April 17, 2013 (Potomac Falls, Va.) – Cigarmony, LLC, an innovator in humidification products, has been granted its 2nd U.S. Patent for its high tech humidification product. “The Humidity Bead System is the ultimate solution for maintaining a precise level of relative humidity and having been granted two U.S. Patents not only provides protection from copy [...]

April 16, 2013 (New York, NY) – Hyatt 48 Lex Hotel launches its “Nat Sherman Terraces Cut and Cork,” package today. While Hyatt 48 Lex is a 100 percent smoke-free hotel, the property offers eight specialty suites and studios with well appointed outdoor terraces, a perfect perch for cigar aficionados to enjoy long summer evenings [...]

Much of the 2013 Tatuaje release for the TAA is familiar, even if the blend won’t return until 2014. Last week at the 45th annual Tobacconists Association of America meeting and convention in the Dominican Republic, members of the retailer group had an opportunity to purchase a special 6 3/8 x 54 vitola featuring a [...]

Last week, Altadis USA released the Montecristo Chicago Connoisseur Edition. We previously reported the scheduled release last month. The 6 x 50 Toro features an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, a Nicaraguan binder and Dominican fillers. The cigar comes in boxes of 10 with pricing set at $12.00 per cigar or $120.00 per box

April 16, 2013 (Miami, Fla.) — Well-established throughout Europe and the rest of the world with a sales volume in excess of 2 million cigars per year, Compañia Hondureña de Tabacos brings its premium cigars stateside with the opening of Kuuts Distribution Center, a brand new, state of the art distribution center in Southeast, Florida. [...]

Reinado will be adding four more sizes to its popular Grand Empire line at this year’s IPCPR trade show and convention. Founder Antonio Lam told halfwheel the company will add a Corona Gorda (5 5/8 x 46), Toro (6 x 52), Gordo (6 x 60) and a limited edition Petit Lancero (6 x 38). Last [...]

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 [...]