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Emanuele Uccellini Named New Head of Davidoff of Geneva USA
Oettinger Davidoff has named a new leader for its Davidoff of USA division. In a press release, the company announced hiring Emanuele Uccellini as its new general manager and...
Rob Maneson Out at LOFB
League of Fat Bastards (LOFB) has announced the departure of Rob Maneson, who served as the company's president of the U.S.A. and Americas. Maneson helped the company improve its...
Black Label Trading Co. Ships Super Deluxe
Black Label Trading Company (BTLC) ships Super Deluxe to select retailers. This limited release is handcrafted in Estelí, Nicaragua, at Fabrica Oveja Negra. This is the second...
Ferio Tego Adds Canada Distribution
Ferio Tego is now available in Canada due to a new distribution partnership with Kretek International Canada. This is the premium cigar brand's third international expansion,...
Artesano Del Tobacco Announces El Pulpo The Eel
Artesano Del Tobacco’s El Pulpo cigar line is growing with the addition of the recently announced El Pulpo Lancero aka The Eel. This pigtail lancer measures 7 x 38 and will begin...
Carmelo Anthony and Kingmakers Team Up for Versa
Carmelo Anthony, a former professional basketball player and 10-time NBA All-Star, is entering the world of premium cigars with the help of Kingmakers Cigars. In its latest...
Jaime-Flórez Estrada Joins Global Premium Cigars
Global Premium Cigars, makers of 1502 cigars, has announced the addition of Jaime Flórez-Estrada to its team. Flórez-Estrada, whose previous roles in the cigar industry included...
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...
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...
Platinum Nova Cigars: Aiming for the Pinnacle of the Cigar Lifestyle
Platinum Nova Cigars has been crafting fine smokes for more than a decade, in its early years only for the private consumption of the family and friends of the company owners. It...
Plasencia 1865 Cigars: Putting the Soul into Cigar Manufacturing
Like so many families in the cigar industry, the Plasencias are no strangers to the challenges and occasional heartbreak of pursuing their love of working with tobacco. From...
Five Questions: Steve Saka, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust
1. What’s got you excited about Dunbarton this year?Most folks would expect me to answer about this blend or that brand, but for me, it is who we are as a company overall. From...
Poker & Life
Doyle Brunson played professional poker for over 50 years. He was a two-time World Series of Poker main event champion, a Poker Hall of Fame inductee, wrote several books on...
In the Family: Maryland’s Tobacco Leaf
Rahul Gupta didn’t intend to join the family business, one which his father began four decades earlier. His father never pushed him, emphasizing education and encouraging him to...
Breaking New Ground: Inside Villiger de Nicaragua
Quality and consistency—these are the two factors necessary for any successful product. When speaking about premium cigars, these two things are even more critical. Some of the...