Category: Industry News

Honduras is once again going to host a cigar festival. Yesterday, President Nasry Asfura met with members of the Honduran cigar industry about a variety of topics. Following the meeting, his office announced that a new festival will be held in the country next year. A source told halfwheel that the festival will take place in the days before Puro Sabor, Nicaragua’s annual cigar festival. While many details, including the event’s

Aaron Paoletta, owner of LaVega Cigar Co., said that he’d heard that consumers are increasingly over limited editions, but he still wanted to give them and retailers something new to enjoy until his new blends come out next year. So he decided to create box-pressed versions of his four core lines, but initially, he had hoped to do it a bit differently from the norm. Instead of having the cigars

For me, the surprise of The Consensus 2025 was the company that placed the #5 cigar on the list. AG Cigars is the company of Alejandro “Alex” González Arias, whom Brooks Whittington once profiled. At that time, González was a cigar roller in Cuba, working as a “custom roller,” someone who rolled cigars outside of a traditional factory setting. As with many custom rollers, he worked at a shop at

Drew Estate is adding a new, thicker option for its Undercrown 10 line. The company has informed retailers that the new Undercrown 10 Gordo is ready to ship. At 6 x 60, it’s tied for the thickest vitola in the line, though the other 60-ring gauge is the unique Flying Pig shape, which is a double perfecto. Undercrown 10 debuted in 2021, celebrating the 10th anniversary of the launch of

Having debuted almost 20 years ago and with more than 100 releases, it’s hard to know what to say about the Tatuaje Monster Series that hasn’t already been said. But that’s the challenge when a new release comes out, such as the one that was shown off this spring at the 2026 PCA Convention & Trade Show and which began shipping to retailers in mid-June, well ahead of the Halloween

Last year, Davidoff’s Camacho brand launched a new limited edition series using the theme of “Boldly Built by Masters.” Next month, the sophomore release will arrive. Compared to the Camacho Limited Edition 2025, this year’s release is an all-new blend, a new vitola and new boxes. The Camacho Limited Edition 2026 is offered in Camacho’s unique 11/18 perfecto shape, though a press releases lists it at a slightly thicker 6

With just about a week left, the starting lineup for the grand finale in Dubrovnik is getting more and more finalized. In the last weeks Chile got its first national champion ever in a very close race, in Denmark Nick Shawnley lost for the first time in many years and in the US, Drew Emch claimed yet another title. In Germany, Hauke Walter left no one wondering and in Belarus,

After nearly a year of work, Cavalier Genève has announced that a new warehouse in Houston is now operational. The new facility, located at 4215 S. Main Street in Stafford, was built to serve the company’s U.S.-based retailers and other clients, and the location was chosen not only for its central location but also for its international airport and port. Cavalier Genève has been working since last year to increase

Last month, Don Abram Harris Cigars, a Maryland-based cigar company, filed a lawsuit seeking $8 billion from Philip Morris USA, arguing the cigarette company was unlawfully trying to stop the cigar company from selling a cigar called “Marlboro Man” and trying to trademark the name. Now, the tables have turned. On Monday, Philip Morris USA filed its own lawsuit against Don Abram Harris Cigars. This suit—Philip Morris USA, Inc. v.

Chazz Palminteri’s “A Bronx Tale” Sonny, which debuted in October 2025 as a single-vitola limited edition, is now a regular production line, with some minor changes made to the blend and the packaging, as well as new vitolas. First, while the blend looks the same on paper, it is not the exact same blend as the limited edition. The regular production version still uses a Mexican San Andrés maduro wrapper,