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The Cigar Holder is a relatively new cigar accessory company. Started in 2019 by British-Romanian entrepreneur Razvan Patache, the company...
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Sanchez y Haya rolled the first cigar in Tampa, Florida exactly 100 years ago this week. This was the first in a long line of cigars to be made in Tampa causing it to be known as “Cigar City” and the “Fine Cigar Capital of the World.” In celebration of this anniversary, J.C. Newman has recreated the original Sanchez y Haya cigars and reintroduced them at a celebration at Hotel Haya in Ybor City. Hotel Haya is located on the site of the original Sanchez y Haya cigar factory in Tampa’s Ybor City historic cigar district.
Cohiba is adding their first regular production cigar for the first time since 2020 in the form of the Cohiba Riviera. The cigar is a six-region blend that features the Central American tobacco and is named after the lush San Andrés Tuxtla Valley that bore the cigar’s wrapper.
Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust and Cigar Dojo are collaborating on a new Japanese-Themed Sobremesa Cigar. This marks the first time the two companies have collaborated on a cigar. The cigar is the Sobremesa Brûlée “Wagashi” 和菓子, a slightly tweaked version of the original Sobremesa Brûlée blue, Japanese-inspired twist. The name comes from a dessert delicacy of Japan that rose to cultural import during the Edo Period (1603-1857).
General Cigar has announced a new regular production line to the Punch brand. Punch Golden Era was designed to celebrate corojo tobacco that had a starring role in the “golden age” of cigars. Corojo had been used as the wrapper of choice on many cigars until tobacco diseases and mold brought the tobacco to the brink of extinction.
The Black Star Line Mr. Fahrenheit was originally released for Underground fest at Underground Cigar shop. Now the cigar is being expanded to a regular production. The original cigar was a 5 x 50 robusto, now the regular production version, to be released at the PCA 2023 trade show, will be a 6 x 46 Corona vitola with a shaggy foot.
Klaas Kelner, formerly of Davidoff Cigars and son of famed cigar maker Hendrik Kelner has announced the opening of his new factory, Kelner Cigars, S.A.S. The factory resides in the Dominican Republic in the industrial park Víctor Manuel Espaillat Mera,
Riverside Cigar Shop & Lounge and Match Cigar Bar have announced a new iteration of their new Fosforo line in the form of Fosforo Connecticut. This release is a sequel of sorts to last summer’s debut of the original Fosforo. The line is Riverside and Match’s own premium cigar brand.
HVC Cigars has announced two new sizes to their HVC 10 Anniversary cigar that was introcued two years ago. Originally, the cigar was launched in just one size, a 6 1/2 x 50 toro. This new size comes in a more stout 5 x 54 robusto simply called the HVC 10th Anniversary 54.
Hooten Young Cigars has hired our very own Allison Trainer as its Vice President of Sales Tobacco Division and Consulting. Allison has been a panelist at BMP for a few years now, we wish her congratulations!