Weekly news week 27 2021

Weekly news week 27 2021. Another busy week, with plenty of press releases with upcoming cigars for the PCA Convention & Trade show. The show starts today, but due to the covid pandemic and travel restrictions, we won’t be there. For live feeds and updates, follow American cigar websites such as Cigar Coop and Halfwheel who will be present with full teams to cover the show. But back to our regular scheduling, the first Sunday of the month is for a Cigar Industry legend. And this week it was Gilberto Oliva Sr, the founder of Oliva Cigars.

Reviews

As always, two new reviews. One from our blog sponsor El Artista Cigars. The collaboration with baseball hall of fame David Ortiz, the Big Papi Toro. The former Red Sox star makes cigars with Tabacalera El Artista and is just as successful as on the field. The second cigar review is of the Diamond Crown #4. Diamond Crown is the flagship of J.C. Newman Cigars and made at Tabacalera A. Fuente y Cia.

PCA releases

At the PCA Convention & Trade Show, there will be a tsunami of new brands and lines. Joya de Nicaragua brings a new Clasico, the Clasico Medio Siglo. Karen Berger brings new Lancero vitolas to her K by Karen Berger lines and a new Cameroon limited edition. Casdagli is showcasing its new Peacock Collection of accessories. And Dr. Gaby Kafie celebrates his 50th birthday with the Kafie Serie L, which will debut at PCA as well. 7-20-4 is releasing a limited, exclusively for PCA goers. Dunbarton is coming with Stillwell Star, a collaboration with pipe tobacco giant Cornell & Diehl. Ernesto Perez Carrillo is adding a size to the Plegde. Oscar Valladares goes back to the future with the Oscar Valladares McFly.

This year, Jose Padron would have turned 95. Padron comes with a short & fat cigar to commemorate the birthday of the family patriarch, Padron 95th anniversary. It will be a PCA exclusive cigar. Fratello is releasing the formerly European exclusive Fuoco in the United States, and the formerly Texas exclusive The Texan is now available to all Fratello accounts. Espinosa Cigars is brining a new 601 La Bomba Warhead and a new Laranja Reserva with the name Azulejo. La Galera is also coming with new products, a regular production, and an edicion limitada. El Septimo is not introducing a new cigar at PCA, but a new Director of Sales and Business Development is the shape of Chip Goldeen.

Other news

That there are other cigar-producing countries than Cuba, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic is a known fact. There are cigars made in America, Mexico, Indonesia, China, The Philippines, France, Italy, and Mozambique. But we never heard from cigars from Zimbabwe until this week. German cigar enthusiasts are getting three new lines via distributor Kleinlagel. And they can buy Romeo y Julieta Shorts and Club in metal tins, as long as stock lasts. Lovers of Cuban cigars better prepare for tough times with massive shortages.

The new Cumpay Maduro is now available in Switzerland. Condega is entering the Polish market with Cigar Koneser. There are a lot of new cigars for Norwegian cigar enthusiasts. Three companies are moving production to another facility. Alec & Bradley Rubin are moving the production of The Gatekeeper from Tabacalera La Alianza to Tabacos de Orient. From Ernesto Perez Carrillo in the Dominican Republic to the Plasencia family in Honduras. 7-20-4 is moving production to Jesus Fuego. And RTB cigars is parting ways with Tabacalera San Jeronimo to a yet unknown factory. London has a second Havana Cigar Exchange, at the prestigious 1A St. James’s Street. The old Dunhill store once was located at the same spot. And Van Dalen Cigars is opening a new shop in The Netherlands soon, in The Hague. It will be the 3rd new Van Dalen Cigars this year, after Groningen and Maastricht. And the 7th overall, with Den Bosch, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, and Amsterdam as the other locations. This was the weekly news of week 27 2021.

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