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HVC Black Friday 10th Anniversary Limited Edition #cigars halfwheel.com/hvc-black-fr...
HVC Black Friday 10th Anniversary Limited Edition
It is a holiday weekend.
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December 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Graded: Ten Questions for 2025 #cigars halfwheel.com/graded-ten-q...
Graded: Ten Questions for 2025
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December 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Quai d’Orsay Especial d’Orsay Goes on Sale in Andorra #cigars halfwheel.com/quai-dorsay-...
Quai d’Orsay Especial d’Orsay Goes on Sale in Andorra
The cigar was created to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Quai d’Orsay brand. In Andorra, pricing is set around $65 per cigar.
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December 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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O.M. Releases Milestone 50th Birthday Cigar #cigars halfwheel.com/o-m-releases...
O.M. Releases Milestone 50th Birthday Cigar
The cigars created for Osvaldo Morales' 50th birthday were actually rolled when he was still 47. After more than two and a half of years of aging, they are finally heading to stores.
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December 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Trinidad x Tommy Bahama Island Collection Harbor #cigars halfwheel.com/trinidad-x-t...
Trinidad x Tommy Bahama Island Collection Harbor
The Tommy Bahama brand is synonymous with a relaxing, island-inspired lifestyle. While the brand has appeared on cigar accessories, it now appears on cigars via a partnership with Altadis U.S.A.
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December 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Knuckle Sandwich Off Menu #cigars halfwheel.com/knuckle-sand...
Knuckle Sandwich Off Menu
For its first TAA exclusive, Knuckle Sandwich Cigars went Pennsylvania broadleaf with a heavy press. Don't worry, we aren't going to 86 the daily special.
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December 24, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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Fox y ChiMolly Goes on Sale #cigars halfwheel.com/fox-y-chimol...
Fox y ChiMolly Goes on Sale
While branded as a Fox Cigar exclusive, the 6 x 52 toro is already on sale at other retailers. It is limited to just 500 boxes.
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December 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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LaVega Announces New La Trilogia Limited Edition #cigars halfwheel.com/lavega-annou...
LaVega Announces New La Trilogia Limited Edition
For the first time, LaVega Cigar Co.'s Limited Series will get a newly created cigar as opposed to a cigar that was made and sat at a factory. The cigar was crafted at Tabacalera Las Lavas and will debut in late January.
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December 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Federal Court Denies Preliminary Injunction Request in California UTL Case #cigars halfwheel.com/federal-cour...
Federal Court Denies Preliminary Injunction Request in California UTL Case
As the year comes to a close, another UTLawsuit loss for the cigar industry. However, the UTL should be published any day now.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Davidoff Limited Edition 2026 Year of the Horse #cigars halfwheel.com/davidoff-lim...
Davidoff Limited Edition 2026 Year of the Horse
For the 15th year in a row, Davidoff has released a cigar celebrating the Chinese Zodiac calendar. This is actually the second Year of the Horse release in the series; the first debuted back in 2013.
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December 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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S.T. Dupont Table Lighter Launching in 2026 #cigars halfwheel.com/s-t-dupont-t...
S.T. Dupont Table Lighter Launching in 2026
The new S.T. Dupont Table lighter packs the two most unique flames on the market—a flat flame torch and a dual softy flame hybrid—into a single body. No, it does not ping.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Cigars International Orlando Opens #cigars halfwheel.com/cigars-inter...
Cigars International Orlando Opens
At nearly 10,000 square feet, this new location is nearly double the size of many of the other CI stores. While the store is opening, a grand opening party is scheduled for Jan. 10.
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December 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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CAO Arcana Thunder Smoke #cigars
CAO Arcana Thunder Smoke
This was the third addition released for CAO's Arcana Series and features a blend that incorporates filler tobaccos grown in Cameroon, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The cigar is named after Zimbabwe’s iconic Victoria Falls, or Mosi-Oa-Tunya, in the native Bantu language, which translates to the smoke that thunders.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Weekly News (Dec. 22, 2025) #cigars halfwheel.com/weekly-news-...
