Viaje Skull and Bones FOAB In 2010, when Viaje released its first of its Skull and Bones line, the Daisy Cutter, this became one of the most sought after cigars in the Viaje portfolio. Since then, there have now been five additional waves of Skull and Bones’ released for a total of six waves. Back […]
Davidoff Limited Edition 2011 White Edition Davidoff has long been engaged with limited edition cigars. Davidoff’s history in this area can be traced back to 1997 with the launch of the Davidoff “535” (commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the company’s store once located at 535 Madison Avenue). It wasn’t until 2002, where Davidoff formally launched […]
Thunder by Nimish is getting a 6 x 62 frontmark Rocky Patel Premium Cigars has announced that they have added a new frontmark to the Thunder by Nimish line. This new line extension called “Sixty Two” adds a 6 x 62 vitola to the line. This also becomes the fourth vitola that is a part […]
Midwest Smoke Out partners with Cigar Rights of America for exceptional evening March 14, 2012—Hammond, Ind.–Midwest Smoke Out and Cigar Rights of America (CRA) are partnering for an evening of luxury, gourmet foods, live entertainment—and of course, cigars— Thursday, April 19 from 5-10 p.m., minutes from Chicago at The Venue at Horseshoe Casino, in Hammond, […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BEACH CIGAR GROUP CHANGES NAME TO GURKHA CIGAR GROUP, INC (Miami, FL) – March 13, 2012: The Beach Cigar Group, makers of the super premium cigar brand Gurkha, is proud to announce that they have officially changed their name to the Gurkha Cigar Group, Inc. Effective immediately, this decision was made to […]
Viaje White Label Project (WLP) St. Patrick’s Day Candela 2012 Last year, Viaje released its first candela, the White Label Project St. Patrick’s Day Candela. We were very high on this particular release and ranked it as our #28 Cigar of the Year for 2011. A few week’s ago, we reported on that Viaje was […]
Room 101 San Andres About a month ago, Room 101 Cigars posted a picture of the upcoming Room 101 San Andres. Not a lot of information was posted other than a caption “It’s coming”. While it wasn’t a lot of information, the picture did provide an initial glimpse into what was coming. Since then, quite […]
Don Pepin Garcia Blue Label Firecracker In the past year, the Garcia family has been promoting many retailer exclusive cigar blends and vitolas under the My Father Cigars brand. Retail exclusive cigars are nothing new to the Garcias and in particular Don Pepin Garcia. A few years ago, under the Don Pepin Garcia brand, a […]
Michael Giannini of General Cigar Michael Giannini, the director of Team La Gloria Cubana is moving into an expanded role at General Cigar Company. In this new role, Giannini will be overseeing all of the product development for all of the brands under General Cigar. During his tenure as director of Team La Gloria Cubana, […]
Viaje Holiday Blend 2011 Toward the end of 2011, Viaje released their third release in their “Holiday Blend” series. Back in 2009, the first Viaje Holiday Blend was released, and I considered a very good cigar experience. Fast forward to 2010, and I was looking forward to the Viaje Holiday Blend 2010. Unfortunately, the experiences […]
