From May 16 thru June 7, the global cigar family submitted nominations for the 2026 Cigar Trophies. Now it’s about every single vote. Until July 12, 2026 (24:00 CET), the top 5 nominees of all categories can be voted on: – Best Brand – Best Cigar – Best Value – Best Boutique Brand – Best Accessory – Best Lounge The cigar community has put together a spectacular shortlist
America’s 250th anniversary deserve meaningful pieces. Not a simple “Happy Birthday USA”, cakes and balloons. But a heartfelt homage from France, America’s oldest ally. For the 250th birthday, Les Fines Lames wanted to celebrate with an idea that’s been in their mind for years. To them, it’s one of the most mythic (yet overlooked) episodes in American military history: The Flying Tigers Squadron. The Flying Tigers squad: They went first A
Davidoff Cigars announces a new addition to its expanding Voyager’s Selection, a line launched in 2025 that was exclusively created for Global Travel Retail. The Voyager’s Selection Black Band invites passionados, travellers, and gift givers to discover the brand’s Black Band Collection in a distinctive format presented in premium, travel-friendly packaging featuring two cigars of each line. “Our Voyager’s Selection Black Band presents our four Black Band Collection
In the cigar industry, new blends are created for numerous types of anniversaries: when a company was founded, dates of important occasions for the company or its founders, even birthdays. However, most cigar lines cannot trace their roots back three decades, so when a brand turns 30 years old, it is not exactly a surprise when a new cigar is created to commemorate the occasion. Metropolitan is one such brand:
When it comes to milder cigars, one of the things that often gets said about them is that they make a great “morning cigar” or a great first cigar of the day. But for Noel Rojas, he decided to specifically say that one of his new cigars was designed for the morning hours, specifically a quiet morning. “In every cigar line, there comes a moment when balance is needed —
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has announced proposed regulations that would allow it to, amongst other things, inspect factories outside of the U.S. that manufacture tobacco and/or vaping products sold in the U.S. As with many proposals from the FDA, it is described as a way to help combat the sales of illegal e-cigarettes and vaping products, a cause that has the support of both anti-tobacco groups and
For the third time in less than a week, it’s a review of a Year of ___-themed cigar. The blank space is referring to the 12 animals—one is a dragon, which is probably not an animal—on the Chinese Zodiac calendar. In 2012, the first Davidoff Year of the Snake was introduced, kicking off what has become an annual tradition for around a dozen cigar companies to introduce new limited edition
More than a year ago, Christian Eiroa, the founder of CLE Cigar Co., announced that he was working on a reblend of the Eiroa Dark blend, saying he wasn’t satisfied with how the original blend had evolved from its debut in 2019. He has finally settled on a new blend and it is heading to stores. Eiroa declined to give blend details to halfwheel but described the Eiroa Dark as
On Monday, June 22, Founders Cigar Co.’s began shipping a new cigar that was created to celebrate two different milestones: the company’s fifth anniversary in business and the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Declaration is a 5 1/2 x 43 corona vitola made with a Pennsylvania broadleaf wrapper, an Ecuadorian habano binder and a filler blend of Nicaraguan criollo 98 ligero and seco tobaccos. The
Davidoff is closing out this week with two new product launches. Today, June 25, is the launch of the new AVO Expresivo, which is said to mark a new chapter for the brand. Blend-wise, it uses an Ecuadorian wrapper over a Honduran binder and fillers from Honduras as well as Jalapa, Nicaragua. The use of Honduran tobacco is not normal for the AVO brand, but an even larger change is