Cigar News – September 20, 2026 C.L.E. Cigar Company had a lot to show at InterTabac 2026. The 1916 Tabacalera Eiroa celebrates 110 years of the family in the tobacco business. The first blend of Santi Eiroa, Christian Eiroa’s son, also celebrates the 4thgeneration of the family and comes in boxes of 18 cigars in 5 different vitolas, Robusto (50 by 5”), El Gordo (60 by 5 ½”) , Toro
Cigar News – September 20, 2026 My Father Cigars presents La Lealtad at InterTabac 2026. After presenting last year the first release out of their Honduran Factory, My Father Cigars came with another release for the InterTabac 2026. The My Father La Lealtad combines tobaccos from Nicaragua and Honduras for the first time. The La Lealtad that translates to Loyalty in English comes in boxes of 20 cigars and four
For decades, the non-Cuban Montecristo brand was known as being a Dominican cigar, made at Tabacalera de García in La Romana. After Fidel Castro nationalized the Cuban cigar industry in 1960, Alonso Menéndez and Pepe Garcia left the country for the Canary Islands before ending up in the Dominican Republic in the 1970s. The brand would eventually land in Altadis U.S.A.’s portfolio, and between its prominence in the United States
Cigar News – September 19, 2026 Jeremy Casdagli brought three releases to Dortmund, made in three countries. Daughters of the Wind Rosado. The new expression takes a sun-grown Habano Rosado wrapper from IGM Cigars’ own plantation in the mountains of Puriscal, Costa Rica — one of the first harvests released to Casdagli — over a Costa Rican binder and fillers from Nicaragua, Peru, the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica. It
Cigar News – September 19, 2026 A rum-based spirit made for cigars was presented at the Cigar Culture Summit on 14 September, limited to 200 bottles. It is the work of Felix Gorczak, who took rum as the base and cognac as the second influence. The finish comes from a bonificateur — the practice, borrowed from cognac, of steeping ingredients into a preparation used to round off a spirit before
Cigar News – September 19, 2026 Craig Cunningham and Christopher Mey brought Las Cañas to Dortmund ahead of its European release, and confirmed Esteban Carreras is opening a warehouse in the Czech Republic to serve the region. Las Cañas. A sugar cane-infused cigar in three vitolas: Böölit (4¾ × 46), Toro and Sixty. Christopher describes it as smooth and balanced, with the sweetness stopping short of overpowering the tobacco. It
Cigar News – September 19, 2026 David Kelaty, founder and chief executive of Mantis, used InterTabac to introduce three products: a travel humidor, the Flex Marine ashtray collection and a forged carbon fibre cigar case. Travel humidor. It holds 15 cigars with the sponge trays fitted, and more with them taken out. The case closes with watertight, airtight zippers, and the cover is watertight too. Flex Marine. Three silicone forms
A new portable packaging option for six different Liga Privada cigars is on the way to retailers. The cardboard four-packs draw from three of the Liga Privada blends, with two sizes offered in each: Liga Privada No. 9 Toro Petaca (6 x 52) — Pack of 4, $75.40 Liga Privada No. 9 Robusto Petaca (5 x 54) — Pack of 4, $71.40 Liga Privada T52 Toro Petaca (6 x 52)
A new Edición Regional is coming to Costa Rica this month in celebration of the 15th anniversary of the distributor Cruz Canela & Trust G.B. It’s the El Rey del Mundo Tico, a robusto extra that measures 5 9/10 (150mm) x 54 and is known as the Geniales vitola in Cuban cigar parlance. It’s a popular size for special releases, but is also used for the regular production Montecristo Open
Cigar News – September 18, 2026 As a tribute to one of Mesoamerica’s most sacred plants, NUB presents “NUB México”—a new product line inspired by this ancient culture. As a tribute to one of Mesoamerica’s most sacred plants, NUB presents “NUB México”—a new product line inspired by this ancient culture. NUB México features the characteristic shape of NUB cigars, combined with a thin Mexican wrapper, a Nicaraguan binder, and a