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Maya Selva events in Paris, Monaco and Honduras

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

Cain Daytona one for the road limited edition coming for Europe

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

New legislation, how the Dutch respond

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 plans Casa Favelli for 2019

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

Davidoff year of the pig coming

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 introducing plain packaging

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

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 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

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

Alec Bradley releases Tempus and Fine & Rare in New Zealand

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

Maria Mancini Edición Limitada 2019 to Denmark and Germany

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

Agio adds Limited Edition Gran Perfecto to Balmoral Añejo XO line

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

Run for Pronica 2019

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

Limited La Galera Cubes are coming to Europe

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

Alec Bradley Fine & Rare 2018 is coming

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

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

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 Nuevitas for The Netherlands and Germany

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

El Artista Cimmaron coming to Italy and Germany

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)

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

San Cristobal Prado officially released

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

Balmoral Dueto shipping worldwide

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

Grim news for the Dutch

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

Pigs fly in Switzerland

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

Line extensions for Davidoff

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

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

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

Habanos Caribbean Cigarfest

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 now available in Azerbaijan

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

New anti smoke regulations in Malaysia

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

European Warehouse for My Father Cigars

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

Brick House year of the pig

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

Maya Selva year of the pig

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 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

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 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