   Cigar Of The Week Cuba's Regional Edition program of short-run smokes made for specific geographic markets has proven a winner with collectors. Many are also extremely good cigars, such as this Diplomaticos made for Belgium and Luxembourg. The plump cigar is a slow starter that blossoms to show layers of walnut, toasted cedar and coffee bean before the charred oak finish. View Full Tasting Note  New York tobacconists can't catch a break. Beginning October 1, the Empire State's cigar tax nearly doubled to 75 percent of a cigar's wholesale price–from roughly 38 percent–due to a crucial loophole being removed. Especially as the country endures a pandemic, retailers are not happy. See How They Responded  Tobacco growers in Central America can breathe a sigh of relief. Though predicted to be a devastating storm, Hurricane Eta lost major steam by the time it hit the major tobacco-growing regions of Nicaragua and Honduras. Hear What Growers Had to Say  Sponsored "It does seem like a contradiction at first glance, but in reality, we have never been shy about creating blends with tobaccos from all around the world; having a puro nicaragüense was only a matter of time. We are first and foremost, cigar lovers," is what Master Blender Manuel Inoa had to say. Get the Full Details.
 The Chinese New Year gets another celebratory cigar. Plasencia Cigars joins the zodiacal celebration with an upcoming Salomon aptly named Year of the Ox. The dramatically tapered smoke is set to ship in 2021. Learn More About the Figurado  Sponsored Aficionados can now be transported to that iconic moment in history with the first-ever interpretation of the original blend that made Montecristo the icon it is today. This cigar offers a luxury showcase from seed to smoke that combines classic craftsmanship and extra-aged estate tobaccos from Nicaragua's best growing regions. Read More
 What was once a limited-edition cigar available only to TAA members is now a regular-production size available to everyone. The Redondo, meaning "rounded" in English, is now available to all retailers as the first parejo of the New World line which is an otherwise box-pressed brand. Read More About the New Size  United States troops have been gifted hundreds of thousands of cigars–along with cutters, lighters and coffee–from Operation: Cigars for Warriors. Now, the charity is under duress, hit hard by the pandemic. That's why Cigars for Warriors is holding a fundraiser that began yesterday on Veterans Day and runs until December 1. Here's How You Can Help What's Coming Up
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