Scandinavian Tobacco Group has announced the sixth and final installment of the Diesel Sunday Gravy Series – Porcellino. Diesel’s Sunday Gravy is a value-priced limited edition line of Italian culinary and meal-inspired cigar themes. Porcellino is named after the Florentine fountain bronze sculpture by Pietro Tacca. The name Porcellino translates to “little pig” and that […]
Each week, I have the opportunity to produce the news segment for KMA Talk Radio. On the Cigar Coop “blog,” we post replays of the shows the week following the date the show is aired. On August 6, 2022, Matt Booth of Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) was the special guest. Catch the full show below […]
La Gloria Cubana is returning to its roots in Miami, Florida. Today Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) announced a new La Gloria Cubana offering called Eighth Street. The cigar is named for Calle Ocho, the location of the El Titan de Bronze factory, which is producing the La Gloria Cubana Eighth Street. As with all La […]
Forged Cigar Company’s Partagas Classic line is getting a new size in the form of a 6 x 49 Toro in a Tubo offering. The Toro Tubo is the 11th frontmark to be released in the Partagas Classic (a.k.a “Yellow”). It actually is the first true Toro vitola in the Partagas Classic lineup. Like the […]
At the beginning of 2021, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) announced it would be dividing its portfolio of premium cigar brands. As a result, several brands moved into a new subsidiary known as Forged Cigar Company while other brands will remain under the existing General Cigar Company umbrella. Five key five brands going to Forged included: […]
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has announced a new value-priced premium handmade flavored line of smokes called FLVR. There will be five front marks available in the FLVR line FLVR will be distributed by STG’s Forged Cigar Company and is expected to be available in all channels of retail starting in early October. “FLVR delivers an […]
If you go back a little over a decade ago, La Gloria Cubana was a brand that was given considerable attention by Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG). During the “Team La Gloria” days, the brand had a lot of innovation. There was a two-segment wrapped cigar, cigars with smokeable bands, and even one meant to resemble […]
Matt Booth’s Room101 Cigars would commemorate its 13th anniversary at the 2022 Premium Cigar Association (PCA) Trade Show. Of course there is a 13th anniversary cigar to mark the occasion. However there were some other themes going on at Room101’s booth. First up, the company would go “Nicaragua” releasing three Nicaraguan puros made in Nicaragua. […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Room101 Cigars unveiled a new installment to The Big Payback Series, The Big Payback Nicaragua. It joins Room101 Farce Nicaragua and Room101 13th Anniversary as the first installments by Room101 since Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) acquired the brand. The Room101 Farce Nicaragua is a 100% Nicaraguan puro […]
At the 2022 Premium Cigar Association Trade Show, Room101 Cigars unveiled a new installment to its Farce Series, the Room101 Farce Nicaragua. It joins The Big Payback Nicaragua and Room101 13th Anniversary as the first installments by Room101 since Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) acquired the brand. It’s also the first new blend under the Farce […]
