicato Cigars”). Sindicato Cigars was officially launched January 16, 2013 when a group of passionate cigar loving Tobacconists decided to extend their cigar knowledge and experience into making cigar brands. Their goal is to create a cigar company [...]

Today we’re looking at the next cigar coming out in RoMa Craft Tobac’s Intemperance line called the A.W.S. IV. Back in February we had the news story about this cigar, which for the time being will only be available at RoMa Craft events starting in May. The A.W.S. IV is going to be part of the [...]

(Editor’s Note: this story first appeared in the March 4, 2013 version of The Newsletter.) Today is a big day. It’s the formal launch of our newest project, halfwheel.com/forum. The main objective is simple, we want to have a place to talk about cigars of all kinds. We love the level of depth we have in [...]

March 5, 2013 (Glen Allen, Va.) — CAO will deliver a smokin’ experience to guests aboard the Kid Rock “Chillin’ The Most” cruise which departs Miami today, March 5, 2013. As the winner of the CAO Concert launch sweepstakes, Justin Harris of Nashville, TN and a guest will set sail for the Bahamas on the fourth annual [...]

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Ashton recently sent out a letter to retailers and customers announcing several promotions to key members of their management team. In the letter dated March 1, Sathya Levin, the company’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, shared the trio of moves. Chip Goldeen is now the company’s Vice President of Sales, a title he [...]

March 4, 2013 — We are pleased to announce that we have completed the blend for our upcoming special edition release of Recluse. It is called the Recluse Draconian. It will be made in three vitolas called Sidewinders. Sidewinders are another new shape that we have created. As we did with our Kanu’ shape, the [...]

Later today, the third edition of The Newsletter will be published and in it will be a big announcement for the site. It also means its time to announce a winner for the February Newsletter giveaway, a box of Oliva Atlantic Cigar 15th Aniversario Diademas. The winner was number 507, which according to our records [...]

Viaje’s ultra-secretive Friends and Family is being released to the public for the third time, and this time something has changed. The most recent release of Friends and Family is called “Le Joueur” and listed at 5 x 52. Ever since its first public showing at ICPPR 2011, and subsequent shipments in February and December of last [...]

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 [...]