Zander-Greg is bringing back John T’s, a line of flavored cigars, giving it a new look and expanded distribution in the process. The line dates back to 1984, when the Antonaros family launched the cigars as an evolution of the pipe tobacco blends that debuted just about a decade earlier. Zander-Greg acquired the brand in 2014 with the mission of preserving its history while continuing to offer the quality that
Nearly 18 months after it was announced, the Gold & Bullet is finally shipping to stores. The OpusX Gold & Bullet is the sophomore cigar release for the Fuente The OpusX Society, a collaboration between Arturo Fuente and Manny Iriarte Enterprises. The cigar is a 6 3/4 x 50 parejo, described as a different blend from the OpusX La Edición de la Sociedad, the first release from The OpusX Society.
The Cigar Smoking World Championship grand finale is drawing nearer, and some of the results for the June and July qualifiers have come in. Singapore made its debut, and a few of the big names are really making themselves heard again, building up the excitement for the final. Just as planned. Baltic: Alexander Shagai – 2:27:30Georgia: Gagi Gigauri – 1:30:39Romania: Victor Matei – 1:55:17Latvia: Anastasia Arsenova – 2:26:00Slovakia: Peter
Like many businesses, there are a number of cigar companies that are generational, meaning they pass down from parents to their children, sometimes across multiple generations. Recently, Perdomo has started focusing on the next generation. That has largely come by way of a pair of projects bringing together Nick Perdomo Jr. and Nicholas Perdomo III. Perdomo Jr. is the one who co-founded Perdomo Cigars with his wife, Janine, in 1992.
I think there is a strong case that at the 2026 PCA Convention & Trade Show, no company had a bigger makeover than Valacari. It started nearly a year ago, when the company quietly moved the production of all its cigars from Tabacalera Pages de Nicaragua S.A. to the La Tabacaria Cigars factory. Fast forward to the trade show, it announced that going forward, each of its core lines would
Yesterday, an appeals court ruled in favor of Imperial Brands, plc—a British cigarette company that was once co-owners of Habanos S.A., the Cuban cigar marketing and distribution company—and WPP, an advertising agency, in a case regarding an American law that allows citizens to sue over the trafficking of property that was confiscated by the Cuban government as part of the 1959 revolution. As far as halfwheel knows, Luis Manuel Rodriguez,
Today, the Buffalo TEN Broadleaf, the newest addition to Artista Cigars’ value-oriented line, is on its way to U.S. retailers. The line uses a broadleaf wrapper and a habano binder, both of undisclosed origin, while the filler comes from the Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and the U.S. The company says that the wrapper provides richness and robustness, while the binder contributes spice that enhances the complexity and depth of flavor. The
This week, Canadian retailers are getting a brand-new Kristoff. The Kristoff N49 is the company’s new Canadian exclusive. It’s a 5 x 50 robusto with an Ecuadorian HVA wrapper over a Sumatra-seed binder from an undisclosed country and Dominican criollo 99 and olor fillers. It has an MSRP of CAD $24.99 ($35) per cigar and is sold in boxes of 20. Jarrid Trudeau, evp of Kristoff Cigars, is in Canada
Orient Cigars has announced plans for two new lines, both of which will debut at the InterTabac 2026 trade fair in September. La Nuit uses an Ecuadorian Sumatra-seed wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder and Nicaraguan fillers. At launch, it will be offered in two vitolas: Orient La Nuit Talitha (4 7/8 x 58) — €13 (Bundle of 10, €130) Orient La Nuit Rastaban (5 7/8 x 54) — €14 (Bundle
When it comes to the foundational size for a company’s blending, there are few that stand out like 2006’s Illusione’s ~mk~, the corona that the company says served as its key size for blending, dubbing it the “teaching machine.” The story of the original Illusione MKULTRA is an interesting one, as it was a limited release of cigars deemed not to have met the standards that Dion Giolito had set