Last month we unveiled initial details of the revamping of the Avo Cigars line by Davidoff. The big changes involve new packaging and marketing for the brand. The remaining blends have remained the same as before with the brand now focusing on four regular production lines. Meanwhile, there are two lines, the Avo Signature and […]
Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard (Left) and Jim Young (Right) (Photo Credit: Davidoff.com) This year, we introduce a new category for our Year in Review postseason recognition. The award is for Cigar Industry Person of the Year. The purpose of this award is to look at a person(s) in the cigar industry that has made a significant impact, […]
Matt Booth’s Room 101 Cigars will be adding a third installment to its Master Collection series. The brand announced via a Facebook photo that the Room 101 Master Collection Three is scheduled to be available this February. This would become the 15th cigar release since Booth launched his cigar line back in 2010. The Master […]
Note: Cigars #1 and #2 on the 2014 Cigar of the Year Countdown will be announced on 12/31/14. “…this is one of the best perfectos I have had in sometime – and easily is the best perfecto I’ve had this year.” Coming in at #3 is the Davidoff Art Edition 2014. This is a limited edition […]
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we re-assess […]
“(Davidoff’s) Chinese Zodiac series is becoming on the all-time annual limited edition series ever released and the Year of the Sheep keeps to the level of excellence this series has established.” Coming in at #13 is the Davidoff Year of the Sheep Limited Edition 2015. This is the third installment in Davidoff’s series that pays tribute […]
“With the 2014 Limited Edition, the Avo 88 earns a rightful place among the series’ iconic releases as this is simply one outstanding cigar.” Coming in at #15 is the Avo Limited Edition 2014 – Avo 88. This is the 2014 installment of the annual limited edition series by Davidoff’s Avo Cigars brand. The series […]
Davidoff has announced it will open a third flagship store in New York City. Plans are for the new “Davidoff of Geneva – since 1911” flagship to be opened in the late Spring of 2015. The new store will be located in Lower Manhattan at the newly renovated Brookfield Place and will be situated right […]
Assessment Updates will be posted on this web-site to: 1) Assess “pre-review” cigars that were not given a rating or score (typically pre-release cigars); 2) Provide numeric ratings to cigars previously assessed prior to the implementation of the numeric scoring system; 3) Provide a re-assessment and re-score of a previously assessed/score cigars. Today, we re-assess […]
It wasn’t quite the overhaul that the Camacho and Winston Churchill brands received, but yesterday Cigar Aficionado detailed the changes coming to the Avo brand. The changes include packaging modifications and the discontinuation of the Avo Signature and Avo Maduro lines. The report says these changes will be rolled out in early 2015. According to […]
