A Timely Smoke 6 May 2011 | 11:31 am

So our friendly Alec Bradley Rep, Kevin, came by and dropped me off one of the new Tempus maduros. So I decided to fire it up and see how it goes. The Alec Bradley Tempus Maduro is delicious. It is m...

CIGAR REVIEW: TRIAD FROM GURKHA 7 Jan 2011 | 06:01 pm

Los Angeles, January 7, 2011 – Gurkha made its reputation on offering excellent cigars in astonishing packaging at prices that appealed to the "upper crust." Triad is just such an offering. With reta...

CIGAR REVIEW: GURKHA ARCHIVE 7 Jan 2011 | 03:40 pm

Los Angeles, January 6, 2011 – Along with the recently-reviewed Ninja and Viper lines, the Gurkha Archive has become one of the best sellers in the giant Gurkha brand. We wanted to find out why: Gurk...

GURKHA CHIEF: "THE SUN IS SHINING, BROTHER" 7 Jan 2011 | 03:29 am

Los Angeles, January 6, 2011 – No one can say that Kaizad Hansotia, owner of the Gurkha brand, is anything other than enthusiastic. "The sun is shining, brother. I think this is going to be a fantast...

CUBANS SUE DETROIT'S LA CASA DE LA HABANA FOR TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT 7 Jan 2011 | 02:55 am

Los Angeles, January 6, 2011 – No doubt about it, this was a lawsuit waiting to happen. The New York-based attorneys for Habanos, S.A. filed suit in U.S. District Court against Ismail Houmani and his...

NEWEST TORANO EVENT SERIES: THE SINGLE REGION TOUR 6 Jan 2011 | 02:08 pm

Los Angeles, January 6, 2011 – The Single Region blend from the Torano Family Cigar Company showcases the harvest from a single farm and the brand will now be highlighted one store at a time in the ne...

SALT LAKE CITY LANDMARK JEANIE'S RE-OPENED! 6 Jan 2011 | 01:58 pm

Los Angeles, January 5, 2011 – When the Utah legislature raised the state's tobacco tax to 86% of the wholesale price and included a floor tax on all existing inventory in any shop on July 1, 2010, Ga...

KEEPING YOUR LIGHTER CLEAN 6 Jan 2011 | 01:00 pm

JM'S DOMINICAN ADDS FOURTH STYLE: COROJO! 5 Jan 2011 | 02:29 pm

Los Angeles, January 5, 2011 – Among both the connoisseurs and the penny-punchers, the JM's Dominican line has long been one of the open secrets of the U.S. cigar market: a quality cigar at an everyda...

TREASURY'S OFAC ALMOST FORGETS ABOUT CUBAN CIGARS IN 2010 5 Jan 2011 | 07:06 am

Los Angeles, January 4, 2011 – The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control is the government's watchdog over, among other things, the Cuban trade embargo. Highly active in penalizing smokers ...