Category: Industry News

Tomorrow, SAG Imports—the U.S. distributor for Joya de Nicaragua—will begin shipping five new cigars to American retailers. One is entirely new: the Joya Red White & Blue. It’s a 6 x 52 toro that uses an Ecuadorian habano wrapper over binders and fillers from Estelí and Jalapa, Nicaragua. The cigar is part of the company’s JOYA Series, which includes the regular production JOYA Black and JOYA Red lines, though this is

Most people who smoke cigars these days probably only think of one brand when they hear the name, Pepín García. But before My Father Cigars, Inc. existed, the García family sold most of their cigars under a brand named after the family patriarch: José “Don Pepín” García. The brand was sold through El Rey de los Habanos, Inc., which was also the name of the factory in Miami’s Calle Ocho

Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG), the parent company of General Cigar Co. and Forged Cigar Co., has informed retailers that it has discontinued 21 cigars. Through Forged and General, two different American sales divisions, STG sells brands like Alec Bradley, CAO, Room101 as well as the non-Cuban versions of Cohiba, Hoyo de Monterrey, La Gloria Cubana, Partagas and others. More than half of the discontinuations affect Alec Bradley and Room101, two

At the 2026 PCA Convention & Trade Show, Pospiech Inc.—best known as the distributor for Powstanie—announced a new non-Powstanie brand. It’s called “Smoke This Trust Me” and it’s based on experiences that the Szczepankiewicz brothers have had running Cigar Hustler, a retail store in Deltona, Fla. For more than a decade, as a way to compete with online stores, Cigar Hustler has offered a brand of house cigars that have been

The first boxes of the Indian Motorcycle Cigars 125th Anniversary have gone on sale at the Rhino’s Cigar Lounge by Owl Shop in Windham, N.H. The cigar is the latest release from Phil Zanghi III, made in honor of the 125th anniversary of Indian Motorcycle, America’s oldest motorcycle company. Since 2015, Zanghi has had a licensing agreement to produce Indian Motorcycle cigars. As for the cigar, it’s offered in a

As I was starting to write this review, I immediately disliked the thought of using the word sampler to describe how this cigar, the La Aurora 100 Años Toro, was released. Fortunately, La Aurora had a better term selected. It’s called the La Aurora Prime Collection, and it contains 10 cigars, two each of the following: Three of the releases in the Prime Collection are not new. Those are the

SIGLO Accessory has announced a new humidor. The SIGLO Gold Leaf Humidor measures 10.83 inches x 9.41 x 4.53, rated to hold 50 cigars. As the name suggests, it is centered around a gold leaf, which is made of metal and lacquer, though not actual gold. Each humidor comes with a humidifier, digital hygrometer and removable divider. The MSRP is set at $770. SIGLO Accessory says it went on sale

The cigars celebrating Eladio Díaz’s 73rd birthday are on their way to U.S. retailers today after getting a small soft launch in the Dominican Republic in late May as part of Díaz’s birthday celebration. Called the Eladio Díaz 73 Aniversario “Unforgettable Edition”, this limited edition release is an all-Dominican blend that uses a corojo-seed wrapper from the southern part of the country. Next are two binders, one a Sumatra-seed and

More than a century after it first opened, the Sanchez y Haya building in Ybor City is being restored — blending historic preservation with new life for the community it once served. The $18 million project, led by Tampa’s oldest cigar factory, J.C. Newman Cigar Company, launched in 2023 and is now about six months away from its anticipated opening around Thanksgiving. “We are putting all of the

Murmmr has announced The Object: Cigar, a new iteration of The Object, its domed crystal ashtray. The edition is limited to 50 pieces and ships July, 2026. Developed in collaboration with third-generation tobacconist Brian Telford of Telford’s Pipe & Cigar in Mill Valley, CA, The Object: Cigar preserves the silhouette and craftsmanship of the original while recasting the base with a cutout that accommodates even large-format cigars (up