Weekly News (Dec. 22, 2025)
The news, reviews, and more from the past week.
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December 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Guardian of the Farm Cerberus Lancero #cigars halfwheel.com/guardian-of-...
Guardian of the Farm Cerberus Lancero
The Guardian of the Farm Cerberus line came out in early 2022 and was notable for being the first proprietary blend from AGANORSA Leaf to use the company's corojo 2012 wrapper. While it's a regular production line, this lancero is a limited edition for a retailer in the Pacific Northwest.
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December 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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La Flor Dominicana Oro Smoke Inn #cigars
La Flor Dominicana Oro Smoke Inn
The La Flor Dominicana Natural and Maduro lines are sold to stores worldwide. Last month, a third wrapper option emerged for the line, albeit, at just one store.
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December 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Ferio Tego Celebraciones Debuts at World Famous Cigar Bar #cigars
Ferio Tego Celebraciones Debuts at World Famous Cigar Bar
Ferio Tego has created a new blend but Michael Herklots isn't disclosing it. While the line will get its widespread release in 2026, it has debuted at World Famous Cigar Bar as part of the company's 30th anniversary celebration.
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December 20, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Bocock Brothers Releases Syracuse-Branded Cigar Line #cigars
Bocock Brothers Releases Syracuse-Branded Cigar Line
The cigar is a tribute to Syracuse's tradition, heritage, and championship energy. It joins releases for some of the country's largest universities, including LSU, Florida, Texas A&M and several others.
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December 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Fonseca Du Nord ER Canada Slated for Early 2026 #cigars halfwheel.com/fonseca-du-n...
Fonseca Du Nord ER Canada Slated for Early 2026
Canada is slated to get its first Edición Regional release in nearly eight years, and it comes from one of the lesser-seen brands in the Cuban portfolio. It will be just the third time that the Fonseca brand has been selected for an Edición Regional.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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dunhill Introduces $16,500 Cigar Cutter Table Lighter #cigars
dunhill Introduces $16,500 Cigar Cutter Table Lighter
It's not portable and it's not affordable, but you can cut and light your cigars with this new piece from dunhill. And yes, "dunhill."
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December 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Great Wall GX Lion’s Glory Debuts in Europe #cigars halfwheel.com/great-wall-g...
Great Wall GX Lion’s Glory Debuts in Europe
The Great Wall GX Lion’s Glory is the first cigar from the Chinese company to use Cameroon tobacco in the filler. It was blended with some help from an international team of cigar experts.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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American Sanctions Have Torn Apart the World’s Largest Premium Cigar Business #cigars halfwheel.com/american-san...
American Sanctions Have Torn Apart the World’s Largest Premium Cigar Business
In October, American authorities announced that they had seized nearly $15 billion worth of bitcoin from Chen Zhi. That same Chen Zhi is the second largest shareholder of Habanos S.A. There's a worldwide manhunt for Chen Zhi and a growling list of problems for some of the cigar companies he's invested in, even ones he no longer owns.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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El Septimo Doble Gran Reserva #cigars halfwheel.com/el-septimo-d...
El Septimo Doble Gran Reserva
This year marked El Septimo's 20th anniversary, which calls for a limited edition cigar. Knowing that company owner Zaya Younan doesn't go small with such things, the company released this cigar with a three-digit price tag.
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December 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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La Llorona Toro #cigars halfwheel.com/la-llorona-t...
La Llorona Toro
At first glance, the La Llorona Toro looks quite different than the first two vitolas for the blend. Because this cigar is limited to the company's top accounts, ADV & McKay Cigars Co. opted to give it the metal band treatment.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Vector Releases 3-in-1 Gemini Cutter #cigars
Vector Releases 3-in-1 Gemini Cutter
The Gemini offers a straight cut, v-cut, and punch cut in a pocket-friendly body. While small, it can handle the biggest cigars, up to an 80 ring gauge.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM