Malaysia
Fratello Cigars is thrilled to announce The Cigar Lounge of Malaysia as its newest international partner. The Cigar Lounge of Malaysia, is the leading luxury cigar retailer in the region, celebrating 18 years in...
Published June 2023
West Tampa Cigar Company is a young cigar company but with decades of experience behind the founders Rick Rodriguez and Gus Martinez, and their director of global sales and marketing,...
Published March 2023
CSWC comes to Kuala Lumpur. On Thursday, September 16 at the Chime bar Sheraton Hotel Petaling Jaya. Due to Covid-19 regulations, only fully vaccinated persons can attend the event. Malaysia...
Published September 2021
Crowned heads lands in Malaysia. The Nashville-based cigar company and the Kuala Lumpur-based cigar distributor Puros Asia have signed a distribution agreement. Earlier this week, the first shipment arrived at...
Published September 2021
Malaysia updates anti-smoke legislation. In the last few years, Malaysia is been getting tougher on tobacco products. In late 2018, new smoking bans came into play. Smoking at coffee shops...
Published June 2021
Fuente Friday in Malaysia. The official importer and distributor for Arturo Fuente is hosting a Zoom session. Ray Ooi from Cigars Lounge Malaysia invited Jose Blanco from Arturo Fuente y...
Published June 2021
PCC presents Harimau Malaya, the first-ever Exclusivo Malaysia from Habanos. The regional distributor, Pacific Cigar Company and Cohiba Atmosphere Kuala Lumpur did a virtual presentation via zoom and live stream....
Published April 2021
Habanos releasing Harimau Malaya, the San Cristobal de la Habana Exclusivo Malaysia. Exactly a year ago, we published a list of cigars for the 2020 Regional Edition program. And now,...
Published April 2021
Starting this January, there are no more duty-free tobacco sales in Malaysia. At least not in the duty-free zones and on the duty-free islands. Malaysia has several duty free islands...
Published December 2020
Jason Wood, Vice President of Miami Cigar Co, revealed a few upcoming projects during a Zoom session with cigar enthusiasts from South East Asia. Trinidad Cigar Company hosted the Zoom...
Published December 2020
The 10-year-old The Cigar Club is kicking out 2020 and welcoming 2021 at a party at Fellini Ristorante in Petaling Jaya. Just like last year, but with half the capacity...
Published December 2020
The 25-year-old brand from Litto Gomez is finally officially available in the South East Asian country of Malaysia. The country’s premier cigar importer and retailer, Cigar Malaysia brings in several...
Published December 2020
Zoom session with Jason Wood from Miami Cigar Co. Recently the cigars from Nestor Miranda, including the newly reblended and relaunched Don Lino Africa line, was announced in Malaysia. The...
Published December 2020
Villa Zamorano Cigar Can is coming to Asia. At the beginning of this year, Maya Selva Cigars brought a Villa Zamorano sampler to the market. And not just a sampler,...
Published November 2020
Nestor Miranda is coming to Malaysia. Well, not Nestor himself but his cigars. The Trinidad Cigar Company is importing and distributing the Nestor Miranda Collection, Nestor Miranda Special Selection, and...
Published November 2020
Updated look for The Cabinet in Kuala Lumpur. The cigar and whisky lounge The Cabinet in the Bangsar area of Kuala Lumpur is reopening. The Cabinet cigar and whisky lounge...
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
Ammodor cigar humidors soon available in Malaysia. The handcrafted humidors made from genuine United States Military surplus metal ammunition cans are available through Puros Asia. A selection of humidors is...
Published September 2020
CSWC Kuala Lumpur is back on. Again. The event was announced in the first place, but then the pandemic forced the organization to cancel all qualifiers. The Malaysian partners of...
Published July 2020
Malaysia bans online tobacco sales. Today all Malaysian retailers were informed by the Ministry of Health that websites need to be offline. Retailers get two days to comply with the...
Published July 2020
Foundation and Kafie heading towards Malaysia. The largest cigar importer, distributor, and retailer of Malaysia, Cigar Malaysia is bringing in two new brands. One from Nicaragua, and one from Honduras....
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
Joya’s Asian Exclusive available in Malaysia. Late April, Joya de Nicaragua and the Joya distributor for China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Vietnam announced the first-ever Joya de Nicaragua Edicion Asia....
Published June 2020
Barreda cigars coming to Malaysia. Distributor Puros Asia and Barreda Cigars confirmed that a shipment of Don Chico cigars and Cocktail cigars is leaving Nicaragua soon for southeast Asia. Intertabac...
Published May 2020
PCC introduces Romeo y Julieta Club Kings. The Habanos distributor for the Asia Pacific region released the new Habanos Línea Retro Romeo y Julieta Club Kings last week in Hong...
Published April 2020
Malasia gets the CSWC cigars. Even though all the qualifiers for the 2020 season of the Cigar Smoking World Championship are canceled, the cigars are still being distributed globally. And...
Published April 2020
Condega is entering the Malaysian market. The Nicaraguan cigars have taken Europe by storm over the last three years. And slowly the brand is expanding outside the European market as...
Published March 2020
Malaysia to get JSK Goli Collection. This weekend Jas Sum Kral is hosting the annual Ristefari. That is a big cigar event with wordplay to the name of the Jas...
Published March 2020
CSWC Kuala Lumpur will take place. A few weeks ago, Marko Bilic and his team decided to cancel all the Cigar Smoking World Championship qualifiers in Asia. That meant that...
Published March 2020
Soil to Soul meets The Cabinet. We booked a trip to Kuala Lumpur for the now-canceled Cigar Smoking World Championship qualifier. And the Soil to Soul co-host Philip and producer...
Published February 2020
Prosperity Toss at Cohiba Atmosphere Kuala Lumpur. There is a tradition on Chinese New Year. During the reunion dinner, where families come together to celebrate the new year, food will...
Published January 2020
Vertical La Ley tastings in Kuala Lumpur. Brand owner Didier v Houvenaghel, a Belgian agricultural engineer, author, blender and brand owner, will be hosting two events in Kuala Lumpur with...
Published January 2020
La Sagrada Familia now available in Malaysia. The Dutch cigar brand teamed up with distributor and retailer Cigar Malaysia. The cigars will soon be introduced at the Cigar Malaysia retail...
Published January 2020
Succesful tasting event at Cohiba Atmosphere Kuala Lumpur. Last Saturday Cohiba Atmosphere hosted a special tasting. The rare and limited Punch Sir David was up for a tasting and box...
Published December 2019
The vibrant cigar scene of Kuala Lumpur part 2. Earlier this year, we visited the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur for the first time. And we fell in love with the...
Published December 2019
Punch Sir David tasting in Kuala Lumpur. This Saturday the recently opened Cohiba Atmosphere is hosting a Punch Sir David tasting in collaboration with La Casa del Habano Kuala Lumpur....
Published November 2019