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January 18, 2024

Crowned Heads have announced a maduro version of the Mil Días featuring a completly new blend which will be made at the TacaNicsa factory (Esteli, Nicaragua), the makers of the original Mil Días brand. "Mil ... Read More...

Fratello to Offer New Fresh Pack at TPE

January 17, 2024

Fratello Cigars have announced a new Premium Fresh Pack that will make its debut at the Total Product Expo (TPE) this January in Las Vegas. The cigars included in the latest Fresh Pack are presented in a 6 x 50... Read More...

The Boutique Cigar Association Announces Organizational Changes

January 17, 2024

The Boutique Cigar Association (BCA) have announced some changes and additions to their board members. Pete Shultis from SZ Wholesale has been added to the board and Chet King has been named Vice President. ... Read More...

The Heretic Coming to the Mid-West from Dissident

January 16, 2024

Dissident Cigars have announced a new limited cigar "The Heretic" to be sold at select retailers in their mid-west region. Initially the cigar release will be exclusively available at Iowa Cigar Company on Janu... Read More...

Brand of the Year 2023 – Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust

January 12, 2024

First debuting in 2015, Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust was content with a single cigar offering (Sobremesa), allowing the line a full year in the limelight before being joined by the Mi Querida in 2016. It was a slo... Read More...

Person of the Year 2023 – Steve Saka

January 12, 2024

They've called him Sakakhan, Papasaka, and Sakasquatch; he's known as the cigar guru for the craft cigar world; and the Nicaraguan's call him el gringo gruñón (or the grumpy gringo); it's the one and only Steve... Read More...

Davidoff Aniversario No. 1 Limited Edition 2023 Luxury Cigar of the Year 2023

Luxury Cigar of the Year 2023 – Davidoff Aniversario No. 1 LE 2023

January 12, 2024

Outside of Cuba, few brands command such rich history as that of Davidoff. This was the focus throughout 2023, kicking off “The Difference” campaign, which brought back notable releases in Davidoff's famed Whit... Read More...

Black Star Line Rosewood 1923 Under the Radar Cigar of the Year 2023

Under-the-Radar Cigar of the Year 2023 – Rosewood 1923

January 12, 2024

From El Titan de Bronze to Aganorsa Leaf; from Tabacalera la iSLA to Fábrica Oveja Negra; Black Star Line Cigars has demonstrated a solid track record of manufacturing partners in the company's first four years... Read More...

RoMa Craft Intemperance Volstead VO 1920 Value-Priced Cigar of the Year 2023

Value-Priced Cigar of the Year 2023 – Intemperance Volstead VO 1920

January 12, 2024

Twenty twenty-three proved to be the year of the Sumatra, at least as far as RoMa Craft Tobac was concerned. Where the leaf hadn't previously been used as the wrapper component throughout their portfolio, it ma... Read More...

Dunbarton Mi Querida Black PapaSaka No. 1 Cigar of the Year 2023

No. 1 Cigar of the Year 2023 – Mi Querida Black PapaSaka

January 12, 2024

The third blend in Dunbarton's tobacco love affair that is Mi Querida, the 'Black Label' has seen one of the more unique launch trajectories from the company to date. The blend was first seen in 2021, going by ... Read More...

La Palina Goldie Laguito No. 5 Series 2 No. 2 Cigar of the Year 2023

No. 2 Cigar of the Year 2023 – Goldie Laguito No. 5 Series 2

January 12, 2024