Patrick Lagreid

With today being Veterans Day, we pause to honor the great service and sacrifice of the brave men and women who serve our great country with selfless dedication and commitment to an ideal higher than any of us. We say a heartfelt thank you to every soldier and sailor who defends not only our country and the rights of its citizens but the values our country holds so dear. We promise to never take for granted your valor, bravery, honor, and courage, today and every day.

In 2023, Tabanero Cigars began moving some of its production to Nicaragua. For 2025, the company is releasing a new line that is being produced in Nicaragua.

Until now, the only way to get the Mi Querida Green line was by way of an event-only, 8 1/2 x 52 release called Pataperro. Now, a very limited batch of the blend in a torpedo shape and with a revised blend has gone on sale at Smoke Inn.

The first shipments of Espinosa Premium Cigars’ new Murcielago Shikaka are set to leave the company’s Hialeah Gardens, Fla. warehouse today, headed to retail members of the Tobacconists’ Association of America (TAA).

Altadis U.S.A says that the wrapper is 20-years-old. It's being made by AJ Fernandez, and will be produced in small batches based on the availability of that wrapper.

There are few things in the cigar industry that make me genuinely happier than hearing good news from the Cigar Family Charitable Foundation and its school in Bonao, Dominican Republic, so hearing about the opening of an Academy of Arts put a big smile on my face. Having visited the school a few years ago, I can truly say that there is something special in the air there, and this newest addition will only make that more so the case. Proof that cigars can be a tool for good; time to go pick up another Toast Across America pack in celebration.

Lagarto Cigars, a new brand from ZR Cigars in La Romana, Dominican Republic, will make its debut next month at the 2025 Total Product Expo in Las Vegas, Nev.

It seems like that a lot of the time—though certainly not all the time—cigars releaesed in celebration of a company’s anniversary are one-and-done, limited edition releases, often in one size.

Vector-KGM has announced its new products for next month’s Total Product Expo (TPE) in Las Vegas, and it’s a group headlined by the Icon V lighter and a new v-cutter that the company is keeping under wraps until the show.

The cigar industry dealt with a lot of issues and questions in 2024, and Charlie Minato made predictions about how some of those things would turn out. A year later, it's time to find out how correct he was.