Earlier this month, products from Don Emmanuel Cigars went on sale in Oman. The company has announced a distribution deal with Puro Cigar Lounge of Muscat. Ashish Chaturvedi will serve as the company’s distributor. “The Middle East has a sophisticated and passionate cigar culture, and we are very excited to bring Don Emmanuel Cigars to Oman,” said Emmanuel in a press release. “As we continue to grow internationally, it is
The Eastern Standard lancero has returned for a limited edition release. Formally, it’s called the Eastern Standard Silk Road, a 7 1/4 x 40 lancero. Blend-wise, it uses an Ecuadorian habano wrapper over a Dominican binder and Dominican criollo 98 viso, Dominican corojo ligero and Nicaraguan habano seco. It is described as the strongest of the Eastern Standard vitolas. The cigar was introduced in 2014, then limited to a 12,000-cigar
While Viaje ships cigars to its retailers on a fairly regular basis, it’s not every day that the company produces a new line, so when it does, it’s a bit more intriguing to see just what new idea or concept is has come up with. In mid-June, the company announced a new addition to its portfolio that it calls Honey Bale. As with many of its releases, the company didn’t
With the 2022 Australian champion, Sarkis Akopov, once more taking home the title Down Under, Thomas Deghein winning in Belgium and Paul Kaste from Finland becoming Estonian champion, the qualifying season has come to an end. Now the time is here for what everybody’s been waiting for – the CSWC grand finale in Dubrovnik. Judging by the last few months of competition there are a few favorites. Will
The latest in Powstanie’s limited edition series, short for Surrounded by Champions, is off to stores. Launched in 2016, the SBC Series is a quasi-biennial series. So far, each release has been a 5 1/2 x 46 corona gorda that has an offset barberpole wrapper design. While the cigars share a lot of similarities, the blends differ. The latest version uses tobacco from five different countries: Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador,
In April, Michael Edney, the lead attorney for most of the cigar industry’s successful lawsuit against the FDA’s regulation of premium cigars, was back in a federal court on behalf of his cigar clients. This time, the venue was the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the matter was California’s Unflavored Tobacco List (UTL). Despite optimism from some of the plaintiffs, the hearing was not successful. Yesterday,
Next month, a new cigar made for Red Raider Nation will go on sale. Bocock Brothers Premium Cigars has announced the new Texas Tech Oil Field Reserve. It’s offered in a 6 x 52 toro with a Honduran maduro wrapper and fillers from Honduras, Nicaragua and Paraguay. The name references the rich oil and gas history of West Texas, where the school is based. “The Oil Field Reserve is for
After giving its new Nasty Esco line a soft launch earlier this summer, Escobar Cigars has begun shipping the cigars to retailers across the country. The cigar is a 5 x 52 robusto with a blend that uses an Ecuadorian habano wrapper, a Sumatra binder, and fillers from Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic. It is made at PDR Cigars in the Dominican Republic. Pricing is set at $9 per cigar
On Tuesday, Sept. 1, United Cigars will release the two new vitolas of its Independence line. The blend, which is made by Arnold André in the Dominican Republic, debuted earlier this year in the Independence Firecracker, a limited edition release as part of United’s long-running Firecracker series of cigars. At the time, the company didn’t announce that there were new vitolas coming. However, last month, it said that Independence would
For the most part, cigar companies are rarely willing to publicly acknowledge that they are trying to compete with another company’s product. There are exceptions; quite clearly, no one has any issues mentioning that they are trying to make their version of a specific Cuban cigar. While Tom Lazuka, co-founder of Asylum, often mentions that his inspiration for the large ring gauges the brand is known for came from seeing