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La Aurora Ships Small Batch Lot No. 006 Ambassador
A new limited-edition cigar is coming to tobacconists from La Aurora USA. The La Aurora Small Batch Lot 066 was crafted by master blender Manuel Inoa, who pulled this blend from...
Romeo y Julieta Celebrates 150th Anniversary
Romeo y Julieta is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2025. Since 1875, it has become a leading premium cigar brand worldwide. While it began as a Cuban-made brand,...
Powstanie Cigars Announces New Powstanie San Andrés
Powstanie Cigars is adding a new cigar to its lineup. The Powstanie San Andrés, made in Estelí, Nicaragua, is handcrafted at the Nica Sueño factory. This is a follow-up to the...
Punch Releases Bottle Rocket for the Chinese New Year
Punch Cigars is once again celebrating the Lunar New Year with another limited-edition release. The Punch Bottle Rocket builds on last year's firework-themed release from Punch...
Chillin’ Moose Too Toro Ships to Retail
Chillin’ Moose Too’s line is expanding with the addition of a 6 x 52 Toro, available to ship to retailers now. Chillin’ Moose Too made its debut in 2016, offering cigar...
Drew Estate Releases Liga Privada Único Serie Year of the Snake in Asian Market
In collaboration with CoH Cigars of Hong Kong, Drew Estate has launched a new cigar to help celebrate the Chinese New Year. The Liga Privada Único Serie Year of the Snake is an...
Davidoff of Geneva Since 1911’s Madison Ave. Store Getting a Makeover
One of Davidoff of Geneva—Since 1911's leading flagship stores is getting a refresh. Davidoff of Geneva announced that its boutique store located at 515 Madison Avenue in New...
Room101 15th Anniversary Shipping in February
Room101's popular Anniversary series is continuing with a new release: a limited-edition 15th Anniversary cigar. This cigar is a collaboration between Room101 founder and...
El Rey del Mundo Adds Churchill Size
El Rey del Mundo is expanding its Shade Grown line with the addition of a new regular Churchill size. This new Churchill joins the already available Robusto and Toro sizes, all...
Drunk Chicken to Release The Henchman at PCA25
Drunk Chicken Cigars is releasing The Henchman, a new premium cigar blended to embody power and loyalty with an unexpected edge, at this year's Premium Cigar Association (PCA)...
Ferio Tego Shipping Small Metropolitan Petites in February
Ferio Tego is expanding its Metropolitan Selection with the addition of Metropolitan Petities, a trio of handmade cigars presented in a smaller, more convenient size. Available...
Fratello to Launch New Camo Fresh Pack
Come April, Fratello Cigars will launch the Camo Fresh Pack featuring a curated selection from the company’s Camo cigar line. Each cigar in this fresh pack is presented in...
Michael Giannini Joins Perdomo Cigars’ Sales and Marketing Team
Perdomo Cigars has announced that longtime cigar industry professional Michael Giannini will join its sales and marketing team. Giannini has over 42 years of experience in sales...
United Cigar Group and J.C. Newman Team up for Cameroon Firecracker
In celebration of Cameroon tobacco, United Cigar Group and J.C. Newman Cigar Company are teaming up for the release of Cameroon Firecracker by J.C. Newman. This release is slated...
Crowned Heads’ Four Kicks Mule Kick LE 2025 Announced
Not So Fast, Mister Pipe Doubter!
Writing a pipe column in a mostly cigar-centered magazine can be a little isolating. Seldom do I receive feedback from readers, positive or otherwise. I have occasionally...
Five Questions: Greg Zimmerman, President Emeritus, PCA
Now that your term as president of PCA is over and you begin your transition off the PCA board, what are your most proud accomplishments?Fortunately, I still have a two-year term...
United Cigar Group: Quality, growth, love of the leaf—all together
Compressing this story into its allotted space presents a daunting challenge. When you begin to unravel the many threads that constitute United Cigar Group, you find the makings...
The Artisans of Tabacalera El Artista
Tabacalera El Artista opened its doors in 1956. While the factory’s primary operations are based in Tamboril, Dominican Republic, it also has warehouses and other factories in...
Sinistro Cigars
Not everyone enters the cigar business via the same path. Some are born into storied cigar-making families. Others work their way in by starting as cigar store owners or...
A Connecticut Revival
Nicholas Melillo loves Connecticut. Love may not even be a strong enough word to describe the affection and passion he has for his home state. Connecticut, to Melillo, is not...
Like No Other: A Look Back at PCA23
A cigar docuseries premiere celebrating the industry, a triple-threat blending seminar, a mind-blowing mentalist show, a smashing kickoff party … and that was just the first day...
Scott Regina of Emerson’s Cigars, New PCA President
Virginia Tidewater-area tobacconist Scott Regina, CEO of Emerson’s Cigars, with five retail locations, is the model of a busy guy. But his life got even busier on 11 July 2023 at...
How, Really, Is the Pipe World Faring?
Not having been able to attend the Chicago Pipe Show this year, I asked around to see how it had gone, and also how pipe smoking was faring in general. Five well-connected...