Earlier this year, Room 101 Cigars unveiled its Room 101 Ichiban series. Ichiban is a series of eight planned limited production shop exclusive cigars that will distributed to eight different retailers with each retailer receiving a unique size. The eight sizes all share a common blend. At press time, four of the eight sizes have been […]
Cigar News: Oettinger Davidoff AG Reports Record Revenue and Production; Has Cautiously Optimistic Outlook for Current Year
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Oettinger Davidoff AG, the parent company for Davidoff Cigars and its associated brands announced it set new records for both revenue and production in 2014, however the company is giving a cautiously optimistic outlook for 2015. The Numbers In terms of revenue, the company announced it had a 1.7% increase in 2014 to 1.34 […]
Cigar Review: Camacho American Barrel-Aged Toro
William Cooper Reviews 3 Comments 4.0 - Box Worthy, 91-93, Camacho, Davidoff, Review
The Camacho American Barrel-Aged line is the eighth regular production line to be released by Camacho Cigars since the historic makeover of the Camacho brand occurred. The makeover of Camacho Cigars is now two years old, and while there has been one new regular production line added with 2014’s Camacho Ecuador, many people have wondered […]
Cigar Review: The Griffin’s Special Edition 2015 Club Series III
William Cooper Reviews 2 Comments 3.5 - Box Split, 91-93, Davidoff, Review, The Griffin's
The Griffin’s Special Edition 2015 Club Series III is the third and final installment of a limited edition three cigar set released by The Griffin’s brand called “The Club Series”. The Club Series is meant to pay homage to the origin’s of The Griffin’s brand. The Griffin’s is a brand in the Davidoff portfolio. The […]
Cigar News: Davidoff Opens Flagship Store in Basel Switzerland
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Add Basel, Switzerland to the list of growing Davidoff Flagship stores. Today the company announced the opening of a “Davidoff of Geneva – since 1911″ store” located at the historical building at Rheinsprung 5/Eisengasse. The opening of this store anchors a Davidoff Flagship store in the company’s hometown of Basel. The new Flagship store overlooks the […]
Cigar Review: Avo Limited Edition 2002 – Avo 22 (American) (Part of Avo’s Greatest Hits Sampler)
William Cooper Reviews 2 Comments 3.5 - Box Split, 88-90, AVO, Avo's Greatest Hits, Davidoff, Review
The Avo Limited Edition 2002 (Avo 22) was the second installment in the annual Avo Limited Edition series. Before being released, the cigar itself originated as a personal blend made for Avo Uvezian and Davidoff Master Blender Henke Kelner. From 2001 through 2014, the release of the annual limited edition was timed around the time of […]
Cigar News: Davidoff Announces 2015 Golden Band Award Nominees
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For the fourth consecutive year, Davidoff Cigars will be hosting the Golden Band Award Show . The event will be held July 19th at the Davidoff’s annual retailer event being held at the IPCPR Trade Show in New Orleans. The awards program is meant to honor and the company’s best Appointed Merchants that according to Davidoff […]
Cigar News: Avo Syncro Nicaragua
William Cooper Cigar News No Comments 2015 Preview, AVO, Davidoff, IPCPR 2015, News
Two years ago, the Davidoff brand ventured into new territories with the Davidoff Nicaragua, now it’s the Avo brand’s turn. Today the company announced the Avo Syncro Nicaragua. This new offering will become the fifth regular production offering in the Avo portfolio, and the first since the rebranding of Avo earlier this year. Plans are […]
Cigar News: Davidoff of Geneva Announces Cigar Bar on Las Vegas Strip
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While Davidoff has had a retail presence throughout the Las Vegas strip, the one piece that have not had was a full service destination for cigar enthusiasts. Plans have now been announced to open the “Davidoff of Geneva – since 1911” Licensed Boutique and Cigar Bar later this year. This new store will feature a […]
Agile Cigar Review: Camacho Ecuador Toro
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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 […]