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J.C. Newman Ships The El Reloj Collection a 2024 TAA Exclusive
This new limited edition box set includes the first release of Angel Cuesta Shade and Tampa Smokers Tampa, Fla. – Today, J.C. Newman Cigar Co. is shipping The El Reloj Collection to Tobacconist Association of America members across the United States. This new box set contains 10 luxury cigars handcrafted [...]
ProCigar Opens Doors For Registration
ProCigar has opened registration for the premier cigar event in the Dominican Republic. Feb 16th - 21st is when hundreds of cigar smokers will enjoy a week of cigars, friends, and education — and the 2025 ProCigar Registration is open. As a matter of fact, you can ENTER TO WIN [...]
Crowned Heads: The Return of Wabash Cannonball
Crowned Heads is excited to announce the return of Wabash Cannonball,' a cigar that originated back in 2020 as a store-exclusive release for Casa de Montecristo in Nashville, TN. The original Crowned Heads "Wabash Cannonball' was released in September of 2020 as an homage to a Nashville of a bygone [...]
Editorials
14th Annual Cigar Rep Awards
Let's face it. The cigar reps are the hardest-working people in the industry. Not all of them have the luxury of working from home or traveling town-to-town with a Buc-ee's light always appearing in the distance. No, some people spend countless hours visiting cigar shops, listening to books on tape, [...]
La Aurora Cigars Dominican Republic
Writen by Thor Nielsen - Photos by Jason Foraker La Aurora is the Dominican Republics oldest cigar manufacturer with the first factory opening its doors in 1903. Their name is known all over the world by tobacconists and cigar lovers alike. Despite the fact that they are not considered a [...]
Chateau de la Fuente Tour with Carlito Fuente Jr.
Scores of cigar enthusiasts worship the tobacco that comes from the Fuente farms deep in the Cibao Valley of the Dominican Republic. Fuente Cigars have redefined Dominican tobacco, especially after the creation of Opus X, which were the first Successfully grown full-flavored, full-bodied Dominican puros. Nailing Quality with Dominican [...]
Cigars Accessories
Go Ahead Steve Saka, Change My Mind About Single-Blade Cigar Cutters
Before I go into sharing my opinion on the new Guillotina de Saka Cutter, let me start out with a full disclosure confession. I am not a big fan of single blade cutters. I always feel they are slowly ’smashing’ a cigar from one side to the other. Not to sound like [...]
C.L.E. Cigar Company to Offer Display Case for Asylum 867 at the 2024 PCA
C.L.E. Cigar Company announces that they will debut a newly created in store display case for the Asylum 867 at the 2024 PCA. Asylum, recognized for its bold and edgy cigars, pushed the boundaries when they showcased the Asylum 867 at the 2023 PCA.The Asylum 867 presents a new dimension [...]
Cigars 101
Reproduction – Cigar Tobacco Seeds
Reproduction - Cigar Tobacco Seeds One of the most unknown aspects of premium cigar tobacco is the seed production. Not many people know that tobacco seeds produces pink and white flowers, which grow in clusters at the top of the plant. In fact, most [...]
Wrapper Tobacco’s Influence on Flavor
There is no debating that the wrapper tobacco on a cigar has an impact on the taste of a cigar, and depending on the factors that we are about to look at, the influence can either be substantial, or minimal. This is never a precise statement. The best way to [...]
Humidity, Temps and Cigars: A Discussion with Nicholas Melillo
Cigar Press - How do you personally like to keep your cigars? Nicholas Melillo - First I would like to express that the following are my personal opinions that I have developed from over 20 years smoking and storing cigars. I am not a scientist by any means but a [...]
