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Cigar Review: Don Pepin Vintage Edition
May 14, 2024 By Matthew Tabacco
As kick-off to the 20th anniversary of Don Pepin Garcia cigars, the Vintage Line was released as a TAA exclusive in 2023. 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
Summer Smokes: What Have I Been Smoking?
July 7, 2020 By Matthew Tabacco
Summer is now in full swing, and despite being locked down the last few months, I have been able to still have a steady flow of smokes. I spent a... Read more
Perdomo Firecracker Release
June 23, 2020 By Matthew Tabacco
This past weekend, the United Cigars – Perdomo collaboration of the annual “Firecracker” cigar release, which I already reviewed on here and be sure to check out! But there was... Read more
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust releasing Sobremesa Brûlée Sampler – So “STFU!”
June 11, 2020 By Matthew Tabacco
I guess you could say that good ol’ Steve Saka is gotten sick and tired of everybody asking him whether or not the Sobremesa Brûlée has a sweetened tip. He... Read more
InterTabac 2020 CANCELLED
May 28, 2020 By Matthew Tabacco
I guess that saying that “everything happens in threes’ is true! InterTabac is now the third industry trade show to be formally cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.... Read more