Alec Bradley Cigar Co., recently acquired by STG, showed off a new vitola at TPE 2023, the Limited Edition Alec & Bradley Gatekeeper Diamond Press. Only 1500 boxes of the new size were produced. Each diamond-shaped box, painted in black and gold, will hold sixteen, 6 ¼” x 54 ring-gauge, Gatekeeper Diamond Press cigars.
"The cigar was pleasing enough, but with the bunch and the draw it certainly took away from the experience. the cigar did have some bitterness. the last third really shined with the brown sugar joining it was a completely different experience." -Ryan H. (Ryan H.)
Luciano Cigars showed off a brand new cigar line, Foreign Affair, at the TPE trade show in Las Vegas. The company says this new cigar is an ode to the globalization of the cigar industry and its smokers, to the capacity we have of connecting with one another by experiencing a great cigar together.
Patina has announced a new cigar to celebrate their 5th Anniversary. The Patina Anniversary is actually being released in the company's 6th year, the release got pushed back because of COVID. This is also the company's first limited edition cigar.
Altadis U.S.A. has announced the H. Upmann 1844 Special Edition Barbier, a new premium cigar that pays homage to the innovative craftsmanship and a favorite pastime of the brand’s founding brothers nearly 180 years after the brand came to life. Barbier is German for “Barber” and is a reference to the two Ecuadorian wrappers, Connecticut and Sumatra, used in the blend to form a barber pole cigar. The rest of the blend uses a Java binder and Nicaraguan, Dominican and Broadleaf fillers. The cigars are rolled at Tabacalera de Garcia in La Romana, Dominican Republic.
Altadis U.S.A. has announced a new cigar in the H. Upmann The Banker line that hasn't seen an update in a few years. H. Upmann The Banker Daytrader was inspired by the modern world of banking. The cigar is scheduled to hit shelves on Tax Day, the brand is coining the collection of three vitolas as “a new money release.”
Fratello Cigars has announced a brand new offshoot of their Fratello Camo line, Fratello Camo Nicaragua. The Camo Nicaragua will be released in a Habano, Maduro, Connecticut, and a Connecticut Sweet tip. The Camo Nicaragua was shown off at Tobacco Plus Expo 2023.
Amendola Family Cigar Co. showed off the first in the upcoming NYC Series “The West Side Story” at the TPE 2023 trade show in Las Vegas. The West Side Story will be the first in a series of cigars that will pay homage to the founders New York roots. The West Side Story is a true New Yorker as it was blended and rolled at the Martinez Cigar Factory based in Manhattan. The West Side Story will have two different blends in the same 20 count box. The two blends are Switch Blades and Baseball Bats and were inspired by the two gangs in the West Side Story film.
Black Label Trading Company is moving its Santa Muerte line from a limited edition to a regular production, and showed them off at TPE 2023 in Las Vegas. Like all BLTC products, Santa Muerte is rolled at James Brown's Fabrica Oveja Negra in Esteli, Nicaragua.
Casa 1910 showed off a new line of cigars at TPE 2023, “Soldadera Edition.” This new line from the company was inspired by female fighters of the Mexican Revolution. The new line includes three unique blends, each paying homage to a different female fighter. The cigars, dubbed"Sampetrina", "Teniente Angela" and "La Coronela", are rolled at Tabacalera LA iSLA in the Dominican Republic using 3 unique blends of Mexican and Dominican tobaccos.