Specials
Maya Selva is coming to Paris and Monaco for a few events, before flying to Honduras for an event at the end of the month. Selva is scooping up airmiles...
Published November 2018
Within two weeks the Cain Daytona Limited Edition will hit the European markets. It’s a 7×70 monster with an additional ring, made out of rubber and with a tire profile....
Published November 2018
A few weeks ago, secretary of state Blokhuis, from the smallest party in the current government, announced plans to make it create a smoke free generation that can’t afford to...
Published November 2018
Mombacho has released a new blend, named after their factory in Granada, Nicaragua. The line is named Casa Favilli, said master blender and president Claudo Sgroi. Casa Favilli is an...
Published November 2018
For almost a decade Davidoff has celebrated the Chinese new year with a ‘year of the’ cigar, always picking the animal of the Chinese zodiac calendar. This year they continue...
Published November 2018
Singapore is the latest country to adopt plain packaging for all tobacco products, including cigars. The Ministry of Health announced that yesterday in a statement. All packaging has to be...
Published November 2018
A man cave with Cornelius & Anthony humidor. If you have 250,000 American dollars laying around, and you’re getting sick and tired of your significant other complaining about your cigar...
Published October 2018
Jas Sum Kral Kralot about the be released. Jas Sum Kral is ready to release the Kralot. This cigar has been in the making for at least two years. We...
Published October 2018
Cornelius & Anthony goes to Great Britain. In the last few weeks, we have written about Cornelius & Anthony a few times. They must have had a great Intertabac trade...
Published October 2018
New Zealand is getting ready for a tsunami of cigars. Over 10.000 cigars are expected to land in November and that’s excluding the 3000 that are expected to land in...
Published October 2018
The Maria Mancini brand has been out there for over two decades, yet lurking underneath the radar of many cigar smokers. But that the brand can survive for over twenty...
Published October 2018
Like every year, Royal Agio, will release a limited edition Balmoral Añejo XO. This year it will be the Balmoral Añejo XO Edición Limitada 2018 Gran Perfecto FT. The cigar...
Published October 2018
Pronica is a foundation, started by Sasja van Horssen, the largest independent cigar importer in The Netherlands. A few years ago Van Horssen hosted a dinner with Juan Martinez from...
Published October 2018
La Galera Cubes are coming to Europe. But in a very limited quantity, less than 200 boxes in total. The name cubes comes from the square cube boxes in which...
Published October 2018
Every year Alec Bradley releases two limited editions, the Black Market Filthy Hooligan for St. Patricks Day and the Fine & Rare. The Fine & Rare is the most upscale...
Published October 2018
Plasencia adds a perfecito reserva original for international markets. Plasencia extends the Reserva Original series with a short perfecto, just for the international markets. The Perfecito is a 3â…žx52 perfecto...
Published October 2018
A unique Les Fines Lames. Did you always dream of a true one of a kind cigar knife? Then here is your chance. The French company Les Fines Lames have...
Published October 2018
Tatuaje brings back the Nuevitas. And there are two major changes to the previous version. First of all, this time the cigar has rings but the most notable change is...
Published October 2018
The Dominican cigar manufacturer El Artista, who’s been producing cigars since 1956, is releasing a new blend. The blend is called Cimmaron, named after a region in Colorado that impressed...
Published October 2018
No Cigaragua in Rotterdam for now. In the last few weeks, we mentioned a possible move from Van Dalen Cigars in Rotterdam (1) (2). On the huge new location at...
Published October 2018
A new exclusive cigar for the La Casa del Habano franchise has been released two days ago at an event in Sofia, Bulgaria. At the last Habanos festival in Havana,...
Published October 2018
Royal Agio is really pushing forward with their Balmoral longfillers. For years they kept quiet on that front but in the last 6 years the Dutch cigar manufacturer released line...
Published October 2018
Very bad news for cigar smokers in The Netherlands. Today a concept agreement between the government and anti-smoke mafia clubs was released and it looks grim. Very grim. Taxes on...
Published October 2018
The Royal Cigar Company, distributor of Drew Estate and others in Switzerland, has brought in all kinds of Flying Pigs. They also harmonised the prices of the different Undercrown lines...
Published October 2018
Davidoff is releasing three new cigars, exclusively for international markets. All three are line extensions to the Escurio, Nicaragua and Yamasá lines. And the vitola will be the same for...
Published October 2018
EP Carrillo Ringmaster for International markets. At the Intertabac trade show, last month in Dortmund, E.P. Carrillo showed us Ringmaster in this video. Now we have some more information on...
Published October 2018
Unique 70000 euro Adorini humidor. At the Intertabac trade show, Adorini showed a unique humidor that caused some discussion amongst us and some friends. One sad it was gorgeous, others...
Published October 2018
If you happen to the on the tropical island of Curacao on November 30th and December 1st you might want to check out this luxury cigar event at the Santa...
Published October 2018
Oliva is available in a lot of countries, and since last week Azerbaijan can be added to the list. During an event at the most luxurious restaurant in Baku, L’...
Published October 2018
For years smoking in bars, restaurants, hawker centers and coffee shops, also known as food courts to the non Asian readers of this website was no problem in Malaysia. But...
Published October 2018
For cigar manufacturers shipping for the European markets can be a time consuming and difficult proces. A lot of small orders, a lot of paperwork and because every single country...
Published October 2018
Yesterday we published the news that Maya Selva released a cigar for Chinese New Year called Year of the Pig. We just found out that J.C. Newman will release a...
Published October 2018
At the Intertabac trade show in Dortmund last month, Maya Selva showed the year of the pig. It is a special cigar to celebrate Chinese new year. Maya Selva took...
Published October 2018
Les Fines Lames white G10 Limited Edition sale. Les Fines Lames, the manufacturer of the most beautiful cigar knife in the world, is having a sale on the last of...
Published October 2018
New San Lotano Dominicana coming soon. Two legendary cigar manufacturers hooked up to create a new cigar. A.J. Fernandez reached out to the Dominican cigar mogul Jochy Blanco to create...
Published October 2018
Hand Rolled wins a prize. Hand Rolled: a film about cigars is a documentary on the art of making cigars. It premiered at the IPCPR in July. The documentary is...
Published October 2018