Diesel’s Sunday Gravy, a value-priced limited edition line of Italian culinary-inspired cigar themes, has announced its fourth installment, Gabagool. It’s named after the dry-cured seasoned lunch meat capicola. “Gabagool” is how East Coast Italian-Americans pronounce capicola. It’s a blend by AJ Fernandez and Justin Andrews featuring an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, Connecticut Broadleaf binder, and Nicaragua […]
Diesel will roll out a new trilogy that blends storytelling, interactivity, and cigar mastery in one. Called ”Fool’s Errand,” the new limited edition release will ship to retailers on April 1. On April 1st, Diesel Cigars will launch a new trilogy known as Fool’s Errand. The first installment of the series will be known as […]
Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) has announced an expansion and restructuring of its marketing department. This has been triggered by growth in the brand’s portfolio, which STG said grew more than 20%. The brands under STG include Macanudo, Cohiba, CAO, Punch, Partagas, La Gloria Cubana, Hoyo de Monterrey, Diesel, Punch, and others. Distribution for the brands […]
Forged Cigar Company has announced a new line under the El Rey del Mundo line known as El Rey del Mundo Naturals. This line features a Sumatra wrapper, and is a completely different blend than the existing Sumatra blend that is in the portfolio. El Rey de Mundo Naturals features an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, Honduran […]
In 2021, Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) made a major change in its portfolio of premium cigar brands. Previously, the premium cigar brands were under General Cigar Company, but 2021 saw STG split off several brands that were under General Cigar Company into a separate subsidiary known as Forged Cigar Company. Forged Cigar Company would have […]
Forged Cigar Company has said it has added the La Gloria Cubana Serie R Natural No. 8, a 7 x 70 offering – the largest cigar in the line to date. The La Gloria Cubana Serie R Natural consists of an Ecuadorian Sumatra wrapper, Nicaraguan binders, and a combination of Dominican and Nicaraguan fillers. The […]
Forged Cigar Company has a new release under its Bolivar line. It’s a collaboration being done with Robert Caldwell known as Bolivar Cofradia Lost & Found. It’s the second release since Scandinavian Tobacco Group (STG) very quietly relaunched the Bolivar brand back in 2020. Bolivar Cofradia Lost & Found also marks a major change for […]
This past week, Forged Cigar Company announced the third installment of the Diesel Sunday Gravy Series – Rosamarino. Sunday Gravy is a full-time line under Diesel and will feature seasonally-released, Nicaraguan-forward smokes developed by AJ Fernandez and Justin Andrews. Plans are for blends to be released quarterly and sold until their limited supply is depleted. […]
The 2021 edition of the Partagas Decadas has recently arrived at retailers. The Partagas Decadas 2021 is known for its Cameroon wrapper; this year brings a first to the brand – a Brazilian-grown Cameroon seed. The cigar also pays homage to the late Partagas brand founder Ramon Cifuentes on the 60th anniversary of when he […]
Early in 2021, Scandinavian Tobacco Group announced it was splitting the brands of General Cigar into two entities. Several brands that were previously in the General Cigar Company portfolio were moved into a new entity known as Forged Cigar Company. Forged Cigar Company would essentially become its own distribution company complete with its own sales […]
