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 [...]

Back in April of 2011, Viaje released what was then the seventh incarnation of the Exclusivo line to celebrate Tower Pipes & Cigars in Sacramento, CA 45th year in business. The box-pressed Viaje Exclusivo Tower Cigars 45th was released on April 5, 2011 with only 100 boxes of 20 cigars produced. The same vitola with the same blend [...]

Late last week Ashton announced the newest size fo the San Cristobal line, the Coloso. Measuring 6 3/4 x 62, the Coloso is the tenth regular production and largest vitola of the line, slightly larger than the Papagayo XXL, a 6 x 60 that previously held the title as being the largest in the line. [...]

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 [...]