Press Releases

February 10, 2021

Crowned Heads has announced the return of the Le Carême Belicosos Finos, releasing it in a Limited Edition 2021 format. Originally released in 2018, the Le Carême Belicosos Finos immediately became a cigar enth... Read More...

CAO Launches Arcana Series with Mortal Coil

February 9, 2021

CAO is launching a new series called “Arcana” which will highlight the secrets and traditions of old-world tobacco processing methods, passed down from generation to generation to bring out the best in native t... Read More...

Punch Kung Pow! Coming February 15th

February 1, 2021

Punch will kick off The Year of The Ox with the launch of a limited-edition smoke called Punch Kung Pow!, the third release in the brand’s highly successful Chinese New Year Series. Kung Pow! is a follow up to ... Read More...

Protocol Announces 2nd Pool Party Cigar

February 1, 2021

Protocol Cigars have announced a limited edition release cigar called the Protocol Pool Party Year 2. It is a follow up to last year’s release. The cigars were produced at Erik Espinosa’s La Zona Factory in Est... Read More...

Crowned Heads Announces Juárez Shots 2021

January 27, 2021

Crowned Heads is set to bring back the limited-edition Juárez Shots cigar for 2021, a followup to the first limited size for the Juárez brand. Juárez Shots debuted in Feb. 2020, then titled Juárez Shots XX. ... Read More...

Mombacho Cigars’ Founder Becomes Company President

January 26, 2021

Mombacho Cigars announced today that company founder, Cam Heaps, will be taking a more involved role with the company moving forward, stepping into the role of company president. The move comes as Mombacho c... Read More...

El Rey del Mundo Moves to The Forged Cigar Company

January 22, 2021

Following last week's announcement of a new distribution network—The Forged Cigar Company—from Scandinavian Tobacco Group, the company has announced El Rey del Mundo as its first brand under the Forged umbrella... Read More...

FDA Finalizes Substantial Equivalence, Avoids Premium Cigars for Time Being

January 20, 2021

As noted by the Premium Cigar Association (PCA) and Cigar Rights of America (CRA), the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) last night released their Final Substantial Equivalence rules, directed at a wide vari... Read More...

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AVO Brings Back AVO Classic Belicoso

January 19, 2021

After a 16-year absence from store shelves, AVO Cigars is set to bring back the Belicoso format for their first cigar offering, AVO Classic. AVO Classic Belicoso was last offered in 2005, showcasing the Domi... Read More...

Hostos Fernandez Opens Tabacalera La iSLA Factory in the Dominican Republic

January 14, 2021

Hostos Fernandez the nephew of Manuel “Manolo” Quesada has opened his own cigar factory in the Dominican Republic. Tabacalera La Isla, the Dominican Republic’s newest cigar factory, has opened for business. ... Read More...

Scandinavian Tobacco Group Creates Distribution Network

January 13, 2021