France
France’s Ministry of Health is set to embark on a comprehensive initiative to curtail smoking across the nation, with a key focus on public spaces. The ministry has disclosed plans...
Published November 2023
Habanos accidentally announced the upcoming Edicion Franca, the regional release for France. The Cuban cigar distributor released a photo of the El Rey del Mundo L’Epoque on Twitter and promptly...
Published May 2022
26th night of the cigar by the leading French cigar magazine L’Amateur de Cigare. For many years, the ‘Nuit de L’Amateur de Cigare’ is a cigar event that brings excitement...
Published July 2021
Update on the Quai D’Orsay Clemenceau. This is the French Edicion Regional for the 2020 program. But the cigar, as many of the cigars for the 2020 program, is not...
Published May 2021
In the early days of December 2020, Drew Estate made an announcement. It would release a Liga Privada exclusively for Europe. And even though it is not the first European...
Published February 2021
ACE Prime is the company of former NBA champion Tiago Splitter, master blender Luciano Meirelles, and master blender & factory owner Eradio Pichardo. And they are now in an exclusive...
Published January 2021
It is weird that one of the largest cigar markets in the world had to do without one of the largest Nicaraguan brands for so long. But Perdomo is entering...
Published January 2021
Only 2000 boxes are available worldwide of which 200 have arrived at Dutch retailers. The boxes contain 10 cigars and the fixed retail price in The Netherlands is €135 per...
Published January 2021
The Nicaraguan brand, which is sold under the name Segovias de Esteli in the United States found a distribution partner in the large European cigar market. The new country is...
Published December 2020
Coprova celebrates its 50th anniversary. The company is the exclusive distributor for Habanos in France and Monaco since 1970. Since the start, the leader in the premium cigar business in...
Published November 2020
Montecristo Supremos are now available in France. A few days ago we published the news that the Ramon Allones Allones No.2 is popping up worldwide. That’s the third Limited Edition...
Published October 2020
Daniel Marshall reveals more details of the XXXVIII. Some information about the limited edition Daniel Marshall by Carlos Fuente XXXVIII Anniversary Cigar was published before. But Daniel Marshall is now...
Published September 2020
Partagas Linea Maduro available in France. Cuba and Maduro cigars, it’s a combination that is quite rare. Where Maduro wrappers are popular in any other premium cigar producing country, there...
Published July 2020
Balmoral Añejo XO Nicaragua coming to Europe. Scandinavian Tobacco Group, the new owners of Royal Agio and Balmoral are releasing the latest Balmoral Añejo XO blend in Germany, France, Switzerland,...
Published June 2020
Antigua Esteli expanding European distribution. In a zoom chat with Antigua Esteli owner Art Garcia with some southeast Asian brothers of the leaf, Garcia revealed the news. The countries that...
Published June 2020
EQ Premium cigars soon available in France. On May 1st, Bright Leaf Cigars France will introduce the Dominican cigars on the French market. The cigars are made in the Dominican...
Published April 2020
Habanos releases limited edition 2019. Last month the Montecristo Supremos Edición Limitada 2019 was released in Italy. And this month the Quai d’Orsay Senadores Edición Limitada 2019 will be released...
Published February 2020
La Flor Dominicana opens new markets. And returns to markets where they used to be. In a conversation with Antonio Gomez, he mentioned that the company has signed agreements with...
Published November 2019
Macanudo releases Heritage Nuevo in select international markets. Spain, France, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Macau are amongst the countries that will receive the cigars. But not all three sizes,...
Published November 2019
Kristoff expands international distribution and launches new lines for the international markets. At the Intertabac trade show, the Dominican cigar company showcased two lines that will now be offered to...
Published October 2019
Ventura is launching PSyKo Seven in Europe with Davidoff. The brand’s international markets manager, Rick Charles, mentioned launching the brand in several European markets in the months to come. And...
Published October 2019
CAO creates an homage to Nicaragua for select international markets. Later this year the brand will release a limited edition 6×58 Gran Toro. And it will only be available in...
Published October 2019
Antigua Esteli is coming to Europe. At the IPCPR trade show in Las Vegas, three distributors from European countries approached Art Garcia, the owner and founder of Antigua Esteli. Those...
Published October 2019
Viking Cigars expands internationally and tweaks the blend of the Valhalla. At the Intertabac trade show, that took place in Dortmund last week, we spoke with Håkon Aanonson. Aanonson is...
Published September 2019
Balmoral Añejo XO Connecticut for France. The cigars were first release in Germany and Switzerland. The Benelux followed. And now it’s France’s turn to get the cigars. And it will...
Published August 2019
Paris bans smoking in parks. From June 8th, smoking is prohibited in all parks in the French capital. And if you get caught smoking, you will receive a 38 euro...
Published June 2019
Condega cigars will soon be available in France. The Spanish owned brand partnered up with Eurotab. And Eurotab is one of the largest independent cigar distributors of France. Even though...
Published May 2019
La Estrella Polar coming to Europe. The cigar is being rolled out in Europe as we speak. And it’s available in select Asian markets as well. In the USA we...
Published May 2019
In the monthly newsletter from Maya Selva, a few new events were mentioned. The events will take place in France and Hong Kong. March 4th | Cigar Tasting at Cigar...
Published March 2019
The latest invention in the cigar accessory business is the Select Draw, on which we reported recently. Our article caught the attention of Canteros, the New Zealand based distributor of...
Published February 2019
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
Maya Selva announced a few more Maya Selva events in December, which you can now find on our calendar. The events take place in France, Belgium, and Miami. On the...
Published December 2018
It’s quite hard for cigar companies to get in the duty free shops in Europe. Habanos, Davidoff and STG have that market cornered, and for companies that are smaller than...
Published November 2018
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
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