Cigar Industry News

United Cigars: Byron Limited Edition Humidors

May 29, 2021 By Matthew Tabacco
Vintage is a term that is at times misunderstood, yet when Nelson Alfonso of Selected Tobacco releases blends with 5 years of post-roll age decorated by a uniquely designed humidor... Read more

Plasencia adds “Smart Chips” to Alma Fuerte Sixto I Colorado Claro Bands

May 19, 2021 By Matthew Tabacco
Plasencia Cigars, a world-leading premium tobacco grower, established in 1865, announces that it has teamed with LegacySecure. The collaboration will serveto integrate an exciting technology, that will provide a wealth of information to... Read more

Drew Estate Announces the Return of Micro Blend “Pope of Greenwich Village” for Smoke Inn

May 18, 2021 By Matthew Tabacco
Drew Estate and Smoke Inn are once again teaming up to release “Pope of Greenwich Village,” for the Smoke Inn Micro Blend Series of cigars. Smoke Inn’s Micro Blend Series... Read more

United Cigar Updates “Firecracker” Line for TPE 2021

May 7, 2021 By Matthew Tabacco
The United Firecracker hit the market in 2006 as a shop exclusive and has since grown into the United portfolio. The United Firecracker has kept its original form with a... Read more

Casa Cuevas Announces “Patrimonio”

May 7, 2021 By Matthew Tabacco
Casa Cuevas Cigars announces that they will unveil the Patrimonio cigar brand at the Tobacco Expo Plus taking place at the Las Vegas Convention Center from May 12th through May... Read more

Drew Estate Announces “Undercrown 10”

May 7, 2021 By Matthew Tabacco
Drew Estate is commemorating ten years of Undercrown with the global release of Undercrown 10, a bold new ultra-premium addition to Undercrown’s current premium lineup of Maduro, Shade and Sun... Read more

United Cigars Announces first NFT Cigar: Atabey Black Ritos

April 5, 2021 By Matthew Tabacco
United Cigars Director of Operations, Oliver Nivaud, has launched the first NFT (Non-Fungible Token) cigar. NFT is a unit of data on a digital ledger called a blockchain, where each... Read more

United Cigar Announces “Irish Car Bomb” Firecracker

February 21, 2021 By Matthew Tabacco
With Spring approaching and clovers sprouting, United Cigars has a little more to share than just Irish well wishes. Expanding on their limited release offerings that were saved for Independence... Read more

Tatuaje Announces Return of LLE Capa Especial

February 15, 2021 By Matthew Tabacco
Photo courtesy of Pete Johnson Pete Johnson of Tatuaje Inc has been hanging out down in Nicaragua where he has been spending time at the My Father factory. Johnson, who... Read more

Alec Bradley Filthy Hooligan and Filthy Hooligan Shamrock Return for 2021

February 15, 2021 By Matthew Tabacco
Alec Bradley Cigar Company has announced that the popular Black Market Filthy Hooligan and Black Market Filthy Hooligan Shamrock limited edition cigars are now shipping to tobacconists worldwide. In September... Read more

Corona Cigar Co. 25th Anniversary Limited Edition Atabey & Byron Humidors

December 17, 2020 By Matthew Tabacco
For those of you who follow along with the Smokin Tabacco Show, you know that last night we had Jeff Borysiewicz, owner of Corona Cigar Co. in Orlando, Florida as... Read more

Top 2020 Holiday Cigar Gift Picks brought to you by Jeff at Corona Cigar Co!

December 17, 2020 By Matthew Tabacco
If you have no idea where to begin looking for gifts for your cigar aficionado, look no further! We did compile our own list of Smokin Tabacco holiday picks earlier... Read more

La Flor Dominicana Presents Their Annual Charity Dinner, “An Evening of Appreciation”

December 7, 2020 By Matthew Tabacco
La Flor Dominicana in partnership with The Experience Brokers are proud to announce “An Evening of Appreciation”, an annual charity event to benefit the Movember Foundation and men’s health. “An... Read more

Best Cigar Gifts for the 2020 Holiday Season

November 24, 2020 By Matthew Tabacco
It’s that magical time of the year folks, the Holidays! Many will be taking to the web in search for gifts for their loved ones, especially those who smoke cigars.... Read more

2021 XXIII Festival del Habano Officially Canceled

November 24, 2020 By Matthew Tabacco
Today, Habanos S.A. announced the cancelation of the 2021 Festival del Habano due to the on going COVID-19 pandemic. We are still not out of the woods yet and cigar... Read more

Micallef Cigars Will Now Exclusively Sell to Brick and Mortar Retailers

September 23, 2020 By Matthew Tabacco
On September 18th, Micallef Cigars announced they will cut ties with online cigar retailers Meier & Dutch, Cigars International, Thompson Cigar, and Cigar.com. This means that they will now exclusively... Read more

Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust Not Accepting New Purveyors

August 13, 2020 By Matthew Tabacco
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust (DTT) is announcing an immediate moratorium on opening new Retail Accounts until further notice. But before you panic, read and listen to Steve Saka’s reasoning and... Read more

Micallef Cigars Release New “A” Series to Honor Ambassadors

August 9, 2020 By Matthew Tabacco
Micallef Cigars releases the new Micallef A in partnership with its Ambassadors. The “Micallef A” is the name chosen by the Ambassador Community. The Ambassadors smoked the cigar in a... Read more

Not So Timeless: Nat Sherman International to Close

August 4, 2020 By Matthew Tabacco
Once a giant in the cigar industry, Nat Sherman International will be a thing of the past by the Fall of 2020. Altria, the big tobacco company who now owns... Read more

Shooting at Cigars International Leaves Staff Disturbed

July 31, 2020 By Matthew Tabacco
With tensions already high this year between COVID-19, protests and riots, employees at Cigars International are rightfully disturbed after an incident yesterday morning. A Pennsylvania man is on the run... Read more