Camacho Cigars has formally announced the Camacho Liberty 2017 edition. This year’s theme is “Fifteen Years Strong” as it commemorates the 15th anniversary of the annual limited edition series. It’s also a release that brings some changes to the series. The Camacho Liberty series was first launched in 2002, and since then has been an […]
Cigar News: Camacho Nicaraguan Barrel-Aged Announced
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It’s June and this is the month Camacho Cigars uses to announce its signature release for the year. 2017 is no exception as today, the brand announced the third installment of its Master Built Series, the Camacho Nicaraguan Barrel-Aged. In 2015, Camacho released the first Master Built line, the Camacho American Barrel-Aged. This cigar had […]
Cigar Review: Camacho Ecuador BXP Toro
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Early in 2017, Camacho Cigars announced the Camacho BXP line. This introduced a series of box-pressed offerings to the Camacho Corojo, Camacho Connecticut, and Camacho Ecuador lines. Box-pressed cigars are not only new to the Camacho brand, but they are relatively new to Camacho’s parent company Davidoff. The introduction of these box-pressed cigars can be considered an extension […]
Cigar News: Davidoff Announces Official Opening of New Honduran Factory
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Davidoff’s new Honduran factory is now a reality. Today Oettinger Davidoff AG officially announced the opening of its new factory in Danlí, Honduras. The new factory is called Diadema Cigars de Honduras SA. and replaces the existing Camacho factory Agroindustria Laepe SA. It was two years ago when Davidoff announced it had purchased land in Honduras to build […]
Cigar Review: Camacho Corojo BXP Toro
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When Davidoff CEO Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard became CEO in 2011, one of the initiatives he put in place was a theme of innovation. This has resulted in Davidoff producing products which might be out of what is considered the company’s comfort zone. One theme that has been making its way through the Davidoff portfolio has been […]
Cigar News: Camacho BXP Adds Box-Pressed Offerings to Three Lines
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Over the past couple of years, Davidoff has introduced box-pressed offerings to both the Davidoff and Avo brands. Now it’s Camacho’s turn. Today Camacho announced the new Camacho BXP – a horizontal set of box-pressed line extensions based off Camacho Corojo, Camacho Ecuador, and Camacho Connecticut. The new Camacho BXP are not simply box-pressed versions of […]
Cigar News: Matt Booth Issues Farewell Statement to the Cigar Industry
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This Monday came word that Room101 brand owner Matt Booth was ending his relationship with Davidoff and would be departing the cigar industry to focus on his jewelry business. Today, we hear from Matt in his own words as he wrote this “Farewell Statement”. We thank Matt for providing this letter to Cigar Coop. We […]
Cigar News: Matt Booth and Room 101 End Relationship with Davidoff
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The Matt Booth era at Davidoff has come to an end – and so has his tenure in the cigar industry. Today, Booth told Cigar Aficonado that he has not renewed his contract with Davidoff and for all practical purposes is leaving the cigar industry for now. Booth also told Cigar Aficionado that he is […]
Agile Cigar Review: Camacho Powerband Robusto
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Agile Cigar Reviews replace what we termed “Assessment Updates”. The concept is the same, but the name is different. Agile Cigar Reviews use a lightweight, shorter format. These will never take the place of our comprehensive reviews. They are only used on blends we have previously assessed. This might be a blend we are re-scoring […]
Cigar News: Room 101 Chief Cool Arrow Launches at the IPCPR Trade Show
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When it comes to the IPCPR Trade Show, Matt Booth and Room 101 Cigars are known to keep things low key until the show actually opens. This year was no exception when Room 101 Cigars announced the latest installment of its Artist Collection Series, the Room 10 Chief Cool Arrow. The cigar was showcased at […]