The mild-to-medium bodied cigar, with a complex five-nation blend, is available in Toro (6 x 52) and Churchill (7 x 48). The cigar is encased in a crystal tube, with a cedar half-sleeve, to preserve the flavor and freshness. The striking box presentation consists of freestanding individual cigars housed in a display that resembles a port barrel.

The Toraņos came upon the infusion idea by chance. Carlos Toraņo, father of company president Charlie Toraņo, saw the after-dinner port on a wine list while dining at a restaurant. Intrigued by the Decadencia Chocolate Zinfandel, with its essence of chocolate, and impressed by its unique flavor, Toraņo was compelled to try infusing a cigar with the liquor. The Wilson family, whose family-owned winery created the award-winning port, sent him a bottle to experiment with. Charlie - who had been skeptical of his father's idea - quickly changed his mind after sampling the results, and the Carlos Toraņo Reserva Decadencia was born.

Retail prices had not been announced at press time, and cigars are scheduled to be available in July.

Blended by Davidoff of Geneva's tobacco experts, the cigar is composed of a rich, aromatic filler blend that includes criollo seco leaf from the Dominican Republic, a Mexican Sumatra binder, and a Connecticut-seed Ecuadorian wrapper. It is offered in only one robusto size, with each cigar elegantly packaged in a glass tube.

The 2005 Griffin's Special Edition XXI, celebrating the 21st year of the Griffin's brand, is presented in handsome black boxes with gold-and-white engraving that holds 10 individually tubed cigars. Suggested retail price per cigar is $10, or $100 for the 10-count box.

Night Cap combines vanilla, Marcona almonds, café Arabica, and Criollo cocoa. Waking Dream's flavoring is a combination of vanilla cream, Piedmont hazelnuts, and single malt whiskey. Groovy Blue matches berries soaked in vanilla, laced with acacia honey and a touch of cognac.

The cigars are all handmade, using the same extra-select Dominican tobacco as Miami Cigars' full-sized premium cigars. The company worked for a year to obtain the subtle flavor nuances they sought.

The cigars are available in 4 x 30 size, packed in tins of 10 cigars, at $12.80 suggested retail per tin. Single cigars ($1.28 each, retail) can be sold in a company-provided decorated 25-cigar jar for retailers' countertops. The attention-getting counter-top display, with its polished chrome and clear acrylic, has an ultra-modern look, and reflects the quality of the new tinned cigars.

"The uniqueness of the new flavors, combined with Tatiana's existing reputation for quality and value, should make these strong, profitable sellers," says Miranda.

Restricted to a production run of 250,000, the new cigar has a filler blend of Costa Rican and Cuban-seed Nicaraguan tobacco, a Dominican binder, and a five-year-aged Nicaraguan Corojo wrapper. It is available in three sizes: Torpedo (6 1/8 x 52, suggested retail of $6.40 per cigar or $96 per box); Toro (6 x 54, $6.20 per cigar, $93 per box); and Churchill (7 x 50, $6 per cigar, $90 per box). Each box contains 15 cigars, is light sky-blue with navy blue and silver foil letters, and is individually numbered and factory-sealed.

As part of STC's unique promotion, 15 boxes out of the total run will also include a cigar with a band hand-signed by STC cigar master Guillermo Rico. The customer who purchases that cigar will win free Gran Habano cigars for one year, redeemable at the place of purchase, and the retailer who ordered it will receive a free order of Gran Habanos - a $1,000 value, including shipping and handling.

"In 2004, we began offering American Stogies in European-style clamshell tins, and sales took [a] jump," says Indianhead's president Bill Bock. "With this popularity, it made good sense to offer our new American Stogies flavored cigars in tins."

The 4 1/4 x 40 Petite Corona is now available in Irish Cream and is packaged eight cigars per tin. The 4 1/4 x 30 Ten Little Braves (10 cigars per tin), is offered in Amaretto, Cherry Cream, and Brown Gold, a rum/vanilla combination. Unlike the natural American Stogies, which are available in three wrappers, the flavored cigars have only Connecticut shade wrappers, in a tawny natural shade, and are complemented by naturally sweet Nicaraguan filler.

All American Stogies cigars are handmade, long-filler premium cigars that compete successfully with both premium and non-premium cigars, says Bock.

Indianhead has also introduced a small-footprint acrylic countertop display which holds four styles of either Petite Coronas or Ten Little Braves. Suggested retail price for both new flavored shapes is $11.95 per tin.

Troya X-Tra cigars are crafted using all Nicaraguan-grown tobacco. The filler blend is 100% Cuban-seed leaf including genuine Criollo, and the binder and wrapper are Corojo 99 grown in the Jalapa Valley. Described as "robust and full-flavored," the cigars are available in five sizes: #18 (5 x 52 robusto), #45 (6 1/4 x 45 cetro), #54 (5 3/4 x 48 toro), #63 (7 x 50 Churchill), and #81 (6 1/8 x 52 torpedo). A total of 12 sizes and three wrappers are available in the Dominican-made Troya and Nicaraguan-made Troya X-Tra lines. Suggested retail prices range from $63-$75 per box of 24 and from $5.25-$6.25 per cigar.

Troya Cigars is also offering its retailers the opportunity to host wine and cigar events for their customers, for which the company will supply invitations, in-store merchandise and giveaways, as well as cigars and wine. Contact Lignum-2 for additional program information.

Catering to a youthful, urban, stylish crowd of cigar smokers, the Zino Platinum Crown Series cigars include filler aged up to five years, binder aged four years, and wrapper aged two years. The filler includes three types of leaf grown in the Dominican Republic and one from Peru. The binder is from Connecticut, and the wrapper is from Connecticut seed grown in Ecuador. The suggested retail price for the Z-Crib is $128.

"Petit Corona is an ideal smoke for consumers who desire the flavor of a premium Kahlua cigar during brief smoking opportunities," says Bill Chilian, director of marketing for Kahlua. "We believe it will be a fast-selling addition to the line."

Produced by Drew Estate and marketed by General Cigar, Kahlua cigars are handcrafted in Esteli, Nicaragua, with a Connecticut shade wrapper, Indonesian Sumatra binder, and a blend of Nicaraguan filler tobaccos which are infused with the proprietary coffee-flavor Kahlua liqueur.

In addition to the Petit Corona size, the original cigar collection features a Torpedo, Corona, and Robusto size, as well as a series of four tins.