Dominican Republic

Arturo Fuente Endures Loss as Warehouse Fire Claims Aged Tobacco

Fire is a repeating chapter in the history of Arturo Fuente and a new episode has been added this week when a warehouse with a million pounds of aged tobacco...

Published May 2023

Santana Cigars Co. Introduces the Santana San Andres

Santana Cigars Co. makes its introduction with its premiere blend, the Santana San Andres. A lifetime in the making Santana Cigars will finally make its debut in January 2023. President...

Published February 2023

Hailstorm Damages Several Acres of Tobacco in El Caribe

Several acres of tobacco at Chateau de la Fuente in El Caribe, Dominican Republic have been damaged by a long and intense hailstorm earlier this week. The hail blasted holes...

Published May 2022

A New Festival to Keep a Close Eye On

The most famous cigar festival in the world is the Habanos Festival in Cuba. The second best known is most likely the Dominican Procigar Festival, usually hosted around the same...

Published May 2022

La Aurora honors Fernando Leon

La Aurora honors Fernando Leon. In the year that Leon would turn 100, La Aurora honors their former CEO with not now but two limited edition cigars. One for the...

Published September 2021

Procigar comes back in 2022

Procigar comes back in 2022. After the cancellation of the Procigar Festival in 2021 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the association of Dominican Cigar Manufacturers is preparing for the 2022...

Published July 2021

Dominican manufacturers approved for the Chinese market

Dominican manufacturers approved for the Chinese market. In November of 2019, China Tobacco hosted the first-ever Cigar Expo in the Asian country. But before the two-day trade show, a delegation of...

Published September 2020

Cimarron comes with Dominican Exclusive cigar

Cimarron comes with Dominican Exclusive cigar. Tabacalera El Artista is making a soft box-pressed version of the Cimarron cigars exclusively for the Dominican Republic. The Cimarron SBP as its called...

Published August 2020

VegaFina introduces Fortaleza 2 Andullo

VegaFina introduces Fortaleza 2 Andullo. With this limited edition, VegaFina honors the Dominican tobacco identity. The handmade premium cigars use tobacco that has been fermented using one of the oldest...

Published April 2020

Blanco Cigars introduces Above & Beyond

Blanco Cigars introduces Above & Beyond internationally. And a few more countries are added to the list of markets where the cigars are available. Above & Beyond David Blanco, the...

Published October 2019

Cigar Smoking World Championship dates

In a few years time, the Cigar Smoking World Championship has received a reputation and a status in the industry like hardly any other event. Twenty qualifying events before the...

Published January 2019