Category: News
Cigar News: Alec Bradley Ships Project 40 Maduro
Alec Bradley Cigar Co. announced that their second entry to their ‘Experimental Series,’ Project 40 Maduro is now shipping nationwide. Project 40 and Project 40 Maduro are value-price lines but the original Project 40 scored very well in our blind tests and received very positive review from other outlets.
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Cigar News: J.C. Newman Relaunches Perla del Mar
J.C. Newman is relaunching their Perla del Mar line of cigars this week. The handmade cigars, rolled at J.C. Newman PENSA in Nicaragua were first released in 2012. This relaunch includes not only a new look, but new blends.
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Cigar News: Davidoff Announces BLEND Bar Exclusive Cigar
Davidoff Cigars has announced a new cigar exclusive to BLEND Bar, dubbed “BLEND Exclusive Salomones.” The cigar measures 8.5 x 57, making it one of the largest Davidoff cigars ever made. It is available only at BLEND locations. The two companies have a five years long partnership going and the cigar is rolled by a select few of the most talented rollers at Davidoff Cigars. The concept of BLEND originated in Indianapolis, IN during 2013 and expanded to Nashville, TN, Pittsburgh, PA and The Woodlands, TX. In October 2015, BLEND announced a strategic partnership with Davidoff of Geneva USA. The partnership is the first and only one of its kind in the United States incorporating the “Davidoff of Geneva – since 1911” look and feel. Patrons of BLEND locations are offered premium cigars, spirits and wines in a social-friendly nightclub environment featuring exquisite design and furnishings and state-of-the-art ventilation systems which exchange lounge air every six minutes.
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Cigar News: Fratello Announces The Fratello Humidor
Fratello Cigars has announced a limited-edition humidor. Only 100 of these humidors will be made and each will contain 40 limited edition sizes of Fratello releases. The humidor has two levels and holds 100 cigars. Each comes with built-in chrome finish hygrometer.
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Cigar New: Cigar Dojo and Joya de Nicaragua Announce Ninjaragua
For the first time, Cigar Dojo and Joya de Nicaragua are collaborating on a cigar: Joya Ninjaragua. The blend has been in the works for over two years, making it the longest project Cigar Dojo has worked on before releasing. The first test blends were given out at a Cigar Dojo-led Drew Estate Cigar Safari, where a group of roughly 15 Dojo members (including myself) were given three test blends. Those members then provided feedback and the most popular blend was then tweaked several more times until the final blend took shape.
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Cigar News: Casdagli Cigars Announces First Collaboration – Le PETIT Villa Casdagli Limited Edition Cigar Knife
Casdagli Cigars has announced their first collaboration with another company. The collaboration is a cigar knife made with French cigar accessory maker LES FINES LAMES and called Le PETIT Villa Casdagli Limited Edition. The new cigar cutting knife will be launched under the Casdagli Cigars’ luxury cigar accessory focused subbrand Villa Casdagli Collection.
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Cigar News: Casa Cuevas Gains U.K. Distribution
Casa Cuevas Cigars has announced that their cigars are now available in the United Kingdom. Distribution comes via New World of Cigars ltd., a popular online company specializing in boutique cigars and can be found at www.NewWorldofCigars.com.
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Cigar News: Drew Estate Ships 2020 Dojo Dogma Maduro and ShadyXX
Drew Estate has started shipping two of their limited edition cigars: Undercrown Dojo Dogma Maduro and Undercrown ShadyXX to Drew Diplomat Retailers nationwide. Drew Estate announced the 2020 versions of these lines earlier this year as part of the #DESummerTakeover campaign and shown off on Freestyle Live: Special Edition.
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Cigar News: Daniel Marshall Announces Exclusive Humidor with Corona Cigar Co.
Daniel Marshall has announced a new Limited Edition FSG Tobacco Stake Humidor in Collaboration with Corona Cigar Co. Only 10 of these one-of-a-kind humidors will be sold. Each is hand-crafted using wood from antique tobacco stakes that have been in use for nearly half a century. The stakes were used to hang cigar tobacco in curing barns in Connecticut and more recently at Jeff Borysiewicz’s Florida Sun Grown (FSG) tobacco farm in Clermont, Florida. These stakes were used to hang leaves of some of the world’s best tobaccos, transforming freshly harvested green tobacco leaf into fragrant, golden brown cigar tobacco wrapper leaf.
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Cigar News: Casdagli Announces Mareva Spalato No. 2
Casdagli has announced the Mareva Spalato No. 2 which will be replacing the Mareva Spalato Limited Edition. Mareva Spalato No. 2 is a regular production cigar and is on its way to distributors worldwide, just in time for Christmas.
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Cigar News: Plasencia Announces Year of the Ox
Plasencia Cigars has announced a new release for international markets: Year of the Ox. Unfortunately that means that we won’t be seeing them in the U.S. but 2,500 boxes will be sold out of the U.S.
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Cigar News: El Artista Announces Artista Studio Works
El Artista Cigars has announced Artista Studio Works (ASW), a collaborative effort between the El Artista Factory and Dominican Artists of multiple mediums. ASW seeks to bring the life and culture of the Dominican Republic to the rest of the world through works of art and inspiration.
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