In late January we broke news of a new cigar coming from CAO, the Brazilia Carnivale, and while details were limited at that point, specifics about the cigar have recently been confirmed. The CAO Brazilia Carnivale is a single vitola, 6 1/2 x 60 box pressed vitola that will be available exclusively to brick and mortar [...]

Back in July, Brooks reviewed a cigar that he came across “tucked inside the La Aurora booth at IPCPR 2012” from a company who had been sending out letters to retailers and media outlets (including halfwheel) announcing Projekt Rapture. The company? Viva Republica. The cigar? The Rapture, which promised “intense flavor with a medium-to-full body.” [...]

Viaje posted a pair of photos to their Facebook page on Saturday confirming the return of the White Label Project St. Patrick’s and Honey & Hand Grenades lines. According to comments posted by the company, both are slated to begin shipping to all authorized retailers on Monday, March 4. From the picture of the WLP [...]

Five new Olivas are starting to appear around the country at special events, including the Oliva Serie V NUb 460. It, along with four other cigars, are part of Oliva’s new Special Event Sampler, a collection—as the name implies—that is only available at special events. I broke the news last summer on the release: Oliva [...]

Pinar del Rio Cigars has launched a limited edition cigar called the Flores y Rodriguez Exclusivo that will not only be available to only a handful of stores across the country, but each store will have its own unique vitola and fine-tuned blend. Ekert Cordon, the company’s national sales manager, said that the Exclusivo project [...]

On February 15, we broke the news of a new event-only cigar from RoMa Craft, the Intemperance Lonsdale. The new vitola would be known as the A.W.S. IV and would be available in both wrappers of the Intemperance line. The debut date is yet to be decided, but it will be happening at a future [...]

March 1, 2013 (Doral, Fla) — My Father Cigars brings back the cigar that left everyone wanting more. Back in 2007, the company released the Centurion in 3 sizes as Don Pepín’s first ever limited edition. At the time, only 850 boxes of each size were made. Many of our supporters have asked for us [...]

March 1, 2013 (Pinellas Park, Fla) — The successful AVO brand is launching a musical cigar composition “The Dominant 13th” the new 2013 Limited Edition, which was created by the passionate jazz musician and cigar connoisseur, Avo Uvezian. It has complex and promising characteristics, just like its namesake – the Dominant 13th chord. The innovative, succinct tobacco creation, in [...]

In 2003, a relatively unknown cigar called Tatuaje was released for the first time. The first cigars on the market from the new brand were named Seleccion de Cazador, adorned with a nondescript brown band and packaged in Cuban style boxes. The Brown Label, as it is now most commonly referred to, became the lynchpin [...]

J.C. Newman is widely-known for its Dominican Republic-centric relationship with the Fuentes, which is based out of Tampa, Fla., but the two brothers photographed below are actually amongst the larger producers in Nicaragua. In 1895, Julius Caeser Newman started his cigar company in Cleveland, Ohio. Sixty years later, the company relocated to Tampa and entered [...]

Following the release of the Romeo y Julieta Havoc last year, Altadis USA has shipped a handful of retailers its newest release, H. Upmann Havoc. Available in four sizes—Belicoso, Churchill, Robusto and Toro—with pricing in the $5.00-$7.00 range. The Havoc uses a San Andrés wrapper, Dominican binder and Nicaraguan fillers. While the Havoc shipped alongside the [...]

In July 2012, we broke news of a new event-only sampler that would be coming from Oliva that would feature five never before released cigars, four of which come from existing lines and one of which would be a concept blend. The event-only sampler has become a staple in Oliva’s marketing plans, primarily in their STUDIO [...]