Category: Industry News

Those interested in attending the new Honduran cigar festival can finally register and purchase tickets. The Consejo de Artesanos del Tabaco de Honduras, the Honduran cigar manufacturers’ association, is hosting a cigar festival for the first time: La Gran Cata 2027. Like other festivals in the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua, it will include a mixture of cigar factory visits and other non-cigar activities, as well as themed dinners for each

You can call it a box-pressed Landmark or a hybrid between CAO America and Flathead. Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has announced its 2026 exclusive release for retailers that are members of the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA). That release is the CAO Flathead American Muscle, which has been taking the CAO America blend and putting it in a format used by the CAO Flathead. The Flathead American Muscle will be

Last week, Elie Bleu began selling a new Casa Cubana colorway for various cigar lighters and cutters. The new designs are part of the Elie Bleu Casa Cubana Palacio de la Revolución Series, which was shown off earlier this year. Palacio de la Revolución, Spanish for Palace of the Revolution, uses an indigo color with inspiration from Cuba, seemingly the Museo de la Revolución, a former presidential palace that is now

If I had to put together a list of positive trends that this website has highlighted over the last decade, our appreciation of Honduran tobacco would be on the list. Thanks in large part to the two Eiroa family brands, CLE and JRE, we’ve reviewed a lot more cigars that have emphasized Honduran tobacco. I think we are in the midst of a rise, or perhaps closing the gap, by

Cigar News – October 25, 2026 Davidoff Cigars unveils the City Edition, a new limited-release series of cigars dedicated exclusively to the Davidoff of Geneva since 1911 flagship stores. Beginning with editions for New York and Las Vegas, each city receives its own blend, reserved solely for its destination. The cigar box is adorned with the city’s skyline and is only available at the respective city’s flagship store locations. “With

Last year, La Aurora introduced the Fuerte Sol, the first line in a new series named Family Creed that is made up of cigars that are intentionally blended to be different from the company’s existing profile. Fuerte Sol was made with a Mexican San Andrés wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and fillers from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and Pennsylvania. In April, the company announced the sophomore release in the Family Creed

Loaisiga Cigars has a new cigar line coming to select retailers next month, with a worldwide rollout slated for the next six months. It’s called El Cadejo, named for one of Central America’s most enduring folk legends about two spirit dogs that appear on lonely roads at night, a story often told by elders in the Nicaraguan countryside. “No one knows where they come from, only that there are two.

On Monday, Oct. 26, the Patina y Viso Verdigris will return to shelves. However, this time it’s known as ReVerdigris. Earlier this year, Patina Cigars and Viso Horny released the Verdigris as a limited edition. ReVerdigris is the exact same cigar, just from a different production run, though the cigars have been aged for nine months, and with slightly different branding. That means it’s a 5 x 52 robusto that

Long before names like Govee or Sensor Push were common recommendations for hygrometers, Western Humidor’s Caliber hygrometer was perhaps the closest the cigar world had to a brand-name humidor. By the time I got into cigars, the Caliber III was the company’s model, but that was more than a decade and a half ago. Last year, Cigar Oasis—which acquired the Western Humidor hygrometer business—introduced its latest version: the Caliber V.

In what has become a bit of a theme for TAA 2026, J.C. Newman’s exclusive release for retail members of the Tobacconists’ Association of America is one from its archives. The Brick House Beginnings Ciento Por Ciento is the company’s TAA 2026 release. It’s a five-year aged version of the Ciento Por Ciento, which the company used for its 2019 and 2023 releases for the TAA. The cigar is both