A Cigar Hustlers Podcast is expanding its rotating lineup with Cheanno Respo and Siggy Schlieper joining as co-hosts and Tim McGuffie joining the engineering team. BCB looks at why the show’s increasingly varied daily format has become such a compelling cigar-industry listen.
Steve Saka has revealed a major revamp of Dunbarton Tobacco & Trust’s StillWell Star line, including three updated blends, increased pipe-tobacco content, improved sweetened tips, and a new permanent 5 x 48 size.
PCA has formally opposed a UK proposal to standardize cigar packaging, warning it would erase brand identity and raise counterfeit risk.
The European Cigar Manufacturers Association is warning of simultaneous regulatory moves in Germany, the UK, and Spain, including a proposed 1,300 percent German tax increase and a Spanish bill targeting private smoking clubs.
Premium cigars won their FDA exemption in court. CRA is now asking the agency to say so in writing — while the same category gets no exemption at all under Section 301 tariffs.
Aganorsa Leaf is inviting smokers to explore ten Supreme Leaf vitolas through a guided 10-day YouTube tasting series designed to demonstrate how cigar size influences flavor.
Section 301 duties took effect July 24 at 12.5 percent for Dominican and Nicaraguan cigars. BCB read all 431 pages, and Chapter 24 tobacco appears in no exemption anywhere.
Drew Estate CEO Glenn Wolfson has passed away at 70. A look at the decade of quiet leadership that helped build one of the industry’s biggest houses.
America’s 250th is here — and the cigar industry showed up. From Aladino’s Honduran puro in a 13-count box (13 colonies) to J.C. Newman’s $2,750 humidor built from wood from all 50 states, these are the six America 250 limited editions worth knowing before July 4th. Some are already gone. Check the full guide at browardcigarboard.com.
Alec Bradley Cigars, STG Forged Cigars, Neptune Cigars, Broward Cigar Board, and Cafe Vico Fort Lauderdale came together for an unforgettable evening celebrating 30 years of premium cigar excellence—and what a night it was.