• Raíces Cubanas Liga de Reyes Toro
    July 1, 2025 from halfwheel
    Raíces Cubanas is not new to cigars, but it is one of the newest cigar companies. The Honduran factory has teamed up with Ralph Montero for its own cigars. The post Raíces Cubanas Liga de Reyes Toro appeared first on halfwheel .
  • Matilde’s Exclusivo 2025 Now on Sale in Canada
    July 1, 2025 from halfwheel
    A new limited edition, Canadian-exclusive cigar has landed in Canada, just in time for the country's national holiday. It's the second time that Matilde has created an exclusive for Canada. The post Matilde’s Exclusivo 2025 Now on...
  • Hooten Young Launching Midnight Hammer on July 14
    July 1, 2025 from halfwheel
    The new cigar is named after Operation Midnight Hammer, a U.S. military operation involving seven B-2 bombers that bombed three different nuclear sites in Iran on June 22. Each cigar has an MSRP of $16, and 2,000 cigars are being...
  • Plasencia To Implement Tariff-Related Price Increases Next Week
    July 1, 2025 from halfwheel
    Plasencia's prices will increase between 32-47 cents on the wholesale price of each cigar. The price changes are set to go into effect on July 7. The post Plasencia To Implement Tariff-Related Price Increases Next Week appeared first on...
  • Illinois’ Cigar Tax Increases Today
    July 1, 2025 from halfwheel
    The increase, passed as part of the budget bill, raises the cigar tax from 36 to 45 percent of the wholesale price. For a $10 cigar, that means about it will cost about 45 cents more. The post Illinois’ Cigar Tax Increases Today...
  • Ohio’s Cigar Tax Cap Goes Up by One Cent Today
    July 1, 2025 from halfwheel
    Ohio's laws require it to adjust the cap on cigar taxes annually, and this year's adjustment will make cigars a bit more expensive. How much? Approximately one cent. The post Ohio’s Cigar Tax Cap Goes Up by One Cent Today appeared...
  • Alec Bradley Black Market Filthy Hooligan Shamrock (2020)
    June 30, 2025 from halfwheel
    No, your eyes are not lying to you. The cigar has three wrappers and it took me three and a half hours to smoke. The post Alec Bradley Black Market Filthy Hooligan Shamrock (2020) appeared first on halfwheel .
  • Stolen Throne Ships Castle 919
    June 30, 2025 from halfwheel
    The new regular production line is named after company founder Lee Marsh's address in Baltimore where he lived as a child. There are two vitolas at launch: a 5 x 54 Belicoso and a 5 x 50 Robusto. The post Stolen Throne Ships Castle 919...
  • E.H. Taylor San Andrés Heads to Stores
    June 30, 2025 from halfwheel
    Last week, two of the three vitolas began shipping. This blend is designed to be paired with the E.H. Taylor, Jr. Small Batch bourbon. The post E.H. Taylor San Andrés Heads to Stores appeared first on halfwheel .
  • Former Oettinger Davidoff AG Exec Luc Hyvernat Joins Maya Selva Cigars as Executive VP
    June 30, 2025 from halfwheel
    Hyvernat is described as "an epicurean at heart and a strategist in action." His career in the tobacco industry spans more than 20 years, while also bringing experience in the wine and spirits industries. The post Former Oettinger...
  • 11-Year-Old Forbidden X Cigars Now In Stores
    September 24, 2017 from Cigar Aficionado News and Features
    Ever wish you could smoke an aged Fuente Fuente OpusX, but can't seem to find one? Your search has just become a bit easier, as a shipment of 11 year old Fuente Fuente Forbidden X cigars began hitting tobacconists last week.
  • Thieves Steal Truck Loaded With Drew Estate Cigars
    September 21, 2017 from Cigar Aficionado News and Features
    For the second time this year, thieves in Florida have stolen a shipment of cigars before they could make their way to customers.
  • Lobbyists Increase Outreach For Premium Cigar Exemption
    September 21, 2017 from Cigar Aficionado News and Features
    Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that includes language to exempt premium cigars from harmful FDA regulations. Now, cigar lobbyists are increasing their efforts for grassroots outreach in support of multiple...
  • FDA Issues Guidance On Warning Statements
    September 21, 2017 from Cigar Aficionado News and Features
    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today released a revised set of guidelines clarifying the new warning label rules and how they pertain to cigars that come in packaging too small for the required warning labels.
  • Mark Pursell Steps Down As CEO of IPCPR
    September 20, 2017 from Cigar Aficionado News and Features
    The International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association, the Washington D.C.-based trade association that represents retailers of premium tobacco products and their suppliers, announced this week the departure of its chief executive...
  • Cigar Companies Contribute To Hurricane Relief Effort
    September 19, 2017 from Cigar Aficionado News and Features
    Disaster relief organizations are working overtime to provide assistance to those affected by Hurricane Irma, the largest hurricane to hit Florida in over a decade. Much of the U.S. cigar industry is based in cities like Miami, Tampa and...
  • My Father Shipping La Opulencia
    September 18, 2017 from Cigar Aficionado News and Features
    In Spanish la opulencia means "the opulent," and that's exactly the kind of smoke My Father Cigars was aiming for when it created My Father La Opulencia, an old Cuban brand resurrected by the Garcia family.
  • EXCLUSIVE: Dion Giolito Buys OneOff
    September 17, 2017 from Cigar Aficionado News and Features
    The once popular but now practically forgotten OneOff brand is now in new hands. Dion Giolito, creator of Illusione cigars, has purchased the OneOff trademark and has every intention of revitalizing this small boutique line of smokes.
  • Cigars Announced For 2017 Big Smoke Las Vegas
    September 14, 2017 from Cigar Aficionado News and Features
    The Big Smoke Las Vegas is more than an opportunity to greet your favorite cigarmakers, participate in engaging seminars, and enjoy the camaraderie of fellow aficionados, it's also the chance to try an array of premium cigars that come...
  • Cigar Friendly Bill Passes In House of Representatives
    September 14, 2017 from Cigar Aficionado News and Features
  • Hurricane Season
    August 31, 2017 from Cigar Aficionado Blogs
    The news from Texas has left me stunned and shocked. The damage to the coast from the winds of Hurricane Harvey and the flooding from the relentless rains in Houston and beyond are unimaginable. If you or your loved ones are affected, my...
  • IPCPR 2017: Where Are The New Cigars?
    July 18, 2017 from Cigar Aficionado Blogs
    Last week, the bulk of the premium cigar industry gathered in Las Vegas for the 85th annual International Premium Cigars and Pipe Retailers trade show. Normally, the show provides a venue for premium cigar manufacturers to show off their...
  • Seven Curious Smokes From The IPCPR
    July 18, 2017 from Cigar Aficionado Blogs
    I'm back from the IPCPR trade show with enough cigar samples to last me the rest of the summer. I'm acquainted with most of them in some way or another, but there are a few that I am most curious about and really don't know what to...
  • The Fourth of July
    July 5, 2017 from Cigar Aficionado Blogs
    Last night I sat on the beach, the last streaks of sunshine slipping away. I was sitting on a blanket, my family and good friends around me. We were waiting, chatting, joking. I held half a Casa Cuba cigar in my hand. Then it came—the...
  • Last Drop Distillers Uncork Old Spirits At A Castle By The Sea
    June 28, 2017 from Cigar Aficionado Blogs
    "I should have taken the helicopter," I thought to myself while sitting in traffic on the Long Island Expressway with New York City not too far behind me. Last Drop Distillers held a magnificent Scotch-and-cigar dinner at the old...
  • An Open Letter to Newly Named FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb
    June 20, 2017 from Cigar Aficionado Blogs
    Dear Dr. Gottlieb, Congratulations on your May 9, 2017 appointment as FDA commissioner. You step into this role at a crucial time.
  • Quai d’Orsay And A Weird Warning
    May 5, 2017 from Cigar Aficionado Blogs
    You can now add impotence to the list of ailments some alarmists associate with tobacco and cigar smoking. But not just any kind of impotence. Look closely at this box of Quai d'Orsay Secreto Cubano cigars and you'll see it's the kind of...
  • 16 Thoughts: Nicaragua's Puro Sabor Cigar Festival
    April 27, 2017 from Cigar Aficionado Blogs
    It's been nearly three months since I returned from Nicaragua's sixth Puro Sabor cigar festival, but I just can't seem to get the Central American country off my mind. Maybe it's because the weather in New York City is finally starting...
  • The Cigar Industry Comes To NYC
    April 21, 2017 from Cigar Aficionado Blogs
    Much of the premium cigar industry was in New York City the week before last. They came in for our annual Night to Remember charity cigar dinner, a black-tie event where we raise money for prostate cancer research. I will say that, in my...
  • The Buzz in Cuba
    March 15, 2017 from Cigar Aficionado Blogs
    Every year at Cuba's Festival del Habanos, we hear rumors and news about what's happening in the cigar business. And, there's nothing like hands-on inspection of cigar shop inventories to get a sense of the real situation with Cuban cigars.
  • Hunters and Frankau to celebrate 225 years at the annual summer party - Cigar News
    April 28, 2015 from Reviews, Articles and Blog Entries from SteveGriff.com
    Unveiling of the long anticipated Hunters and Frankau Ramon Allones 225 Aniversario
  • Montecristo No. 2 shipped with new bands - Cigar News
    February 26, 2015 from Reviews, Articles and Blog Entries from SteveGriff.com
    Late 2014 box codes shipped with new bands that were first introduced with the Double Edmundo and Petit No. 2 in 2013.
  • New La Casa del Habanos opens in Chester - Cigar News
    November 6, 2014 from Reviews, Articles and Blog Entries from SteveGriff.com
    Second La Casa del Habanos in the UK opens this week.
  • Por Larranaga Sobrasalientes Great Britain 2014 Regional Edition to Ship Soon - Cigar News
    November 6, 2014 from Reviews, Articles and Blog Entries from SteveGriff.com
    Por Larranaga Sobrasalientes, the 2014 Regional Edition for Great Britain to be released in November.
  • Recent Cohibas being shipped with Behike holographic bands - Cigar News
    September 4, 2014 from Reviews, Articles and Blog Entries from SteveGriff.com
    Recent production Esplendidos and Siglo VI have been shipped in recent weeks with the Behike holographic bands. It's taken four years, but it looks as if Cuba has managed to exhaust their supply of old style Cohiba bands.
  • Juan López Minutos - Cigar Reviews
    August 27, 2014 from Reviews, Articles and Blog Entries from SteveGriff.com
    One of two Regional Editions for the French market in 2013, the Juan Lopez Minutos is a small cigar that delivers big on flavour.
  • Hoyo de Monterrey Le Hoyo de San Juan to be released soon - Cigar News
    August 17, 2014 from Reviews, Articles and Blog Entries from SteveGriff.com
    Swiss Cigar blog understands that new Hoyo de Monterrey to hit Swiss, other markets in one to two weeks.
  • Excalibur by HDM Epicure Review
    August 15, 2014 from Puff.com - Cigar Reviews, Cigar News, Cigar Forums, Cigar Videos, Cigar Interviews and more!
    Construction was top notch. Flavor is typical mild with cedar and slight pepper on the back. Nothing complex, but a solid mild-med bodied cigar. O... Read Full Article
  • Turmeaus Tobacconist in Chester to be expanded - Cigar News
    August 12, 2014 from Reviews, Articles and Blog Entries from SteveGriff.com
    C.Gars Ltd to expand Chester's Turmeaus Tobacconist , aims to expand floor space.
  • Quintero Favoritos - Cigar Reviews
    August 11, 2014 from Reviews, Articles and Blog Entries from SteveGriff.com
    A review and critique of the Quintero Favoritos , a Robusto sized Cigar that has been available for purchase for the last two years.
  • Gurkha Titan Review
    August 11, 2014 from Puff.com - Cigar Reviews, Cigar News, Cigar Forums, Cigar Videos, Cigar Interviews and more!
    I first punched this cigar because of it's size and when I did, the entire cap fell off in one piece. Snug draw and I struggled to get smoke through ... Read Full Article
  • La Gloria Cubana Serie R Serie R No. 5 Review
    August 11, 2014 from Puff.com - Cigar Reviews, Cigar News, Cigar Forums, Cigar Videos, Cigar Interviews and more!
    This has become one of my Favorite cigars as for taste and aroma. The 1/3 was marvelouse smoth spicy round taste of nutty round burn espresso. It sta... Read Full Article
  • Guantanamera Cristales Review
    August 11, 2014 from Puff.com - Cigar Reviews, Cigar News, Cigar Forums, Cigar Videos, Cigar Interviews and more!
    vrey good cigar Read Full Article
  • One year anniversary celebration at No. Ten Manchester Street - Cigar News
    August 8, 2014 from Reviews, Articles and Blog Entries from SteveGriff.com
    The renowned cigar lounge at No. Ten Manchester Hotel is celebrating it's one year anniversary with a special event being held on the 24th of September.
  • Acid C-Note Review
    August 5, 2014 from Puff.com - Cigar Reviews, Cigar News, Cigar Forums, Cigar Videos, Cigar Interviews and more!
    Better than most of the cheap, small cigars. Not great, however the wrap is DISTINCTLY sweet and the smoke has a hint of spiciness.As someone above no... Read Full Article
  • La Fontana Vintage Galileo Review
    August 5, 2014 from Puff.com - Cigar Reviews, Cigar News, Cigar Forums, Cigar Videos, Cigar Interviews and more!
    This was a very nice smoke. It was the first time I had one, I picked up a single from a smoke shop in town. Clean even burn, for the most part. Good ... Read Full Article
  • Palma Real palma real Review
    August 3, 2014 from Puff.com - Cigar Reviews, Cigar News, Cigar Forums, Cigar Videos, Cigar Interviews and more!
    Please read the label only. I deconstructed one and there were too many tobacco veins in it to smoke with a clear conscience. My opinion only. Read Full Article
  • H. upmann original H. upmann original Review
    August 1, 2014 from Puff.com - Cigar Reviews, Cigar News, Cigar Forums, Cigar Videos, Cigar Interviews and more!
    Good light and straight burn all throughout the cigar. Starts of with a hint of pepper that lasts the whole cigar. Flavors of nutty, earth, spice and ... Read Full Article
  • Two UK Regional Editions for 2015 - Cigar News
    July 31, 2014 from Reviews, Articles and Blog Entries from SteveGriff.com
    Hunters & Frankau Aniversario 225 and yet announced habano will make the two releases Regional Edition releases for Great Britain in 2015.
  • More definitive 2015 Habanos releases posted online - Cigar News
    July 30, 2014 from Reviews, Articles and Blog Entries from SteveGriff.com
    Well known La Casa del Habanos gives an extensive list of Cigars due for release in 2015.
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