As has become tradition the last few years a group of manufacturers, retailers IPCPR and Cigar Rights get together in Washington DC. The purpose of the trip is to walk the halls of the US Capitol and talk to various senators and members of the house and help get the message across about premium cigars. Each week our website is filled with news about proposed smoking bans, increases in OTP taxes and the general loss […]
The new Punch Signature will ship out to retailers on March 2nd, and will be a regular release. Details on the cigar have been coming out in the form of teasers at signature.punchcigars.com. While many cigar companies have enlisted celebrities, Punch has enlisted the brand’s mascot to serve as the voice of the brand. Made in Honduras and blended by Master Blender Agustin Garcia the cigar has been three years in the making. According to Garcia, “The […]
With spring time just around the corner (or so we hope, here in New England), Davidoff is set to release the Limited Masters Edition 2015 in late March / early April. The cigars come packaged in an eight count box, with 4 toro format cigars in a tube for the greens, and 4 robusto format without the tube for the time spent in the clubhouse after you complete that best round of golf in your […]
Commonwealth Cedar Spills Announces Spills by the Bunch New Design for New Customers Louisville— Spills by the Bunch — Today Commonwealth Cedar Spills announced the immediate availability of Spills by the Bunch, the first new spill design in 3 years and driven by customer request. “They asked and we delivered,” said Thomas Person, President at Commonwealth Cedar Spills. Customer Request During the annual IPCPR 2014 tradeshow in Las Vegas we were approached by several organizations […]
This afternoon The Cigar Authority weekly radio show had Jon Carney from La Flor Dominicana sitting in for the duration of the of the episode which also featured Glynn Loope from the Cigar Rights of America. In the second hour of the broadcast it was announced that La Flor Dominicana would be making the 2015 version of the Firecracker. The original cigar with a fuse was made by My Father Cigars before moving to another […]
Yesterday saw the introduction of a bill to lift the Cuban Embargo in the Senate. The bipartisan bill, S 491 was read into the record by sponsor Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnestoa) and is entitled, “Freedom to Export to Cuba Act.” If passed it would remove the legal barriers that prohibit Americans from doing business in Cuba. The bill how will not eliminate the human rights laws that are contained in the Helms-Burton Act that passed […]
Today, the Governor of New Hampshire, Maggie Hassan-D proposed a $11.5B Budget, which is a 6.4% increase from the last budget. The review of the budget was mixed however, there was praise from the American Cancer Society which has us worried. According to patch.com, Mike Rollo, who’s the Director of Government Relations in New Hampshire for the American Cancer Society Action Network (ACS CAN) praised Hassan’s “commitment to improve public health and increase revenue for […]
This afternoon Perdomo Cigars sent out a letter to retailers thanking them for their loyalty and patronage. They also announced a price increase on some of their cigar lines. Perdomo will continue to absorb the SCHIP, however for only the 6th time in their 22-year company history they raising their prices. The price increase is attributed to the rising labor rates and manufacturing costs in Nicaragua. The following lines are going up $0.25 on the retail […]
With FDA guidelines looming that can affect the future of the Premium Cigar industry, and make it tough for the small guy to succeed, Patrick Vivalo has announced that he is leaving Rocky Patel to launch his own company. Vivalo had the taste of a brand launch under Rocky Patel with the launch of Vivalo Serie Exclusivo. His last day will be on February 27th with Rocky Patel and he will officially launch Vivalo Cigars […]
As part of their Just For Retailers (JFR) line, Casa Fernandez has released a new vitola. The Lunatic Mambo is an 8 x 80 bellicoso. The cigar will be banded and available in boxes of 24 cigars. The cigar features a San Andreas Maduro wrapper, and the cigar utilizes 12 leaves of tobacco. It is expected to ship on February 15th, 2015 with an MSRP of $8.80 per cigar.