Habanos
On a splendid evening in Madrid, a much-anticipated event by cigar aficionados unfolded as Habanos, S.A., in collaboration with their exclusive partner and distributor in Spain, Tabacalera, unveiled a new...
Published September 2023
5th Avenue is the Habanos distributor for Germany and Austria and for their most recent Edicion Regional they went for Austria. And they picked a robusto with the San Cristobal...
Published September 2023
Every year, Spain sees several releases with vintage cigars in special packaging. There is a line that pays tribute to bull fighters and there are two annual releases in old-school...
Published June 2023
From the start of the regional edition project of Habanos, it has always been a rule that a distributor could only pick one regional edition for a certain region per...
Published June 2023
The fourth instalment of the Linea Retro Collection from Habanos is released in Switzerland and Andorra, before a worldwide release except in the USA. The new Hoyo de Monterrey Souvenir...
Published May 2023
For the last 20 years, Habanos SA, has been releasing three limited editions each year, with the exception of 2020 where only one cigar was released. The next year, it...
Published April 2023
Habanos S.A. is releasing two new cigars that are exclusively for 1264 Habanos Specialist and the 157 La Casa del Habano stores worldwide. Owners of those stores should not be...
Published February 2023
Habanos starts Spotify channel. Jazz, classical music or instrumental Cuban salsa are among the styles Habanos’ enthusiasts will be able to find while enjoying their favourite Habano. Habanos, S.A. wants...
Published December 2022
The 23rd Habanos Festival takes place from February 26 to March 3th 2023 and the week will be filled with events and activities around the knowledge of the Habano, the...
Published December 2022
Habanos is slowly rolling out the Cohiba 55 Aniversario Edicion Limitada 2021 and Switzerland is the next market to get the cigars, but only at the La Casa del Habano...
Published December 2022
Next week, on October 20th, Habanos will reveal a new Quai d’Orsay cigar during an event at the Hôtel de la Marine in Paris, France. Which is a suitable location,...
Published October 2022
Habanos, S.A., through its exclusive distributor for Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, Laguito 1492 NV. presented La Gloria Cubana Glorias at a gala dinner last Saturday at the Autoworld Museum, a unique...
Published October 2022
Habanos will announce and showcase a new Partagas series during the Habanos festival in February of 2023 called Partagas Linea Maestra. Just like the Romeo y Julieta Linea de Oro,...
Published September 2022
Hamlet Paredes, the famed Cuban cigar roller parted ways with Rocky Patel Premium Cigars, Inc. late last month. He will join Bond Roberts, an auction platform by Friends of Habanos...
Published September 2022
Habanos and Phoenicia, exclusive distributor of Cuban cigars in this area of the globe, are releasing a regional edition for Qatar to celebrate the 2022 world cup. The cigar gets...
Published September 2022
Habanos announced that the revenue in 2021 reached $568 million, which is 15% higher than a year before. Which can only be the result of price hikes, as the production...
Published May 2022
Are the new Habanos investors revealed? The last few days, Cigar Inspector has heard from several, usually well-informed sources who the people behind Allied Cigar Corporation S.L are. Or better...
Published May 2022
Tabacalera, the Spanish Habanos distributor, has a few special releases each years. Two different lines of aged cigars in vintage style jars, and since a few years the Tauromaquia. The...
Published May 2022
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
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
Brazil gets the second exclusivo. For the second time since the inception of the regional edition project by Habanos in 2005, Brazilian tobacconists have a Brazilian exclusive on the shelves....
Published September 2021
New LCDH in Vietnam opens. Earlier this year, we wrote about a new LCDH in the Vietnamese city and last month the shop had its soft opening. A grand opening...
Published September 2021
Habanos honors Heinrich Villiger. Last year, the chairman of the Villiger Cigar Company celebrated his 90th birthday. And instead of having a Villiger Cigar for the occasion, it is Habanos...
Published September 2021
A unique Habanos jar for Italy. Dedicated to the XV Encuentro Amigos de Partagás. 200 of these numbered jars, each with 25 Romeo y Julieta Cazadores. The Cazadores is a...
Published September 2021
Habanos adds a new Director of Control and Sales Administration. Effective immediately, Mr. Benny de Torner Rodríguez is the replacement of Mr. Alberto Donar. Alberto Donar led the Sales Management...
Published August 2021
A breakdown of 2020 cigar sales. In 2019, we have done a breakdown of the global cigar sales. We put the Habanos claim that they have 70% of the global...
Published August 2021
The impact of the Cuban shortages. A few weeks ago, both L’ Amateure de Cigare and we wrote about the undeniable shortage of Cuban cigars. A perfect storm of circumstances...
Published July 2021
Are Cuban brand names being stolen? After My Father Cigars released their version of the My Father Fonseca, some comments were made. Comments that My Father was stealing the Fonseca...
Published July 2021
Special edition Habanos humidor for Italy. Diadema S.p.a., the exclusive distributor for Habanos in Italy, is releasing something special. They made 22 humidors with aged Habanos cigars that will be...
Published July 2021
Another threat for Habanos? Less than a week ago, we published a story on the massive shortages that Habanos is facing. And down the pipeline, the exclusive Habanos distributors, retailers,...
Published July 2021
Habanos looking at massive shortages. Consumers, retailers, and official Habanos distributors are facing shortages that are only growing. The reason is a perfect storm of circumstances to which the Cuban...
Published July 2021
Piedra Petit Caballeros now in Germany. Petit Caballeros is Jose L. Piedra’s first Robusto format Lovers of inexpensive Habanos have been waiting for a Robusto-like format from the José L....
Published June 2021
Another exclusive jar for Russia. Top Cigars Corporation, the official distributor of Habanos S.A. in Russia, and Cigar Cult LLC teamed up again. Cigar Cult LLC, Habanos Specialist since 2010,...
Published June 2021
The first ever regional Cuaba launches. The exclusive distributor of Habanos cigars for Asia and the Pacific, Pacific Cigar Company, confirms that the Cuaba APAC is now available in Hong...
Published May 2021
Mexican Ramon Allones now in shops. The Ramón Allones Perfecto, Mexico’s regional edition from the 2020 program, is now available at Mexican Habanos retail points. The launch party of the...
Published May 2021
Zenith comes with Cohiba 55 Aniversario watch. The Swiss watchmaker and the marketing department of Habanos come with a new watch to celebrate the 55th anniversary of the Cuban flagship,...
Published May 2021