Artista Cigars Ships Artifex and Ashtray Gift Sets

Artista Cigars has begun shipping a pair of new products to retailers, the Artifex sampler and its Ashtray Gift Set, both of which debuted at the InterTabac 2025 trade fair in Dortmund, Germany this past September.

The Artifex is a five-cigar sampler that contains one each of the company’s Harvest, Midnight and Falu lines, and two of a new cigar called Limited 1.4, which uses a hybrid wrapper known in the factory as M32, and which is grown on Pennsylvania Dutch tobacco farms. The company has not released further details about the blend. All of the cigars come in a 6 x 50 box-pressed toro vitola.

The set of five cigars comes in a package comprised of 3D-printed compostable materials and wood, and is priced at $54.

“We love innovation and this project reflects that passion,” said Radhames “Ram” Rodriguez, president of Artista Cigars, in a press release. “Artifex is a juxtaposition of traditional tobacco, novel technology and ambitious design.”

Also en route to stores is the Artista Ashtray Gift Set, which contains eight cigars: two each of the Harvest, Falou, Midnight and Limited 1.4, again in a 6 x 50 box-pressed toro vitola. They are joined by a branded lighter and packed inside an ashtray that features the company’s capital A logo.

The Artista Ashtray Gift Set is priced at $100.

More new releases are slated to come out next week, as the company says it will begin shipping the Art 56 Figurado and the Mini Club collection, a trio of lines offered in a 4 x 27. The Artista Mini Club Claro uses an Ecuadorian Connecticut wrapper, the Mini Club Oscuro uses an Ecuadorian habano wrapper, while the Mini Club Rustico uses a Kentucky fire cured wrapper. Each pack of 20 cigars is priced at $18.

Images courtesy of Artista Cigars.

Patrick Lagreid

I strive to capture the essence of a cigar and the people behind them in my work – every cigar you light up is the culmination of the work of countless people and often represents generations of struggle and stories. For me, it’s about so much more than the cigar – it’s about the story behind it, the experience of enjoying the work of artisans and the way that a good cigar can bring people together. In addition to my work with halfwheel, I’m the public address announcer for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks during spring training, as well as for the Salt River Rafters of the Arizona Fall League, the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury and the G-League’s Valley Suns. I was previously the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League, and Goodyear Ballpark, spring training home of the Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Guardians. I also work in a number of roles for Major League Baseball, plus I’m a voiceover artist. Prior to joining halfwheel, I covered the Phoenix and national cigar scene for Examiner.com, and was an editor for Cigar Snob magazine.