Casa Carrillo’s limited 2026 TAA Exclusive is shipping this week in a 5 1/2 by 58 size, combining tobaccos from five countries in a one time run of just 1,000 boxes.
Arturo Fuente’s Rare Pink Vintage 1960s Black Pink line has begun nationwide shipping this week after its limited TAA launch in March, featuring four perfecto vitolas.
The Rocky Patel Matrix arrives as the 2026 TAA exclusive in a 6 by 50 size, limited to 15,000 cigars and priced at 14 dollars each.
Crowned Heads founder Jon Huber has confirmed that last week’s cryptic Instagram post of an unbanded cigar is teasing the brand’s first regular production Connecticut, launching March 6, 2027 at PCA.
Perdomo is bringing three new sizes to the Legacy brand and packaging the complete lineup into convenient eleven count samplers.
Rocky Patel has begun shipping its America 250 limited edition toro to retailers this week. The 6 x 52 cigar uses a Mexican San Andrés wrapper and was aged for roughly eighteen months after production in early 2025.
Crowned Heads is shipping the third annual Moose Kick Limited Edition exclusively to the Canadian market this week. The refined 4 7/8 by 56 robusto extra includes a new contest with ten hidden gold crown bands.
Blackbird Cigar Co. marks ten years with the limited Mockingbird Short Run. The 6 by 52 toro features a refined blend and will ship to select retailers starting October 26.
Caldwell Cigar Co. is teasing The Queen is Dead, a forthcoming blend that uses a Habano 2000 wrapper over Dominican fillers and is expected in stores later this month.
Casa Molina opened its new Maison on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans today. The company plans to start rolling cigars there and in Baton Rouge next year, targeting 200,000 cigars annually while highlighting local perique tobacco in an upcoming line.
The Warped Maestro del Tiempo 6102R returns for a third and possibly final limited release. The 5 1/4 by 48 Nicaraguan puro featuring medio tiempo is available in 100 count cabinets at 15 dollars per cigar.
Concealed Carry has debuted the Second Edition of its series with the Fidel robusto, a five and a half by fifty four release centered on the Cuban Embargo. The blend remains undisclosed and limited production has already begun shipping to stores.
Gurkha has announced its TAA 2026 exclusive, a limited six and a half by fifty four toro extra rolled in Nicaragua with a dark habano wrapper. The ten count boxes are designed to function as humidors, and the release is expected to ship in early November.
El Mago has announced that its collectible tin series is growing. In a new social media post, the brand says tins 5 and 6 will be available in 2026, and that the decision came “due to popular request.”
Lure Cigars has built its identity on two things since launching in 2023: the late Lou Cross Jr. and his love of fishing. His son, Lou Cross III, started the company after his father’s death, and the brand’s newest release goes back to a cigar Cross Jr. also loved.
Crowned Heads posted a photo of an unbanded cigar on Instagram with a short, cryptic caption: “Something new is taking shape. Wrapped in silence. Crafted with intention.”
Rojas Cigars is releasing a new limited edition in its Street Tacos line this month called Mictlán to honor Día de los Muertos. The cigar is a 6 by 52 box pressed toro featuring a dark Ecuadorian Habano wrapper over a Nicaraguan binder.
The CRAFT Maquette Foreign & Domestic, released last year as part of RoMa Craft Tobac’s CRAFT Maquette Series, is returning to shelves this fall. The first run totaled 500 bundles of 10, or 5,000 cigars in all. This is the first time a cigar in the series has gotten a second release.
Oliva Cigar Co.’s newest Nub is on its way to shelves. Nub México, the first Mexican-wrapper cigar in the Nub family, made its debut at InterTabac in Dortmund, Germany, and according to Halfwheel it has now begun arriving at U.S. retailers. The cigar was officially listed as released on October 5, 2026.
Retailers are now receiving the first Apostate Cigars product rolled at Fábrica Oveja Negra. Brandon Oveson, co founder of Apostate Cigars, told halfwheel that boxes of Death Mask started moving to shops on October 1.
Casa Carrillo will begin shipping a new robusto size in its Perez Carrillo Pledge Purple line to retailers next week, according to reporting by Patrick Lagreid at Halfwheel.
Tradecraft Cigars has announced Shinobi, the fourth release in its core line alongside Gladius, Azorian and Vitruvian, according to Halfwheel. The cigar is a full-bodied 5 1/2 x 52 Gran Robusto. Rob Blumenthal, owner of Tradecraft, developed the blend with Hostos Fernández Quesada, owner of Tabacalera La Isla in the Dominican Republic, where the cigars are made.
Wildfire Cigar Co. has released Off-Grid, its October limited edition and the latest in a monthly series. Halfwheel lists it as released on October 6, 2026.
La Flor Dominicana is sending its Andalusian Bull 10th Anniversary Maduro to retailers this week, a limited-edition release that keeps the original cigar's unusual shape while swapping in a darker wrapper. According to Halfwheel, the company spent the past month teasing both the cigar and a movie it produced about the original Andalusian Bull.
XIKAR has started shipping the Sentinel, a zippered leather travel case that carries cigars and everyday gear together. Quality Importers Trading Co., the brand's parent company, is sending it to retailers at $199.99, halfwheel reports.
Marshawn Lynch is taking Beast Mode off the field and into the humidor. The former NFL running back has partnered with Kingmakers Cigars on Beast Mode by Kingmakers, a new regular production line.
Cavalier Genève has replaced the four cigars that made up its Small Batch Series with two new releases. Founder Sébastien Decoppet told halfwheel in a text conversation that boxes of the Small Batch Lancero and Salomónes began shipping to stores this week.
Casa Carrillo is shipping the second chapter of its 2026 Pledge of Allegiance project this week, the limited Rockets size, after a planned start on Monday, September 28.
Tatuaje Cigars will send the sixth chapter of its Monster Redux series to stores in early October as The Jason Redux 6 returns to the market.
Quality Importers Trading Co. has announced a Dia de Muertos series for the Xikar Xi2 cigar cutter, with four designs each based on skull art from a different part of Mexico.