Davidoff has announced its 2017 Golden Band Award nominations. The awards program is meant to honor the company’s best Appointed Merchants who, according to Davidoff “truly embody the Davidoff Standard of Excellence”. There have been a couple of changes implemented this year. First up, the awards will be presented on the IPCPR Trade Show floor on […]
Cigar News: Cigar Dojo and Camacho Team Up for Imperial Stout Barrel-Aged
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Cigar Dojo, the first and largest social cigar application/community has announced its seventh limited edition collaboration. This time Cigar Dojo is teaming up with Camacho Cigars for the Camacho Imperial Stout Barrel-Aged. The cigar will be sold exclusively through Smoke Inn Cigars beginning June 30th, 2017. In 2015, Camacho released its American Barrel-Aged line, which […]
Cigar News: Camacho Liberty 2017 Celebrates 15 Years
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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: Davidoff Announces 2016 Fiscal Year Results
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Oettinger Davidoff AG has announced the results for its 2016 fiscal year. The company reported an 8.2% increase on a comparable basis to CHF 595 million, including a 20% growth of its core Davidoff brand. However, the company says it did not achieve all of its goals for 2016 and cites anti-tobacco legislation in the […]
Cigar Review: Davidoff Nicaragua 6 x 60
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Back in April 2017, Davidoff announced a series of limited production 6 x 60 line extensions to its “Discovery Pillar” (i.e. Black Label) cigars. This set of new line extensions would encompass the Davidoff Escurio, Davidoff Yamasá, Davidoff Nicaragua, and Davidoff Nicaragua Box Pressed lines. These cigars marked the first 6 x 60 Davidoff branded cigars since the Davidoff […]
Cigar News: Davidoff Winston Churchill “The Late Hour” Unveiled
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This month, Davidoff will introduce a new cigar under its Winston Churchill line. The cigar is called the Davidoff Winston Churchill Late Hour. The cigar is significant because it brings an innovation theme seen in the Camacho brand over to the Winston Churchill brand. According to Davidoff, the name was inspired by the fact that […]
Cigar News: Industry Veteran Bob Moreno Passes Away
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Bob Moreno, who had a successful management career in sales and marketing for premium cigars and cigar accessories, passed away this Tuesday, June 6, 2017. He was 59 years old. After a successful career at Coca Cola, where he was a National Sales Manager, Bob set his sights on the cigar industry. In 2009, he joined Xikar […]
Cigar News: Davidoff Master Selection Series Announced
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Davidoff Cigars has announced its new Master Selection Series. It’s a series of six personal blends created by Davidoff Master Blender Eladio Diaz that each celebrate one of his birthdays. “These Master Selection Series cigars have been crafted by our Head Master Blender, Eladio Diaz, to satisfy the most demanding cigar aficionado in the world – himself. His […]
Cigar News: AVO Cigars Releases Puritos Line Extensions to AVO Syncro Nicaragua and Fogata Lines
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AVO Cigars has announced two new 4 x 30 Puritos line extensions to its AVO Syncro Nicaragua and the AVO Syncro Nicaragua Fogata lines. Both blends are intended to offer the same taste and aroma as the full-size companions. “In a world where finding time to enjoy a cigar can be somewhat challenging, we are excited to expand the famed […]
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 […]