Early in 2017, Matt Booth announced he was ending his long-time partnership with Davidoff and his Room 101 brand of cigars. Davidoff had been handling both the production and distribution for his Room 101 Cigars brand. At the time, Booth announced he was taking a hiatus from the cigar industry. While many thought Booth would […]
Feature Story: Spotlight on Caldwell Cigar Company at the 2018 IPCPR
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2018 marked the fifth IPCPR for Caldwell Cigar Company. The company has evolved its portfolio into a combination of core lines, limited editions, and collaborations. Over the past five years, Caldwell has worked with factories in three different countries (Dominican Republic, Honduras, and Nicaragua). It has also established a strong distribution company with Down & […]
Cigar News: Caldwell Cigar Company Launches Eastern Standard Habano at 2018 IPCPR
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At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Caldwell Cigar Company introduced a Habano offering under its Eastern Standard line – appropriately titled the Eastern Standard Habano. Eastern Standard Habano features a San Andres Sun Grown wrapper Habano wrapper over an Ecuadorian binder and a blend of Dominican and U.S. Pennsylvania filler. The cigar will be available […]
Cigar News: Caldwell Cigar Company Launches Long Live the King MAD MF at 2018 IPCPR
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Caldwell Cigar Company’s Long Live the King line is getting a maduro. At the 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, Caldwell Cigar unveiled the Long Live the King MAD MF – a San Andres maduro offering under the Long Live the King line. In addition to the San Andres wrapper, the Long Live the King MAD MF […]
Cigar News: Caldwell Anastasia Returns for 2018
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The Caldwell Anastasia, a limited edition collaboration between Caldwell Cigar Company and Ernesto Perez-Carrillo Jr. that was introduced at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show is back. At the 2018 Trade Show, Anastasia returns but this time with a slightly modified blend and slightly modified look. According to Caldwell Cigar Company, the difference between the 2016 […]
Cigar News: Caldwell and Booth to Launch The T Connecticut at 2018 IPCPR
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Room 101’s Matt Booth and Caldwell Cigar’s Robert Caldwell are once again teaming up with AJ Fernandez. At this year’s 2018 IPCPR Trade Show, the three are coming together to release The T Connecticut. This is a follow-up to the trio’s first collaboration, The T. While the original The T was a Nicaraguan puro, The […]
Cigar News: Room 101 Farce Heads for Full Launch
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The Room 101 Farce, the first Room 101-branded project by Matt Booth since returning from a short hiatus from the cigar industry, is getting ready for its full launch. It’s a cigar that some folks have had a sneak preview of already. Booth started circulating a pre-release of the 6 1/4 x 54 Toro size […]
Cigar Review: Hit & Run Corona Gorda
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Hit & Run is one of two collaborations released in 2017 by Matt Booth and Robert Caldwell. Booth is best known as the owner of the Room 101 lifestyle brand, which includes cigars. For Booth, these two collaborations marked a return to the cigar industry after a brief hiatus. In January 2017, Booth announced he […]
Cigar Review: All Out Kings Foreverlast
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All Out Kings is a collaborative project between Caldwell Cigar Company and Drew Estate. Word of All Out Kings first surfaced early in 2016. The project was first seen at the 2016 IPCPR Trade Show. A very limited release was made in order to meet the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s August 8th, 2016 […]
Cigar News: Caldwell, Fernandez, and Booth Collaboration Gets a New Name
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As the collaboration between Robert Caldwell, AJ Fernandez, and Matt Booth heads to retailer shelves, the project has a new name – “The T”. Just prior to the 2017 IPCPR Trade Show, Booth announced his return to the cigar industry with a couple of collaborations. The first was Hit & Run, a collaboration with Robert Caldwell […]